放下手機吧！多玩手機會影響心情（雙語）

導語：現今互聯網時代，很多年輕人都喜歡隨時隨地拿着手機玩，但是你知道嗎，常玩手機會影響你的心情。爲了你的好心情，快快放下手機吧~

和朋友吃飯或喝飲料時玩手機，不僅會讓你的朋友感到生氣，還會使你不快樂。

Checking your mobile phone while having a drink with friends or taking a call over dinner, isn't just annoying for those around you - it could be making you unhappy.

A study found that we spend more than a quarter of our leisure time distracted, with everything from barking dogs to road works disturbing mobile phones were the worst offenders.

一項研究發現，我們每天三分之一的空閒時間都在開小差，例如狗叫、道路施工等情況都會分散我們的注意力。而手機是最容易讓我們分心的物品。

The gadgets not only proved the biggest attention-grabber –they also seemed to affect people's happiness.

研究發現，手機不僅是最容易分散我們注意力的物品，而且還可能影響人們的幸福感。

The University College London researchers are not sure why this is but say it is possible that we feel upset that are unable to control the urge to fiddle with our phone.

倫敦大學學院的研究者們並不清楚爲什麼會這樣。他們猜測，可能是因爲無法控制撥弄手機的衝動，所以會使人因此沮喪。

In contrast, we realise we have no control over external distractions like road works and so they affect us less.

相反，我們覺得自己無法控制諸如道路施工等讓人分心的情況，所以這些情況對我們影響不大。

Whatever the reason, they said that it is clear that we live in an 'age of distractions'.

但不管怎樣，我們的確生活在一個“容易分心的時代”。

The survey of 2,000 people by fashion technology firm Mous, suggests almost half of our biggestirritations are technology-related.

這項研究由莫斯時尚技術公司發起，對2000人進行了調查;結果顯示：令人煩惱的事情中，有將近一半都是和科技相關的。

We hope these findings will help highlight how important it is to carve out time where attention is undivided and to enjoy spending quality time together.'

我們希望這些發現能夠幫助人們認識到，是時間要專心地享受高質量的生活了。