InJanuaryCathywaswalkingthroughamalltextingonherphone.Shewasn'twatchingwhereshewasgoingsoshefellintoafountain!Luckilyonlyherpridewashurt—shequicklyclimbedoutandwalkedaway.Buttheembarrassmentdidn'tendthere.HeraccidentwascaughtonmallcamerasandpostedontheInternet.Thevideowasviewedalmost2milliontimesandreceivednationalattention.Cathywasangryandashamed.Butshelearnedherlesson:Textingwhilewalkingisdangerous.“Icouldhavebeenwalkingintoabusacar...anything,”shesaid.
Cathymaybefamousforhermistakebutsheisn'ttheonlyonewho'stakenatumblewhiletexting.Manypeoplevisitedhospitalsforsimilarreasons.Theywerewalkingandtextingortalkingoncellphoneswhensuddenlyawallappeared!Therewerecutsbrokenbonesandworse.
Whentheyaretextingpeoplewalkmoreslowly.Theyweavebackandforthanddon'tnoticeotherpeoplearoundthem.Andtextingisn'ttheonlythingpeopledoontheirphoneswhilewalking.Theyplaygamesansweremailsanduseapplicationsaswell.Tryingtodothesethingswhilewalkingmaybedangerousbutpeopledoitanyway.Somethinkitshouldbeillegalbutothersthinkthiskindoflawwouldbehardtoenforce(实施).Toomanypeoplewanttokeepusingtheirphoneswhiletheywalk.
Intheworstcasespeoplehavediedbyaccidentallywalkingintotrafficwhiletexting.Wouldanybodywalkdownthestreetwiththeireyesclosed?Probablynotbuttextingisnearlythesamething.Itonlytakesonequickglancetosendatextorcheckanemail.Inthatmoment,alittletypingcouldcausealotoftrouble.
1.WhatdoweknowaboutCathy?
A.Shewassavedbyotherpeopleafterfallingintoafountain.
B.Sheoncewalkedintoacarwhiletextingonherphone.
C.ShelearnedalessonfromavideoontheInternet.
D.Shefellintoafountainbutdidn'thurtherself.
2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“tumble”probablymean?
A.Walk. B.Chance.
C.Risk. D.Fall.
3.Whatlessoncanwelearnfromthetext?
A.Textingwhilewalkingisdangerous.
B.Don'twalktooslowlyinthestreet.
C.Becarefulnottobecaughtonmallcame