Ask helpful Hannah

    Dear helpful Hannah,

    I've got a problem with my husband, Sam. He bought a smart phone a couple of months ago and he took it on our recent ski vacation to Colorado, it was a great trip except for one problem. He has a constant urge {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for next messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He's so addicted to it that he just can't stand the idea{#blank#}2{#/blank#} there may be an important text. He can't help checking even at inappropriate times like when we are eating in a restaurant and I am talking to him! He behaves {#blank#}3{#/blank#} any small amount of boredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he know he shouldn't. The temptation to see {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is connecting him is just too great. When I ask him to put down the phone and stop {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (ignore) me, he say, “In a minute.” but still checks to see if {#blank#}6{#/blank#} has posted something new on the Internet. Our life {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (interrupted). If we go somewhere and I ask him to have the phone at home, he suffers from withdrawal symptom. May this dependency on his smart phone has become more than an everyday problem.

    I recently read an article about “nomophobia,”{#blank#}8{#/blank#} is a real illness people can't suffer from the fear of being without your phone! I am worried that Sam maybe suffering from this illness because he feels anxious if he doesn't have his phone with him, even for a short time.

Who would have thought that little devices like these could have brought so much trouble!

    Sick and Tired Sadie

    Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For{#blank#}1{#/blank#},it is a useful way to release their{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(press). And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one's micro blog will take a lot of time and energy，{#blank#}4{#/blank#}should be used to study.

    In my view, I am greatly in favor{#blank#}5{#/blank#}this activity. Today the Internet is playing{#blank#}6{#/blank#}important and essential role in our life .Therefore, as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mean) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What's more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(organize) our micro blogs .

    In fact, micro blog{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it{#blank#}10{#/blank#}matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.