Writing text messages while walking is dangerous. A study says it is more dangerous than texting while driving. Researchers found that there are more {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (injury) to texting pedestrians(行人) than there are to texting motorists. Their report says walking is not as easy {#blank#}2{#/blank#} we think. We must focus on many things at the same time to walk safely in a straight line. The researchers said that people forget how to walk {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (proper), so dangerous things happen to them. They bump(撞) into walls and other people. They walk into cars, fall over things in the street, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} even fall into holes.

    A professor said walking is a difficult action. There are several reasons {#blank#}5{#/blank#} texting makes walking dangerous. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is that people cannot see the street. Another is that they focus on their phone keyboard instead of their feet. A final reason is that their minds are somewhere else—they are not thinking about {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (walk) from A to B safely. The professor said over 6,000 people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (visit) his hospital last year because of texting. He said {#blank#}9{#/blank#} worst cases are head injuries. When a pedestrian is tossed into the air he/she has nothing {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (protect) the head. The damage can be serious.