In South Korea smartphone cases come with rings fixed on the
back ____ (prevent) clumsy owners from dropping
them. This makes people look like they are married to their phones. In lots of
Seoul's coffee ____ (shop), couples on dates spend much
more time looking at their screens ____ at each other. The results go beyond
the ____ (potential) terrible consequences for
romance.
Walk around the streets of Seoul, and there is ____ real risk of bumping into people ____ eyes are glued to their smartphone
screens. According to the statistics, around 370 traffic accidents annually ____ (cause) by pedestrians using
smartphones.
The government initially tried to fight the "smombie"
(手机僵尸) phenomenon by distributing hundreds
of stickers (贴纸)
around cities, ____ (beg) people to "be safe"
and look up. This seems to have had little effect even though, in Seoul at
least, it recently replaced the stickers with stronger plastic boards.
Instead ____ appealing to people's good sense, the
authorities have therefore turned to trying to save them from being run over.
Early last year, they ____ (begin) to test floor-level traffic
lights in smombie hotspots in central Seoul. Since then, the experiment has
been extended around and beyond the capital. For the moment, the government is
keeping old-fashioned eye-level pedestrian lights as well. But in future, the
way to look at a South Korea crossroads may be down.
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