Plenty of people use portable devices while on the toilet. There’ s a good chance, in fact, that you’re reading this article on the toilet.
Incredibly, a few surveys have been conducted on the subject. In one conducted earlier this year, 65 percent of respondents said they used their phones in the bathroom.
But is it healthy to sit on the toilet with a phone?
“I see a lot of people who get food poisoning or catch different things by not having good habits in the bathroom,” Raj, a famous physician, said. If you’ re playing video games or using your phone on the toilet, you’ re probably touching a lot of things you might not want on your device.
If you’ re staying within healthy time limits and—crucially—always maintaining good personal hygiene, your behaviour probably doesn’ t need to change. But if you’ d like to make a change, there are some simple ways to go about it.
“There’ s nothing wrong with taking your phone to the bathroom for a few minutes and doing your business and then coming out,” Eyal, an expert, said. “But if you said, ‘Oh, I had planned to be with my kids, but now I stayed in the bathroom for 30 minutes scrolling on TikTok,’ well, now you’ re distracted(分心). So that’s the best piece of advice: to know what you wanted to do with your time so that you have a priority(优先权)to spend your time doing that thing, rather than wasting it in the bathroom.”
It’ s also important to remember: phones and other mobile devices aren’ t bad. If you are always losing track of time, consider whether you’re attuned(协调的)to bigger stressors in your life.
“90% of the time that we get distracted by our phones is because of what’s happening inside of us,” Eyal said, “such as boredom, loneliness, uncertainty, stress, anxiety, which often make us want to escape from our present reality. If we don’ t know how to deal with that in a healthy manner, I think we will always find a distraction.”
8. What is Raj’ s attitude towards sitting on the toilet with a phone?
A.Supportive. | B.Uncaring. |
C.Disapproving. | D.Tolerant. |
9. What is Eyal’ s suggestion?
A.Saying no to TikTok. | B.Spending more time with children. |
C.Using phones to handle important things. | D.Giving priority to what you plan to do. |
10. What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.The harmful feeling. | B.The disturbed time. |
C.Present reality. | D.Annoying distraction. |
11. Where does this text probably come from?
A.A guidebook. | B.A newspaper. |
C.A book review. | D.An advertisement. |