Question

OPTION A ARE YOU A PHUBBER?

1 “Stop Phubbing” is a campaign aimed to embarrass people over the rude use of mobile phones. "Phubbing" is a
2 slang word that means ignoring others in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention.
3 “Tweeting” during weddings, or “instagramming” at dinner with friends are cases of phubbing. Posters have been
4 created for use in cafes, bars and restaurants, with slogans including "Respect the food and the company you are in”
5 or “Put your phone away and have a chat in the real world."
6 The campaign creator, Alex Haigh, an Australian student, explained how the idea of the campaign was born: "A
7 group of friends and I were chatting when someone commented how annoying being ignored by people on mobiles
8 was. It's the people who do it all the time that we are targeting. It's a paradox. You disconnect from those around you
9 in favour of those pretty much anywhere else. This often irritates your friends, unless they're phubbing too, in which
10 case you all might as well have stayed home."
11 Joseph Haddad, who owns a cafe in Brunswick, Germany, has displayed posters of the campaign to try to
12 discourage bad manners: "It happens a lot, people come in and we ask them, ‘what would you like?’ and they stay on
13 their phones. And we see a lot of people who are sitting at the table with friends, and they are on Facebook, or
14 Twitter... don't you think they should be talking to each other instead?" Although the first “Stop Phubbing” campaign
15 group started in Australia, at least five others have appeared as indignation about this new type of rude behaviour
16 grows all over the world.

18. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:

What do you think about phubbing?

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Answer 1

18. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:What do you think about phubbing?

I think that nowadays, the use of mobile phones has become essential thanks to how incredibly is social media involved in our day-to-day lives, normal interactions, likes, dislikes, behavior pattern and economic actions. Even though it is important to stay connected, it is more vital to encourage face-to-face communication and real emotions and situations, because they have been left on the back burner thanks to online communication. Everyone, including me, should learn the importance of leaving our phones aside when we are sharing time with our friends or family, because once they’re gone, we will regret not talking to them enough when we had the possibility. My generation should try to stop "phubbing" so the next ones don't adopt this disrespectful behavior too.


Prueba de Selectividad, Comunidad de Andalucía, Junio 2015-2016, INGLÉS.