Australian kids shouldn’t have a smartphone until they turn 14 because of thevery real health risks2 of social media， a tech expert has warned. A study has shownkids are at risk of health problems when they are allowed to use social media as muchor as often as they like. Some of the biggest health problems kids have are less sleep， addiction3， anxiety4 and poor mental5 health. There was a growing movement in theUS called“wait for eight”. It is to help young children make sure that they would waituntil they reached Grade 8， or 14 years old， before getting a phone.

一位技術(shù)專家警告說(shuō)，澳大利亞的孩子在14 歲之前不應(yīng)該擁有智能手機(jī)，因?yàn)樯缃幻襟w給健康帶來(lái)很大的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。一項(xiàng)研究表明，當(dāng)允許孩子們隨心所欲地長(zhǎng)時(shí)間或頻繁使用社交媒體時(shí)，他們會(huì)面臨健康風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。孩子們面臨的最大的健康問題有睡眠不足、上癮、焦慮和心理健康狀況不佳。在美國(guó)，有一場(chǎng)名為“等到八年級(jí)”的運(yùn)動(dòng)正在興起。這是為了幫助年幼的孩子們確保他們會(huì)等到8 年級(jí)或14 歲時(shí)才擁有手機(jī)。

（英語(yǔ)原文選自：kidsnews.com.au）

Discussion 議一議：

1. Do you have a smartphone？ 你有智能手機(jī)嗎？

2. Do you think using a smartphone at a young age is good for you？ Why？ 你覺得太小的年紀(jì)使用手機(jī)有好處嗎？為什么？