IT HAS BEEN CLAIMED THAT LIKE SMOKING, MOBILE PHONES SHOULD BE BANNED IN SOME PLACES DUE TO THEIR HARMFUL EFFECTS. WHILE I ACCEPT THAT THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES IS ANTISOCIAL IN SOME WAYS, I BELIEVE IT HAS MORE BENEFITS AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE PROHIBITED. ON THE ONE HAND, I AGREE THAT THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES CAN SOMETIMES BE ANTISOCIAL. FIRSTLY, THESE DEVICES MIGHT DISTURB PEOPLE'S WORK OR STUDY IN SOME CASES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOUND FROM A MOBILE PHONE CAN INTERRUPT A LECTURE, WHICH AFFECTS THE CONCENTRATION OF STUDENTS. SECONDLY, THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES ALSO ADVERSELY IMPACTS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE. SINCE INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY TEND TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME USING MOBILE PHONES, THEY SEEM TO HAVE LESS TIME TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS. ON THE OTHER HAND, I DISAGREE THAT MOBILE PHONES SHOULD BE BANNED BECAUSE OF SOME REASON. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT SINCE THEY ALLOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO SPEAK OR SEND MESSAGES, THEY HELP PEOPLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH MORE EASILY. FOR INSTANCE, STUDENTS WHO STUDY ABROAD CAN USE MOBILE PHONES TO MAKE PHONE CALLS OR EVEN VIDEO CALLS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THE SECOND REASON IS THAT MOBILE PHONES OFTEN PROVIDE USERS WITH MANY USEFUL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS MAPS AND WEATHER FORECASTS, WHICH CAN MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES BECOME EASIER. ADDITIONALLY, USING MOBILE PHONES IS NOT AS BAD AS SMOKING AS SOME PEOPLE THINK. WHILE SMOKING DIRECTLY AFFECTS PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND LEADS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCES OF MOBILE PHONES ARE LESS SERIOUS. IN CONCLUSION, WHILE I AGREE THAT MOBILE PHONES ARE SOMETIMES ANTISOCIAL, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULDN'T BE BANNES
IT HAS
BEEN CLAIMED
THAT LIKE SMOKING, MOBILE
PHONES
SHOULD
BE BANNED
IN
SOME
PLACES DUE TO THEIR HARMFUL EFFECTS. WHILE I ACCEPT THAT THE
USE
OF MOBILE
PHONES
IS ANTISOCIAL IN
SOME
WAYS, I BELIEVE IT HAS MORE BENEFITS AND
THEREFORE
SHOULD NOT
BE PROHIBITED
. ON THE ONE HAND, I
AGREE
THAT THE
USE
OF MOBILE
PHONES
CAN
SOMETIMES
BE ANTISOCIAL.
FIRSTLY
, THESE DEVICES MIGHT DISTURB
PEOPLE
'S WORK OR STUDY IN
SOME
CASES.
FOR EXAMPLE
, THE SOUND FROM A MOBILE
PHONE
CAN INTERRUPT A LECTURE, WHICH AFFECTS THE CONCENTRATION OF STUDENTS.
SECONDLY
, THE
USE
OF MOBILE
PHONES
ALSO
ADVERSELY
IMPACTS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
PEOPLE
. SINCE INDIVIDUALS
CURRENTLY
TEND TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME USING MOBILE
PHONES
, THEY SEEM TO HAVE LESS TIME TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS.
ON THE OTHER HAND
, I DISAGREE THAT MOBILE
PHONES
SHOULD
BE BANNED
BECAUSE
OF
SOME
REASON. THE
FIRST
ONE IS THAT SINCE THEY
ALLOW
PEOPLE
WHO
LIVE
FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO SPEAK OR
SEND
MESSAGES, THEY
HELP
PEOPLE
TO
KEEP
IN TOUCH MORE
EASILY
.
FOR INSTANCE
, STUDENTS WHO STUDY ABROAD CAN
USE
MOBILE
PHONES
TO
MAKE
PHONE
CALLS OR EVEN VIDEO CALLS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THE SECOND REASON IS THAT MOBILE
PHONES
OFTEN
PROVIDE USERS WITH
MANY
USEFUL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS MAPS AND WEATHER FORECASTS, WHICH CAN
MAKE
PEOPLE
'S
LIVES
BECOME EASIER.
ADDITIONALLY
, USING MOBILE
PHONES
IS NOT AS
BAD
AS SMOKING AS
SOME
PEOPLE
THINK
. WHILE SMOKING
DIRECTLY
AFFECTS
PEOPLE
'S HEALTH AND LEADS TO HEALTH PROBLEMS, THE
NEGATIVE
INFLUENCES OF MOBILE
PHONES
ARE LESS SERIOUS.
IN CONCLUSION
, WHILE I
AGREE
THAT MOBILE
PHONES
ARE
SOMETIMES
ANTISOCIAL, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULDN'T BE
BANNES