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.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT,
OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

3. The word ‘phubbing’ originated as a colloquial way of referring to crazy behaviour at weddings and other parties.
4. The campaign was advertised in the media.
5. It is very unusual for customers not to answer when they are asked to order at the bar.
6. Anger over impolite mobile phone use is increasing.

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Answer 1

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)


3. The word ‘phubbing’ originated as a colloquial way of referring to crazy behaviour at weddings and other parties.


False. The origin of this term is not stated in the text. What is stated, though, is the meaning, as you can see on this excerpt: “ "Phubbing" is a slang word that means ignoring others in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention.”


4.The campaign was advertised in the media.


False. The text talks about how restaurants and cafés have implemented this idea, as you can see on this quote: “Posters have been created for use in cafes, bars and restaurants”.

. 5. It is very unusual for customers not to answer when they are asked to order at the bar.

False. There’s a part of the text that says “Joseph Haddad, who owns a cafe in Brunswick, Germany, has displayed posters of the campaign to try to discourage bad manners: "It happens a lot, people come in and we ask them, ‘what would you like?’ and they stay on their phones.”



6. Anger over impolite mobile phone use is increasing.



True. People are expressing their discomfort toward this behaviour more and more. “Although the first “Stop Phubbing” campaign group started in Australia, at least five others have appeared as indignation about this new type of rude behaviour grows all over the world”.


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