Question

We cannot remember clearly since when we have started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click (咔哒). Later, we post the photos onto microblog or WeChat, waiting to be liked. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.

Does that sound familiar (熟悉的) to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less satisfying. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the internet, one will involuntarily (不自觉地) check his mobile many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!” It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me. It will be a wonderful time.

1.What happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays ?

A.People talk about their microblogs or WeChat.

B.People learn from each other how to cook dishes.

C.People take photos of dishes and post them before eating.

D.People like taking photos with friends or families.

2.What does the recent study tell us about taking photos of food ?

A.It makes people stay long. B.It makes food less delicious

C.It makes people want to leave. D.It makes people enjoy the food

3.What does the fourth paragraph talk about ?

A.The reasons for checking your mobiles.

B.The ways of posting the photos onto the internet.

C.The tips of making others like your photos on the microblog.

D.Other bad influences of taking photos before meals.

4.What does the writer think of taking photos of food ?

A.Funny B.Helpful C.Necessary D.Unacceptable

5.What can we learn from the passage ?

A.Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home.

B.Forget the photos and enjoy the life with people around us.

C.Take photos of delicious food and share them with others

D.Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life.

Answer 1