手機已是現代生活中非常普及的一種大眾通訊工具，移動通訊技術也徹底地改變了我們的溝通和交流方式。5月17日是世界電信和信息社會日。與“手機”或“移動技術”有關的常用詞匯你掌握了嗎？不妨試做本集《英語小測驗》。

1. How can you describe a piece of technology that is designed to be carried with you?

a) a movable device

b) a holdable device

c) a liftable device

d) a portable device

2. What word describes a small, clever electronic or mechanical device?

a) A spigot

b) a gadget

c) a magnet

d) a bracket

3. My phone is dead. Has anyone got a ______?

a) charger

b) lighter

c) juicer

d) plugger

4. I can’t use my mobile phone everywhere. In some places the ______ is too weak.

a) power

b) force

c) signal

d) radio              

5. Photos you took of yourself used to be called self-portraits. What do we usually call them now?

a) selfpics

b) mepics

c) mypics

d) selfies            

6. In British English they are called ‘mobiles’. What are they commonly called in US English?

a) flip phones

b) carry phones

c) cell phones

d) pocket phones

答案

1) d, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) d, 6) c.