5.The capital city of South Korea,Seoul,is putting up 300 new street sings with the purpose of(41)warning (warn) pedestrians about the dangers of walking while absorbed in their smartphones.
he first signs have been at five locations in the hope(42)that they'll stop"smartphone sleepwalkers"in their tracks.One sign at a major traffic crossroad shows a person staring at a handheld device(設(shè)備),(43)completely (complete) unaware of the danger of being hit by a car.
While some signs(44)are attached (attach)to traffic light poles,others are on the pavement in order to attract those looking down(45)at their mobile devices.But some locals aren't sure whether those signs will work.One man points out that"most people(46)who/that are usin their phones on the street aren't going to be able to see them"
More than 1000 smartphone-related traffic collisions were recorded in South Korea in 2014,(47)compared (compare) to 437 such incidents in 2009.South Korea has one of the (48)highest (high) smartphone ownership rate in the world,but like many Asian countries it's also been trying to handle rising levels of (49)addiction (addict) to the devices.
While Seoul's innovation(創(chuàng)新) is government-funded,two Swedish artists(50)had (have) a similar idea late last year,putting up unofficial smartphone warning signs in Stockholm.