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Texting pedestrians aren't just an annoyance to their fellow walkers, Australian researchers armed with movie special-effects technology have determined scientifically: They're a menace to themselves. 边走路边发讯息不仅会令身边的同伴感到恼火，澳大利亚研究人员运用电影特效技术进行研究后发现，这种行为还会威胁自身安全。 Using motion-capture technology similar to that used for films such as 'The Hobbit, ' University of Queensland researchers concluded that texting while walking not only affects balance and the ability to walk in a straight line, but can actually damage a texter's posture. 通过运用类似《霍比特人》(The Hobbit)等电影中的动作捕捉技术，昆士兰大学(University of Queensland)研究人员发现，走路时发讯息不仅会影响平衡感和直线行走的能力，而且还会损害人的身体姿态。 'I was checking emails while walking to work this morning, ' confessed study co-author Wolbert van den Hoorn. 'But it has a serious impact on the safety of people who type or read text while walking.' 此项研究撰写人之一的范登霍恩(Wolbert van den Hoorn)坦白说：今天早上我在走来上班的路上查看了电子邮件。但这种一边走路、一边打字或阅读的习惯十分不安全。 Anecdotes back him up. A tourist from Taiwan walked off a pier near Melbourne last month while checking Facebook--bringing an abrupt, and icy, end to a penguin-watching visit. The video-sharing website YouTube is a trove of people too wrapped up in their phones to notice obstacles--like the fountain one U.S. shopping-mall visitor walked straight into. | 
