An app that rewards students for time spent away from their phones is being released in the UK.
一款獎勵學生放下手機的軟體在英國走紅。
Hold was developed by three students who met at Copenhagen Business School and wanted to develop something to help with the issue of device distraction.
“把持住”是由三名學生開發，他們在哥本哈根商學院相遇，並希望開發一款可以幫助人們解決手機控問題。
It has proved popular in Scandinavia, with more than 120,000 users across Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
該產品在斯堪的納維亞半島很受歡迎，包括挪威、丹麥和瑞典在內有超過12萬名使用者。
Experts are growing increasingly worried about the issue of device addiction.
專家們越來越擔心手機成癮這一現象。
According to a 2017 study by the University of Texas, simply having a smartphone within eyeshot can reduce productivity, slow down response speed and reduce grades.
根據2017年德克薩斯大學的一項研究，僅僅是將一部智慧手機放在學生視野內就能降低其效率、反應速度和成績。
A previous study from the London School of Economics suggested pupils who did not use their smartphones on school grounds saw a 6.4% increase in test scores.
倫敦經濟學院之前做的一個研究表明在學校不使用手機的學生，他們的.卷面分數會有6.4%的提升。
The app will initially be rolled out to 170 universities around the UK. It works on both Android and iOS devices and is free to download.
該app將首先在英國的170個大學釋出推廣，其相容安卓和iOS系統而且免費。
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社交媒體正令你的孩子意志消沉麼?蘋果投資者們強烈要求針對“智慧手機成癮”有所作為，這就是你為什麼對玩手機上癮。
Students will accumulate 10 points for every 20 minutes that they do not use their mobile phone between 07:00 and 23:00 every day of the week.
在一週每天的07:09-23:00，學生只要每遠離手機20分鐘就會累積10分。
Points can be exchanged for goods and services within the app’s marketplace, with brands such as Caffe Nero, Vue cinemas and Amazon signed up.
積分可在app的商城中兌換包括Caffe Nero，Vue Cinemas以及Amazon等在內品牌的禮品和服務。
To earn two free coffees, students will need 300 points, which equates to 10 hours on the Hold app. For free popcorn at the cinema, they will need to spend two hours to accrue 60 points.
要想贏得兩杯免費咖啡，學生需要300積分兌換，換算成“堅持”上就是放下手機10小時。要是想贏取影院的免費爆米花，就得堅持2個小時不碰手機以累積60分。
Students can also exchange their points for books and stationery which are donated to schools via Unicef.
