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Band 6+: Is it bad behavior for people to look at their phones during a meal?

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Of course, yes. Because during mealtime is a good way to communicate with other people, such as friends, family, or others. Therefore, individuals tend to reduce screen time during mealtime. Right. At lunch or breakfast, or other times, family or friends communicate with each other, sharing their daily lives or other things, some changes in their lives or something like that. Yeah. Therefore, it's completely bad behavior, I think.

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Of course, yes. Because, uh, during the mealime is good way to communicate, um, with other people, such as friends, family or other people. Uh, therefore, um, individuals tend to, um, reduce the screen time during the mealime. Right. Um, and the lunch or breakfast, um, or other times the family or friends, um, communicate with each other, um, tell each other to their daily life or, um, or other things, um, some change to their lives or something like that. Yeah. Therefore, it’s completely bad behavior, I think.

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other: 4

during: 2

mealtime: 2

communicate: 2

friends: 2

family: 2

therefore: 2

their: 2

lives: 2

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