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1、1ACourtesyCampaignBobEdwards,host:NearlyhalfofallAmericanadultshavewirelesstelephones.Peoplearebuyingthematarateof46,000aday.Theriseofportablephoneshasbeenaccompaniedbyariseincomplaintsaboutmobilephonemanners.Afewcitieshavepassedlawsrestrictingtheiruse.ButSanDiego’stryingadifferentapproach,
2、appealingtocellphoneuserswithacourtesycampaign.FrommemberstationKPBS,ScottHorsleyreports.ScottHorsleyReporting:Itseemstobehappeningmoreandmore,inrestaurants,movietheaters,eveninchurch.SoundbiteofCellPhoneRingingHorsley:Whenitcomestotheshrillinterruptionofaringingcellphone,noplaceitseemsissa
3、cred.ReverendWendyCraig-Purcell:Well,ifwe’reinthemiddleofprayerandmeditation,Iusuallyjustignoreit.AndImaymakeacommentafterwards,somethinglike,“Well,youknow,maybethespiritofGodistrulycallingusandwantingourattention.”\Horsley:NoteveryoneisasforgivingasReverendWendyCraig-PurcellofSanDiego’sCh
4、urchofToday.Andnoteveryoneviewsthecellphoneasaninstrumentofdivineintervention.WhenSanDiegoMayorSusanGoldingconductedanInternetsurveylastyear,thousandsofpeoplerespondedcallingforrestrictionsoncellphoneuse,especiallyinmovietheatres.MayorSusanGolding:IknowthatI’vebeeninthemovies.Andit’satthequ
5、iettimewheneveryone’sontheedgeoftheirseatandthephoneringsnexttoyouandthepersonstartstotalkinaveryloudvoice.Horsley:Butratherthanproposingregulation,MayorGoldinghaslaunchedavoluntarycourtesycampaign,urgingwirelessphoneuserstomindtheirmobilemanners.Thecampaignincludesstickersthatbusinesscandi
6、splay,remindingcustomersthey’reinaquitezone.ThemayorherselfpostedastickeroutsideonemovietheatreasDougCohenlookedoninapproval.Cohenisarealestatebrokerwhoseowncellphonegetsplentyofuse,butheagreesthereoughttobelimits.DougCohen:IhaveaverygoodfriendsthatIwon’teatlunchwith.Theyjustcan’tgetawayfro
7、mit.Soit’s…there’sanetiquette.It’sjustlikedrivingoranythingelse,youknow.Somepeoplewillsubscribetoacertainpolitenessandsomepeoplewon’t.Butit’snicethatthere’sanissueraisedhere.\Horsley:SanDiegomightseemlikeanunlikelyplacetoraisetheissueofrudecellphoneuses