Why we push buttons

6 Minute English

语言学习

2018-12-20

6 分钟
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  • Hello, this is Six Minute English and I'm Rob and I'm Neil.

  • Today we're talking about buttons.

  • Yes, buttons.

  • Buttons are what we have on our clothes to fasten them,

  • but the word is also used for things that we push to make things happen.

  • Things like your bedside alarm, radio, toaster kettle.

  • We press hundreds of buttons every week without thinking about it.

  • Not everyone likes buttons, though.

  • Particularly the ones we have on our clothes.

  • It's a recognised phobia.

  • What is this fear called?

  • Is it?

  • Buttonophobia.

  • B.

  • Kompu no phobia.

  • Or C.

  • Colrophobia.

  • Any ideas, Neil?