If your cell phone is ringing, from your purse, you can turn it off or answer the call with less distraction.

如果您的电话响起，从钱包您就可以挂断或接听，这样会减少分心。

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For many people, a text or mobile Facebook message is seen as less intrusive than a phone call, which asks the recipient to interrupt what they're doing and answer.

对于许多人而言，一个文本短信或是一个手机脸书信息相比于一通电话而言对你手头上的事打扰的程度更小，因为一通电话使接收者必须打断正在做的事来回答。

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As they performed the tasks, the volunteers also received a phone call that they could either chose to answer or not.

当做这些任务的时候，他们还会听到电话响，但是接不接却由他们自己做主。

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It may seem easier to just let the bills pile up or not answer the phone when debt collectors call.

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