実践スラッシュ・リーディング「リンガメタリカ」 11、Cellphones (1) Why do young people use them in public places ?
Takeda speculates that people feel psychologically violated at being subjected to the private telephone space of others- or the personal space of young women applying makeup - as if they were not there, or worse, as if they were simply part of the background scenery, like a piece of furniture or a tree, rather than a fellow human being.
スラッシュは、接続詞。前置詞の前、ハイフンの前後、カンマに入れます。
Takeda speculates/ that people feel psychologically violated/ at being subjected
of the background scenery,/ like a piece of furniture or a tree,/ rather than a fellow human being.