Mobile phones are killing off ghosts, a British expert who has spent years researching the occult said.“Ghost sightings have remained consistent for centuries. Until three years ago we'd receive reports of two new ghosts every week,?Tony Cornell, of the Society for Psychical Research, told the Sunday Express newspaper:“But with the introduction of mobile phones 15 years ago, ghost sightings began to decline to the pointswheresnow we are receiving none.” According to the paper, haunted tourist attractions in Britain could be under threat if the number of cellphones continues to grow from the present figure of 39 million. Apparently paranormal events, which some scientists put down to unusual electrical activity, could be drowned out by the electronic noise produced by phone calls and text messages.

　　手机正在让鬼魂趋于灭绝，一位长期研究神秘事物的英国专家如是说。“数百年来，鬼魂目击事件一直连续不断。就在3年前我们每周还能收到两个鬼魂目击事件的报告，”灵魂研究协会的托尼·康奈尔对《星期日快报》说。“不过自从15年前手机出现之后，鬼魂目击事件就开始减少，到现在更是一个也收不到了。”据报纸所说，如果手机数量在现有的3900万个的基础上继续增长的话，英国那些鬼魂出没的旅游胜地将面临威胁。很显然，被一些科学家归因于异常电活动的超自然现象的确有可能被手机通话和短信息制造的电子噪声所淹没。

　　Remarks：看来驱魔术士们的日子也不会好过了，因为以后会有这样的广告：“XX手机，以神为本，超强辟邪，手机中的钟馗……”