Selca to the Future.docVIP

Selca to the Future 　　Stretch one arm out for a high angle―look up， smile， bring out your eyes and bring in your chin―click！ 　　As the smartphone has become a necessity to many people， it has become a common scene to see people stretching out their phones to take pictures of themselves， and it can almost happen anywhere， anytime. The social network is thus full of people sharing their selfies―tailored to show off their most attractive assets. 　　 Hey， pretty you 　　If you always complain that you don’t look pretty in pictures， the front camera of the smartphones might be the solution. You can make a perfect pose and snap a self-approved picture of your face. If you are still not satisfied， no worries―tools are always ready for you. 　　The selfie stick， priced at 10-40 yuan （$1.61-6.45） online， is one of the most popular tools for selfie lovers. On T， the most popular online shopping website in China， the bestselling shops sold 130，000 such sticks within a month and the price is 8.9 yuan （$1.44） including delivery. It has certainly spruced up the street scene. Many journalists even used the stick to do on-the-spot news broadcasts. 　　“It is a great invention， I think， and I always carry it on travel. It is easier to include more people in one picture，” said Zhu Linbo， a 30-year-old journalist in Beijing. 　　But for some hot travel destinations， this invention is a bit of a trouble. On June 29， the Disneyland in Hong Kong announced a ban on using selfie sticks in the park. 　　Hong Kong Disneyland is not the only tourist destination to ban the use of the iconic photography tool， as other tourism destinations in the world have banned the apparatus as well， for safety concerns among other reasons. 　　“No selfie sticks are allowed in the park，”said an employee from Disneyland. “There was a tourist that used the stick while riding on the roller coaster， which caused the ride to pause in the middle.” 　　Hong Kong’s Ocean Park also announced limits on using the sticks i