你每天看多少次手機(jī)？你覺得你看手機(jī)上癮了嗎？本期 “隨身英語” 討論我們對這個無處不在的小玩意的癡迷，以及它對我們的身體健康可能帶來的損害。

詞匯：addiction 上癮

How would you survive without your smartphone? For many of us, it’s the gadget we’re most?hooked?on – looking at it hundreds of times a day. We?depend on?it to perform a multitude of tasks and to connect with our friends and family. But have we become?addicted?to our phones?

如果沒有智能手機(jī)，你會怎么生活?對于我們中的許多人來說，它是我們最著迷的小工具——每天要看幾百次。我們依靠它來完成許多任務(wù)，并與我們的朋友和家人聯(lián)系。但是我們已經(jīng)對手機(jī)上癮了嗎?

Certainly, the inventor of the first mobile phone, American engineer Martin Cooper, thinks we might be. In a BBC interview, he suggested people should stop scrolling and “get a life”. But of course, once we start?doom scrolling?or watching videos, we just can’t?kick the habit. Psychologist and author Jean Twenge says we’re all guilty of “compulsively?checking [our] phone if [we’re] waiting for a text or getting really into social media then kind of, looking up and realising that an hour has passed.” There’s even a word – a?phubber?– to describe a person who ignores the real people around them because they are concentrating on their phones.

當(dāng)然，第一臺移動電話的發(fā)明者、美國工程師馬丁·庫珀認(rèn)為我們可能會。在BBC的一次采訪中，他建議人們應(yīng)該停止刷屏，“過點(diǎn)生活”。但當(dāng)然，一旦我們開始刷《毀滅戰(zhàn)士》或看視頻，我們就無法改掉這個習(xí)慣。心理學(xué)家兼作家簡·特溫格說，我們都會“在等短信的時候強(qiáng)迫性地查看手機(jī)，或者真正進(jìn)入社交媒體，然后抬頭發(fā)現(xiàn)一個小時已經(jīng)過去了?！鄙踔劣幸粋€詞——“低頭族”——用來形容那些因為專注于手機(jī)而忽視周圍真實的人。

But does it matter if we make the most of this technology? Possibly, because like a drug, the problem arises when it is?withdrawn. A study from King’s College London found young people they studied couldn’t control the amount of time they spend on their phone. Such?addictive?behaviour means that people become ‘panicky’ or ‘upset’ if they are denied constant access, which can cause?anxiety?and mental health issues.

但如果我們充分利用這項技術(shù)有關(guān)系嗎?可能，因為就像藥物一樣，當(dāng)它被收回時，問題就會出現(xiàn)。倫敦國王學(xué)院的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們研究的年輕人無法控制花在手機(jī)上的時間。這種成癮行為意味著，如果人們被拒絕持續(xù)接觸，他們會變得“恐慌”或“不安”，這可能會導(dǎo)致焦慮和心理健康問題。

Interestingly, another study by the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests we don’t just look at our phones because we are prompted to by a text or email. The people they studied felt automatically?urged?to interact with their phone, just as a smoker would light a cigarette. Prof Saadi Lahlou, co-author of the study, told the BBC: “We must learn tricks to avoid the?temptation?when we want to concentrate or have good social relations.”

有趣的是，倫敦政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院(London School of Economics and Political Science)的另一項研究表明，我們看手機(jī)不僅僅是因為收到短信或電子郵件的提示。他們研究的人會自動地感覺到與手機(jī)互動的沖動，就像吸煙者點(diǎn)燃香煙一樣。該研究的合著者薩阿迪·拉盧教授告訴BBC:“當(dāng)我們想要集中注意力或擁有良好的社交關(guān)系時，我們必須學(xué)會避開誘惑的技巧。”

One solution could be an app that rewards students for time spent away from their phones. Another option is converting your smartphone to a dumbphone that has none of the?intoxicating?distractions on it. But mainly, perhaps, we just need to look up more and reconnect with the real world!

一種解決方案可能是開發(fā)一款應(yīng)用程序，獎勵學(xué)生遠(yuǎn)離手機(jī)的時間。另一個選擇是把你的智能手機(jī)變成一個沒有任何令人陶醉的干擾的啞巴手機(jī)。但最重要的是，也許，我們只需要多看看，重新與現(xiàn)實世界聯(lián)系起來!

詞匯表

hooked 入迷的，上癮的
depend on 需要，依賴
addicted 上癮的，入迷的
get a life 做點(diǎn)有意思的事情
doom scrolling 陰暗刷屏
kick the habit 戒除惡習(xí)
compulsively 強(qiáng)迫地
phubber “低頭族”，只顧看手機(jī)而忽視身邊的人
withdraw 收回
addictive 使人上癮的，使人入迷的
panicky 恐慌的
anxiety 焦慮
urge 沖動，強(qiáng)烈的欲望
temptation 引誘，誘惑
intoxicating 使人興奮的

測驗與練習(xí)

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. Who thinks we should put our phones down and ‘get a life’?

2. In a study on smartphone use, what caused people to panic and get upset?

3. True or false??We only look at our smartphones when we are prompted to do so.

4. How does one app that’s been invented encourage students to use their phone less?

5. According to Prof Saadi Lahlou, what does avoiding the temptation of looking at our smartphones allow us to do?

2.?選擇意思恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1.?Since I’ve broken my arm, I’ve had to _______ my wife to do all the cooking.

depending on? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?depend in???????????????????????? depend on??????????????? depends on

2. Due to cutbacks, the bus service to the shopping centre has been _______.

addicted? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? withdrawn??????????????????????? urged? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? hooked

3.?Because of the heatwave, everyone in the office felt?_______ to drink lots of water.

compulsively???????????????? urged? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?intoxicating? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? phubber

4. I’ve tried to quit smoking but I just can’t _______.

kicked the habit? ? ? ? ? ? ?kick a habit????????? ??????????? kick habits???? ??????????? kick the habit

5. I’m _______ on this new TV series – it’s so good I’ve watched every episode!

hooked? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? tempted?????????????????????????? addictive? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? panicky

答案

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。?

1. Who thinks we should put our phones down and ‘get a life’?
American engineer Martin Cooper suggested people should stop scrolling and “get a life”.

2. In a study on smartphone use, what caused people to panic and get upset?
People in the study become ‘panicky’ or ‘upset’ if they were denied constant access to their smartphones.

3. True or false??We only look at our smartphones when we are prompted to do so.
False. People in one study felt automatically urged to interact with their phone.

4. How does one app that’s been invented encourage students to use their phone less?
The app rewards students for time spent away from their phones.

5. According to Prof Saadi Lahlou, what does avoiding the temptation of looking at our smartphones allow us to do?
He says avoiding the temptation allows us to concentrate or have good social relations.

2.?選擇意思恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. Since I’ve broken my arm, I’ve had to?depend?on?my wife to do all the cooking.

2. Due to cutbacks, the bus service to the shopping centre has been?withdrawn.

3. Because of the heatwave, everyone in the office felt?urged?to drink lots of water.

4. I’ve tried to quit smoking but I just can’t?kick the habit.

5. I’m?hooked?on this new TV series – it’s so good I’ve watched every episode!

文章來源BBC，侵權(quán)刪。