Why Not Look Away from the Screens

內(nèi)蒙古 叢美清

□語篇導(dǎo)讀

你聽說過“行為癮”嗎？這種癮的出現(xiàn)與現(xiàn)代電子產(chǎn)品密切相關(guān)。試想一下,智能產(chǎn)品在給你帶來樂趣的同時,又耗費掉你多少時間？它在給你帶來便利的同時,又給你的身心健康造成了多大的危害呢？為什么我們會抱著手機刷來刷去？我們到底應(yīng)該怎樣做呢？

Many of us lose ourselves in modern digital products.In the past,we thought of addiction as mostly related to chemical substances:heroin(海洛因),cocaine(可卡因),nicotine (尼古丁).Today,we have a problem with behavioral addictions.Most of people are spending nearly three hours a day on their cellphones.What's worse,teenage boys sometimes spend weeks alone in their rooms playing video games.

The people who create games wouldn't say their games can do harm to you.They just want you to spend as much time as possible on their products.Some of the games on smartphones need your payment when you play,so they expect to keep you playing.The producers will get more interest.

Do we need laws to protect ourselves？

Of course.It's not a bad idea to think about it,at least for games on the Internet.In South Korea and China,there are some suggestions for something called Cinderella laws.The idea is to protect children from playing certain games after midnight.

In a survey,60 percent of the adults said they keep their cellphones next to them when they sleep.We pay more attention to how many “l(fā)ikes” our Instagram photos are getting instead of whom we are talking to.It disturbs work and everyday life.

In my opinion,we should spend more time being in natural environments and sitting face to face with someone in a long conversation without any technology in the room.

◆詞語沉淀

1.digital products電子產(chǎn)品

2.relate to與……相關(guān)；涉及……

3.behavioral addictions 行為癮；成癮

4.disturb/d?'stз?b/v. 打擾； 擾亂；使不安

5.substance/'s?bst?ns/n. 物質(zhì)；實質(zhì)；資源

6.payment/pe?'m?nt/n.支付；付費；報酬；報答

◆典句賞析

1.Many of us lose ourselves in modern digital products.我們中有許多人對現(xiàn)代電子產(chǎn)品上癮。

lose oneself in sth.是比較常見的詞組搭配,意思是“沉迷于……”,oneself是反身代詞,表示“某人自己的”,其人稱和數(shù)要隨著主語而變化。介詞in后面可以接名詞或代詞。

【即時嘗試】許多青少年沉迷于網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲。

2.They just want you to spend as much time as possible on their products.他們只是想讓你花盡可能多的時間在他們的產(chǎn)品上。

(1)“主語+spend+時間(金錢)+on sth./(in)doing sth.”句型結(jié)構(gòu),意思是“花費時間或金錢在某事上或做某事”。

(2)as...as possible相當(dāng)于as...as you can,意思是“盡可能……”。

【即時嘗試】你最好花費盡可能多的時間學(xué)習(xí)英語。

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譯文助讀

我們中有許多人對現(xiàn)代電子產(chǎn)品上癮。在過去,我們通常把上癮和海洛因、可卡因、尼古丁這樣的化學(xué)物質(zhì)聯(lián)系在一起。而今,又出現(xiàn)了一種行為癮現(xiàn)象。大多數(shù)人每天會在手機上浪費將近3個小時之久。更嚴重的是,青少年們有時會為了玩電子游戲而一個人在房間里待上幾個星期。

設(shè)計電子游戲的人絕不會說游戲會對你的身心造成怎樣的傷害。他們的目的是想讓你花盡可能多的時間在他們的產(chǎn)品上。智能手機上的一些游戲是需要付費的,所以他們想讓你一直玩下去。這些設(shè)計者會從中牟取更多的利益。

我們需要立法保護我們自己嗎？

至少對網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲而言,當(dāng)然是可以考慮一下的。在韓國和中國,有人提出設(shè)立“灰姑娘法規(guī)”。其理念是保護兒童,讓他們不在午夜之后玩某些游戲。

在一項調(diào)查中,60%的成人表示他們在睡覺時也會把手機放在身邊。我們特別關(guān)心在Instagram上發(fā)布的照片獲得了多少個“贊”,而不是去在意我們正在交談的人。這種行為已經(jīng)擾亂了我們的工作和日常生活。

我們?yōu)槭裁床荒艹槌龈嗟臅r間待在自然的環(huán)境里,在沒有任何技術(shù)設(shè)備的房間里坐下來與他人面對面地談?wù)勑哪兀?/p>