Why Not Look Away from the Screens

內蒙古 叢美清

□語篇導讀

你聽說過“行為癮”嗎？這種癮的出現與現代電子產品密切相關。試想一下,智能產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 “likes” 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電子產品

2.relate to與……相關；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；實質；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代電子產品上癮。

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絡游戲。

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品上。

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

(2)as...as possible相當于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習英語。

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譯文助讀

我們中有許多人對現代電子產品上癮。在過去,我們通常把上癮和海洛因、可卡因、尼古丁這樣的化學物質聯系在一起。而今,又出現了一種行為癮現象。大多數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？

至少對網絡游戲而言,當然是可以考慮一下的。在韓國和中國,有人提出設立“灰姑娘法規”。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。我們特別關心在Instagram上發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。這種行為已經擾亂了我們的工作和日常生活。

我們為什么不能抽出更多的時間待在自然的環境里,在沒有任何技術設備的房間里坐下來與他人面對面地談談心呢？