美语情景对话 第1068期:Dialed In vs Unplugged 入网VS断网

Aimee: So Paul, speaking of technology, how long do you think you can go without checking your phone?

艾米：保罗，说到科技，你认为你可以多长时间不看手机？

Paul: Ah, it's quite embarrassing, really, if I'm honest, I check it a lot. I really do, like I'm always having to look at Facebook, my emails. I'm looking at the football news online... yeah, I mean... It's not something that I'm proud about; but it's something that, yeah, it's quite a big part of my life, I think.

保罗：说起来真的很不好意思，说实话我看手机的次数很频繁。我经常看手机，我一直在看脸谱网还有邮件。我还会在网上浏览足球新闻。我并不是以此为荣，只是我想那已经成为了我生活的一部分。

Aimee: If you left the house and you had forgotten your phone, would you feel something really missing?

艾米：如果你出家门以后发现忘了带手机，那你会感觉少了些什么吗？

Paul: I did actually I forgot my...I use my iPad a lot, and I forgot my iPad the other day just as I was leaving, and my bus was about to arrive. And I really had the strong like pull to get back for it. But I caught myself and decided that yeah, I can manage without it, you know, for one day.

保罗：我的确忘带过，我比较常用iPad，有一天我出门时忘了带我的iPad，而公交车马上就要到了。我非常想回去拿。可是我阻止了自己，我想没有iPad我也可以度过一天。

Aimee: Could you manage?

艾米：那你做到了吗？

Paul: Yeah, I did, I didn't even think about it actually. It was just that you know, that sort of momentary pull where I thought I needed it, and then actually having you know, sort of considered it seriously. It was like, I don't need it, so yeah, I did find without it I didn't have to be like hooked up to a life support system or anything. Yeah, it's amazing really, how it comes to be such a central part in your life. How long do you think you could go without using the internet?

保罗：做到了，我甚至没有去想它。我以为我很需要它，这其实是一种瞬间的吸引，可是再仔细考虑一下，你会发现，我并不需要它，而且没有iPad，我就不用连接这个所谓的“生命支持系统”了。它是如何成为生活中心的，这真是太不可思议了。你能多长时间不用网络？

Aimee: Ahh, I check my phone thousands of times a day... To exaggerate, did I say thousands? I check it too much, I think, far too much. If I left my home, I would feel gutted. I would feel like I'm really, really missing something. It would definitely be a big, big pull, I think. I read a lot of things on the internet and I check things and, and yeah. When it's not there, then I do feel like something is maybe I should be doing something, or missing out on something. And it's not good - I'm embarrassed it's not good at all. So I think I need to work on unplugging.

艾米：啊，我一天要看几千次手机。我有些夸张了，我刚是不是说了几千次？我想我看手机的次数太多了。如果我把手机落在家里，那我会感觉非常沮丧。我会觉得少了些什么。我想那一定是非常大的吸引。我在网络上浏览很多内容，还要查看很多东西。如果我没带手机，那我感觉我应该做些什么事情，否则我会感觉少了些什么。这样并不好，我很尴尬，这样一点都不好。我认为我应该断网。

Paul: I've heard a lot of people they try to do at least one or two days a week when they don't use the internet at all. But that sounds like it could be quite a good idea. You know, maybe just you know, unplug.

保罗：我听说有很多人每周尽量有一天或两天的时间完全不用网络。我认为那听起来是个非常不错的主意。远离电子产品。

Aimee: Yeah. Do you think you could?

艾米：对。你认为你能做到吗？

Paul: I think I could, yeah, I think I could. In fact, I really like hiking and being outdoors, and, I think one of the things I really love about it is that I'm... nobody can contact me, you know? And I'm kinda away from everything. And I really enjoy those moments.

保罗：我想我能，我可以做到。实际上，我很喜欢徒步，我喜欢户外活动，这些活动让我着迷的其中一个原因是，我进行户外运动时没人能联系到我。那让我远离一切。我非常享受那些时刻。

Aimee: Uhm, yeah. I don't know if I could. I always have to cut down before going cold turkey, I think, I've got to cut down. I'm trying to cut down. You know, I mentioned before, I'm trying to get back into reading uhm, just get back into real books instead of screen time. So, yeah, I couldn't go cold turkey, I think, a couple of days a week. I would need to cut down.

艾米：嗯。我不知道我能不能做到。在完全停止使用电子产品之前，我会减少使用时间。我会逐渐减少使用时间。我之前提到过，我在努力找回我的阅读习惯，我要看纸质书，而不是电子书。一周有几天的时间完全不使用电子设备，我想我做不到。我需要逐渐减少使用时间。

Paul: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think we should probably yeah, make a concerted effort I think it is probably good for us to try to reduce our, you know, user time.

保罗：对，没错，我想也许我们应该一起努力，我认为这会帮助我们减少使用电子产品的时间。

Aimee: Yeap.

艾米：好的。

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重点讲解：
1. speaking of (接过话头引入新话题)说到…，谈到…；
例句：Speaking of hamburgers, I am as hungry as a hawk.
说到汉堡包，我感到饿极了。
2. hook up 连接，接通（计算机或其他电子仪器）；
例句：The wireman hooked up a telephone.
线路工人已把电话装好并接通。
3. miss out on 没有参加，错过(对自己有益或有趣的事)；
例句：If you dwell on the bad things in life,you miss out on all the good things.
如果你一直踌躇于生活中那些糟糕的事上，你就会错过一切美好的事情。
4. cut down 削减；减少使用；
例句：I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.
我没有断烟，但是抽烟少了。