实战口语情景对话 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。