托福词汇之“post-modern depression”
据说,现在大家出门旅行找住处的时候打听的第一件事儿是“有没有WIFI?”拿着手机却上不了网,这已经是很多人都无法忍受的事情。所以呢,到了完全没有网络的地方,平时的“低头族”们不犯抑郁症才怪呢!
Postmodem depression is the unpleasant feeling you get when you haven't hadaccess to the Internet (i.e. QQ, Weibo and WeChat) for a "long" time, likeseveral minutes. You don't have appetite, not in the mood to enjoy beautifulscenery or talk to people, the only thing you care about is where you can find aWIFI hotspot.
Postmodemdepression(断网抑郁症)指无法连接到网络(也就是不能刷微博、微信和QQ)很“长”时间时的郁闷心情,这里所谓的很“长”时间,其实可能也就几分钟而已。就因为这样,你没有胃口吃东西,无心欣赏美景,也不愿跟人说话,一心只想找个能帮你上网的WIFI热点。
比如,一家人出去度假:
Mom: Johnny, come to dinner!
妈妈:强子,吃饭了!
Johnny: Not hungry!
强子:不饿!
Mom (to dad): What the hell is wrong with him?
妈妈对爸爸说:这孩子咋啦?
Dad: He's got postmodem depression; he can't update his WeChat Moments.
爸爸:没有网,郁闷了,刷不了朋友圈。
Mom: But we have only been here for 15 minutes.
妈妈:可是我们刚到这儿15分钟而已啊。。。