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Smartphone: a smart choice?
It was a smartphone addict.
智能手机:明智的选择?
它是一个智能手机成瘾者。
be addicted to
对……上瘾:对某种活动、物品或物质有强烈的依赖和无法自拔的欲望。
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My eyes were glued to the little screen whenever I walked down the street.
每当我走在街上,我的眼睛都盯着那个小屏幕。
be glued to 无法停止观看某物:指对某物非常着迷,无法分心或离开。
walk down the street 走在街上
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had dinner with friends or lay in bed at night.
与朋友共进晚餐或晚上躺在床上。
have dinner with sb 和某人一起吃晚餐
lay in bed躺在床上
at night在夜晚
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The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for my phone.
我早上醒来的第一件事就是拿起手机。
wake sb up叫醒某人
reach for 拿;够
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I always asked for Wi-Fi connections when I went to a new restaurant or coffee shop.
当我去一家新的餐馆或咖啡店时,我总是要求Wi-Fi连接。
ask for要求;询问
ask sb to do sth
connect with和..连接
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A dead battery in my smartphone would make me feel stressed.
智能手机电池没电会让我感到压力。
be stressed out
感到压力过大:指因为各种原因而感到过度紧张、焦虑或疲劳。
make sb +adj
make sb do sth
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Sometimes I had the uncomfortabke feeking that this little machine had taken up too much of my time,and that I could have done something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen all day.
有时候我有一种不舒服的感觉,觉得这个小机器占用了我太多的时间,我本可以做一些更有意义的事情,而不是整天盯着这个小屏幕。
comfortable-incomfortable
take up占据
meaningful有意义的
all day 整天
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Sliding into the habit was easy,but it was difficult to quit the habit.
养成这种习惯很容易,但要戒掉却很难。
slide into bad habits沾染恶习
quit doing sth 放弃做某事
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Then the day came when I finally realized I had to make a change.
有一天,我终于意识到我必须做出改变。
realize 意识到,实现
realize one’s dream 实现某人的梦想
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Head down,eyes on my smartphone,I stepped into the road and a car shot past,nearly knocking me off my feet!
我低着头,眼睛盯着我的智能手机,走到路上,一辆汽车从我身边飞驰而过,差点把我撞倒!
step into teh road 走到路上
shot飞驰
knock sb off把某人撞倒
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At that every moment,I made up my mind to spend a whole week without my smartphone.
在那一刻,我下定决心要度过一个没有智能手机的星期。
make up one’s mind to do