第1471期:The language of smartphone addiction

词汇表 phablet 平板手机to post （在网上）发布the latter （上文提到的两者中的）后者portmanteau 组合的zombie 僵尸to potter 闲逛to be glued to something 目不转睛地看oblivious （对周围发生的事）毫无察觉的to enrich 使充实to snub 冷落scintillating 妙趣横生的engrossed 全神贯注的we’ve all been there 我们都能感同身受，我们都是过来人bowed 弯腰的legions of 数量庞大的、大批的（人）light-hearted （风格、题材等）轻松愉快的to update 更新（网上的内容）to miss out 错过（机会、好处、趣事）mentality 心态，心理文稿:Are you addicted to your smartphone? Do you check your phablet in the middle of the night? 你沉迷于你的智能手机吗？你在半夜检查你的平板手机吗？Do you post to social media as you stroll along the pavement? 当你在人行道上漫步时，你会在社交媒体上发帖吗？If you do the latter, you would be called a ‘smombie’ in Germany.如果你做后者，你会在德国被称为“smombie”。 It’s a portmanteau word which combines ‘smartphone’ and ‘zombie’, and refers to the familiar sight of someone pottering along, eyes glued to the phone in their hand, oblivious to the world around them. 这是一个混合词，结合了“智能手机”和“僵尸”，指的是熟悉的景象，有人在陶醉，眼睛紧盯着手中的手机，对周围的世界视而不见。The term was chosen as Youth Word of the Year in Germany in 2015.该词在 2015 年被选为德国年度青年词。Indeed, just as mobile phones have changed the way we communicate, they’ve also enriched the stock of slang that describes human behaviour.事实上，正如手机改变了我们的交流方式一样，它们也丰富了描述人类行为的俚语。Another such term is ‘phubbing’. Again, it’s a combination of two individual words, this time ‘phone’ and ‘snubbing’. 另一个这样的术语是“phubbing”。同样，它是两个单词的组合，这次是“电话”和“冷落”。Picture the scene: you’re out at a cafe with a friend, but instead of listening to your scintillating conversation, he’s engrossed in his mobile phone. We’ve all been there.想象一下场景：你和一个朋友在咖啡馆里，但他没有听你闪闪发光的谈话，而是全神贯注在他的手机上。我们都去过那里。Then there’s a phrase which comes from Chinese: the ‘bowed head tribe’. 然后有一个来自中国的短语：“低头部落”。This describes not a mere, singular smombie, but the legions of people we see stooped over mobile phones.这不仅描述了一个单一的、单一的 smombie，还描述了我们看到的大量俯身在手机上的人。And over in Japan, one blogger describes the groups of people dangerously traversing busy intersections as ‘dumbwalkers’, but who somehow manage to avoid crashing into each other.在日本，一位博主将危险地穿过繁忙的十字路口的人群描述为“哑巴行者”，但他们以某种方式设法避免相互撞车。While many of these terms are light-hearted, there’s a serious side. 虽然其中许多术语都很轻松，但也有严肃的一面。In the German city of Augsburg one phone user was killed after being hit by a tram as she crossed the road. 在德国奥格斯堡市，一名电话用户在过马路时被电车撞死。It prompted authorities to install ground-level traffic lights for those looking down at their phones.它促使当局为那些低头看手机的人安装地面交通灯。And the risks with phones don’t end there. The desire for increasingly daring selfies has led to the deaths of over 120 people since 2014.手机的风险还不止于此。自 2014 年以来，对越来越大胆的自拍的渴望已导致 120 多人死亡。 That’s more than have died from shark attacks.这比死于鲨鱼袭击的人数还多。  It may come as no surprise to hear, therefore, that we’re more addicted to our phones than ever before, according to a survey in the UK by Deloitte. 因此，德勤在英国的一项调查显示，我们比以往任何时候都更沉迷于手机，这并不奇怪。Phones are our cameras, our calendars and our windows into the constantly updating lives of friends across social media.手机是我们的相机、我们的日历和我们通过社交媒体了解朋友们不断更新生活的窗口。Without our phones by our side, surely we’d miss out on all this fun? 如果没有我们的手机，我们肯定会错过所有这些乐趣吗？And yes, you guessed it, there’s a slang term for that mentality too: ‘fomo’, or the ‘fear of missing out’.是的，你猜对了，这种心态也有一个俚语：“fomo”，或者“害怕错过”。