英语流利说 Level4 Unit2 Part1-Smartphone Addiction

Smartphone Addiction

I took a vacation last night.我昨晚去度假了。

What are you talking about?你在说什么?

Where did you take your vacation?你在哪里度假的?

I didn't go anywhere.我哪儿也没去。

I just spend an evening without my smartphone.我只是度过了一个没有智能手机的夜晚。

How was it?怎么样?

It was great. I got a real magazine and read it with no interruption.这是伟大的。我拿了一本真正的杂志，一口气读完了。

It was very peaceful.非常平静。

Yes, I haven't done that in a long time.是的，我有很长时间没那样做了。

You know what?你知道吗?

I'm beginning to hate smartphones.我开始讨厌智能手机了。

Really? but you can't live without one, right?真的吗?但是你不能没有它，对吧?

Yes, that's the problem.是的，这就是问题所在。

These things are changing the way people live.这些事情正在改变人们的生活方式。

Yes, I just saw a documentary about that.是的，我刚看了一部关于那件事的纪录片。

A husband was complaining to his wife that she was spending too much time on her smartphone.一位丈夫向妻子抱怨说，她花了太多时间在智能手机上。

What happened? Did they get a divorce?发生了什么事?他们离婚了吗?

You guessed it.In the end, they got a divorce.你猜对了。最后，他们离婚了。

It's a bit ironic, don't you think?这有点讽刺，你不觉得吗?

Smartphone were supposed tobringpeopletogether, but they arepullingpeopleapart.智能手机本应让人们走到一起，但它们却把人们分开了。

Yes, you are right.是的，你是对的。

Hey, just a minute. I've got a message on my smartphone, and it can't wait.嘿，等一下。我的智能手机上有一条信息，它迫不及待。