5.23

Why We Can’t Look Away From Our Screens(4)

欲罢不能:电子设备为什么让我们上瘾(4)

Q: Do the designers of the new technologies understand what they’re doing?

问:新技术的设计者们知道自己在干什么吗?

A: The people who create video games wouldn’t say they are looking to create addicts. They just want you to spend as much time as possible with their products.

答:创造电子游戏的人不会说他们期待人们上瘾。他们只想让你花尽可能多的时间在自己的产品上。

Some of the games on smartphones require you to give money as you play, so they want to keep you playing. The designers will build into a game a certain amount of feedback, in the same way that slot machines offer an occasional win to hold your interest.

智能手机上的某些游戏要求你付费,所以他们想让你一直玩下去。这些设计者会在游戏中注入一定量的反馈,这跟老虎机偶尔让你赢一把以保持你的兴趣是一样的。

本段包含词汇

*addict /‘ædɪkt/ n.有瘾的人 v. 使沉溺(本段考察名词含义)

*feedback /‘fiːdbæk/ n.反馈

*occasional /ə’keɪʒənl/ adj.偶然的;临时的

Not surprisingly, game producers will often pretest different versions of a release to see which one is hardest to resist and which will keep your attention longest. It works.

不足为奇的是,游戏制作者往往会预先测试不同版本的新发行产品,看看哪个最让人难以抗拒,哪个让人们保持注意力的时间最长。这的确有效。

本段包含词汇

*version /‘vɜːʃn/ n.版本;说法

*release /rɪ’liːs/ n.释放;发行

*resist /rɪ’zɪst/ v. 抵抗,对抗; 耐,受

*work n. 工作,运转; v. 起作用(it works :这的确有效)

拓展

resistible /rɪ'zɪstəbl/ adj.可抵抗的   

irresistible  /ɪrɪ'zɪstɪb(ə)l/ adj.不可抵抗的;

:irresistible handsome 不可阻挡的帅气 

For the book, I spoke with a young man who sat in front of his computer playing a video game for 45 consecutive days! The compulsive playing had destroyed the rest of his life. He ended up at a rehabilitation(/ˌriːəˌbɪlɪ’teɪʃn/ 康复,修复) clinic in Washington state, reSTART, where they specialize in treating young people with gaming dependencies.

写这本书时,我和一个小伙子聊过,他曾在电脑前连续玩了45天的电子游戏!这种难以控制的游戏行为毁掉了他的其他生活。他最终去了华盛顿州一家名为“重启”(reSTART)的康复门诊,那里专门治疗有游戏依赖症状的年轻人。

本段包含词汇

*consecutive /kən’sekjətɪv/ adj.连续的;连贯的

*compulsive /kəm'pʌlsɪv/ adj.强制的;强迫性的

clinic /‘klɪnɪk/ n.诊所;门诊部

*specialize in 专攻;专门研究

*dependence /dɪ’pend(ə)ns/ n.依赖;依靠;信任

拓展

dependent /di'pendənt/ adj.依靠的;依赖的

independent /,ɪndɪ'pendənt/ adj.独立的;自主的;自立的

(in-此处为否定前缀, “不依靠,不依赖”,因此指的是“独立”)

independence /ɪndɪ'pend(ə)ns/ n.独立;自主;自立

美国独立日 :Independence Day

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