Smartphones have created a strange kind of anxiety because we're expected to be available all the time. I feel a bit stressed when I have a bunch of notifications waiting for me. So these days, I try not to check my phone constantly and give myself some time away from it.
整体翻译: 智能手机制造了一种奇怪的焦虑,因为我们被默认要随时保持在线。当有一堆通知等着我处理时,我会感到有点压力。所以如今,我尽量不去频繁查看手机,给自己留出一些远离它的时间。
Sentence 1
Smartphones have created a strange kind of anxiety because we're expected to be available all the time.
翻译: 智能手机制造了一种奇怪的焦虑,因为我们被默认要随时保持在线。
重点词汇:
- create — 制造,引起
- create anxiety — 制造焦虑
- 比 make 更强调"从无到有造出某种东西"
- Technology creates new problems as well as solutions.
- a strange kind of — 一种奇怪的
- a kind of — 一种;strange kind of anxiety — 说不清来源的怪焦虑
- 类似表达:a sort of / a type of
- anxiety /æŋˈzaɪəti/ — 焦虑
- 形容词:anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ — feel anxious about the future
- 辨析:stress(压力,偏外界负担)vs anxiety(焦虑,偏内心的不安)
- social anxiety — 社交焦虑
- be expected to do — 被期待做某事,被默认要……
- we're expected to be available — 我们被默认要随叫随到
- 被动语态隐去"谁在期待"——是同事?老板?整个社会?人人都有份
- You're expected to reply to emails within a day.
- available /əˈveɪləbl/ — 能联系上的,有空
- 这里不是"可获得的",而是"人随时在线、找得到"
- Are you available tomorrow? — 你明天有空吗?
- 名词:availability
- all the time — 一直,始终
- 频率最高的一档,常带"过度"的抱怨意味
- You can't be working all the time.
句式亮点: X have created a strange kind of anxiety because... 是因果论证的万能开头——have created 用现在完成时,强调焦虑"已经造成且持续至今";a strange kind of 是个小心机:焦虑不来自危险本身,而来自"被期待在线"这种看不见摸不着的东西,所以才 strange。we're expected to 的被动语态把"期待者"隐去,人人都被期待、没人能逃脱,一句话写出了科技焦虑的普遍性。
Sentence 2
I feel a bit stressed when I have a bunch of notifications waiting for me.
翻译: 当有一堆通知等着我处理时,我会感到有点压力。
重点词汇:
- a bit — 有点儿
- 修饰形容词,比 a little 更口语
- 放在负面感受前起缓和作用:a bit stressed / a bit tired
- I'm a bit busy right now.
- stressed /strest/ — 感到有压力的
- 辨析:stressed(人感到压力)vs stressful(事情让人有压力)
- I feel stressed. / My job is stressful.
- stressed out — 压力大到崩溃,程度更强
- a bunch of — 一堆,很多
- 口语高频,比 a lot of 更随意
- 本义"一串":a bunch of grapes — 一串葡萄
- a bunch of friends — 一帮朋友
- notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ — 通知,推送
- 手机推送就是这个词,口语常缩略为 notif
- 动词:notify — 通知;turn off notifications — 关掉推送
- waiting for me — 在等着我
- 结构:have + 宾语 + 现在分词 — 有……正在做某事
- I have three emails waiting for me. — 我有三封邮件等着我处理
句式亮点: I feel a bit stressed when... 是"感受 + 触发条件"的最简模板,比 X makes me stressed 平实自然得多。量词一收一放最见分寸:感受说得轻描淡写(a bit,只是有点),通知却堆成山(a bunch,一大堆)。waiting for me 把通知拟人化——它们排着队催你,焦虑感扑面而来,但全句没出现一个负面词,这就是英语"用事实说话"的表达方式。
Sentence 3
So these days, I try not to check my phone constantly and give myself some time away from it.
翻译: 所以如今,我尽量不去频繁查看手机,给自己留出一些远离它的时间。
重点词汇:
- these days — 如今,现在
- 指当前这段时期,暗含"和以前不一样了"
- These days, I rarely watch TV. — 现在我很少看电视了
- 近义:nowadays(稍书面)
- try not to do — 尽量不做某事
- 注意语序:try not to check;✗ don't try to check(意思变成"不尝试去看")
- try to do(努力做,未必成功)vs manage to do(成功做到)
- check — 查看,看一眼
- check my phone / check messages / check the time
- 强调快速确认,不是仔细阅读
- constantly /ˈkɑːnstəntli/ — 不停地,频繁地
- 比 always 更强调"持续不断",常带抱怨语气
- She's constantly complaining. — 她不停地抱怨
- give myself some time — 给自己留点时间
- 结构:give + 间接宾语 + 直接宾语;myself 强调主动照顾自己
- Give yourself a break. — 给自己放个假吧
- time away from it — 远离它的时间
- away from — 与……拉开距离:time away from work/screens
- it 回指 my phone,避免重复
句式亮点: So these days, I try not to... and give myself... 是"认知 → 行动"的标准收尾:So 承接前文的因果,these days 标记"我开始改变的时间点"。两个动作一减一加——try not to check(戒掉坏习惯)+ give myself time away(建立新习惯),正好构成改变行为的完整策略。收尾一个 away,干净利落地把人和手机拉开距离。
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