美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-7-21

Half of American teens say they feel addicted² to their mobile devices and more than half of parents say their kids are. This is according to a new study by Common Sense Media. And an expert in digital detoxification says one sign of a problem is when a young person would rather play videogames inside, alone, than go to the movies or hang out with friends.

半数美国青年人认为自己沉迷于移动设备，超过半数的家长认为他们的孩子沉迷于移动设备。这是常识媒体进行的新研究所揭发的数据。一名数码解毒专家表示，这个问题的其中一个迹象是，年轻人宁可独自在房间里玩电子游戏，也不愿和朋友们出去看电影。

It's not known yet whether a large number of people would fit into a technical definition of an addict¹ when it comes to cell phone use. But those who think they might aren't limited to teenagers. The study found that 27 percent of parents have troubled unplugging.

目前并不清楚是否有很多人属于技术上说的手机上瘾症。但是对手机上瘾的人可能不只是年轻人。研究发现，27%的家长有同样的问题。

KELLY WALLACE, CNN REPORTER: Would you say you are addicted to your phone?

CNN记者凯利·华莱士：你认为你属于对手机上瘾的人吗？

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

身份不明的男性：属于。

SUBTITLE³: Digital dependence⁴.

副标题：数码依赖

WALLACE: Do you ever wonder if that 24/7 connectedness is making us less connected? Consider this: 90 percent of American adults have cell phones, and 29 percent of cell phone users say they can't live without those cell phones.

华莱士：你有没有想过，24小时开机是不是让我们的联系更少了？考虑一下：90%的美国成年人都有手机，其中29%的手机用户表示他们没有手机活不下去。

Could you go a day without your phone, could you?

你能过一天没有手机的生活吗，你可以吗？

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, I don't think so.

身份不明的女性：不行，我不行。

WALLACE: Is it true you sleep with it?

华莱士：你和手机一起睡觉是真的吗？

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I sleep with my phone.

身份不明的女性：对，我和手机一起睡觉。

WALLACE: Where is your phone when you're sleeping?

华莱士：你睡觉的时候手机放在哪里？

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Usually in my hand, under my pillow. So, like it's in my hand the whole time when I'm sleeping.

身份不明的女性：通常我会拿在手里，或是放在枕头下面。一般我睡觉的时候手机一直在我的手里。

WALLACE: What would it feel like if I said you couldn't check for a day?

华莱士：如果我说你一天都不能用手机，你会有什么感觉？

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like the Stone Age.

身份不明的男性：那就像石器时代一样。

WALLACE: Seventy-one of teens are on more than one social networking site, and studies show that social media can sometimes not be great for self-esteem. One study in fact found that the more time people spent on Facebook, the worst they felt about their own lives.

华莱士：71%的青年人不只使用一个社交网站，研究发现，社交媒体对自尊有害。一项研究发现，人们使用脸谱网的时间越长，他们就越会认为自己的生活很糟。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you're not having a good day and then you go on Facebook and you see how your best friend just went to Disney and your other friend, you know, just got a boyfriend and everyone is having such a great life, because we only post our happy moments, then that makes you feel worse.

身份不明的女性：如果有一天你心情不太好，然后你在脸谱网上看到你最好的朋友去迪士尼乐园玩，又看到其他朋友交了新男友，所有人都过着非常美好的生活，因为我们只会上传我们的美好时刻，而你看到这些会让你感觉更糟。

WALLACE: China and South Korea have already identified Internet addiction⁵ as a significant public health threat that hasn't happened yet in the United States, but people in this country are already being treated for Internet addiction.

华莱士：中国和韩国认为网瘾是重大的公共卫生威胁，而美国还没有这样定性，但是美国已经有人在接受网瘾治疗了。

It isn't all bad. Forty-six percent of the workforce⁶ feel more productive and 87 percent say the Internet and cell phones improve their ability to learn new things.

当然社交媒体并不都是坏处。46%的劳动力感觉效率高了，87%的人表示网络和手机提高了他们学习新事物的能力。

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's the future, the new generation. I think we're embracing it. And we're growing a lot from social networking. It's helping⁷ us out a lot.

身份不明的男性：这是未来和新一代的趋势。我认为我们要持欢迎的态度。我们从社交网络中学到了很多。社交网站对我们帮助很大。

WALLACE: Do you think in a way we're losing out on these personal connections? I mean, look at us, we're having a conversation.

华莱士：你认为从某种方面来说，我们的人际关系正在疏离吗？看看我们，我们在对话。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is probably the longest conversation I've had since I've been in America.

身份不明的女性：这可能是我来到美国以后进行的最长对话了。

1 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

2 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

3 subtitle   

n.副题（书本中的），说明对白的字幕

参考例句：

• His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
• Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉！我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。

4 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

5 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

6 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。