美国有线新闻 CNN “无手机恐惧症”你有吗？

 

Nomophobia is term we came across when preparing our next story. It`s a mash¹ up no-mobile-phobia. The fear of not having your smartphone or being connected with others through it.

下一则新闻将会谈到一个术语——“无手机恐惧症”，即一种因为没有手机而引发的恐惧症，对没带智能手机或无法通过智能手机与他人联系的恐惧。

Though the devices are a relatively² recent invention, an increasing number of people seemed to have developed a psychological dependence³ on them and that`s getting researchers` attention.

尽管这种设备是一项相对较新的发明，但似乎越来越多的人对它们产生了心理上的依赖。这种现象引起了研究人员的注意。

It`s been 10 years since the iPhone debut<sup>4</sup> and it`s hard to imagine a world without the smartphone.

苹果手机问世已经10年了，现在很难想象一个没有智能手机的世界会是怎样的。

We use our smartphones to work, entertain, organize, do hundreds of daily tasks, even find love. We might jokingly say I`m addicted⁵ to my smartphone. But more and more, researchers are starting to agree.

我们用智能手机去工作、娱乐、组织活动、做许许多多的日常工作，甚至用它找到真爱。我们可能会开玩笑说，“我沉迷于智能手机”。但越来越多的研究人员开始对此表示赞同。

For those who specialized⁶ in technology addictions⁷, what goes on inside your head looked similarly to what goes on inside your head when you`re dealing⁸ with other addictions.

对于那些专门研究技术成瘾的人来说，你沉溺于手机时大脑的活动与你处理其他上瘾情境时的大脑活动相似。

The regions of the brain that light up when engaged in to your smartphone, those are the same regions of the brain that are engaged when you`re using those drugs and alcohol.

当你使用智能手机时大脑兴奋的区域，与你在使用药物和酒精时大脑的兴奋区域是相同的。

Dr. David Greenfield says it also affects your behavior.

大卫·格林菲尔德博士说，它还会影响你的行为。

In other words, you`re using it like a drug -- when you`re triggered by burden, you`re using it as an avoidance of sleep. You`re using it to increase your mode when you`re feeling a little down, or you`re using it to avoid social situations when you walk into a party.

换句话说，你使用手机就像在使用一种药物一样——当你感到压力大时，你就用它来逃避入睡；当你情绪低落时，你就用它来调节自己的情绪；或者当你参加聚会时，用它来避免社交。

He warned it takes a trained professional to tell you if you`re addicted to your phone. Self-diagnosing won`t work.

他警告称，想要知道自己是否沉迷于手机，需要训练有素的专业人士来对你进行判断。自己诊断行不通。

That`s because we`re terrible at estimating how much time we actually spend online. A 2015 study found that people use their phones twice as much as they think they do.

因为我们对自己上网的时间做的评估都很糟糕。2015年的一项研究发现，人们实际使用手机的时间是自认为使用手机的时间的两倍。

Over 77 percent of Americans now own a smartphone. That`s almost double since 2011. What is clear is that our relationship with our phones is changing. How we use phones in 2007 looks a lot different from life in 2017.

现在，超过77%的美国人拥有智能手机。这几乎是2011年以来的两倍。很明显，我们与手机的关系正在发生变化。我们在2007年使用手机的方式与2017年的截然不同。

Normative use would be use that doesn`t impact anything in your life. In other words, you use it to make a phone call. You use it for your GPS. You don`t have it on the table when you`re eating your dinner. You`re using it but you`re using it very moderately. Now, there are less and less people that are doing that.

规范的使用手机不会对你的生活产生任何影响。换句话说，你就用它来打电话，进行定位。而不会在吃饭时把它放在桌子上。你会使用手机，但你用得很适度。现在，这样做的人越来越少了。

1 mash   

n.麦芽浆，糊状物，土豆泥；v.把…捣成糊状，挑逗，调情

参考例句：

• He beat the potato into a mash before eating it.他把马铃薯捣烂后再吃。
• Whiskey,originating in Scotland,is distilled from a mash of grains.威士忌源于苏格兰，是从一种大麦芽提纯出来的。

2 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 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。

4 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

5 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。

6 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

7 addictions   

瘾( addiction的名词复数 )； 吸毒成瘾； 沉溺； 癖好

参考例句：

• He has removed the stigma of drug addictions. 他已经洗去吸毒的污点了。
• Intelligent people are good at using reason to control excessive addictions. 智慧的人善于用理性来控制过度的嗜欲。

8 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。