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Dear Annie:

亲爱的安妮：

I have a wonderful friend who has become acomplete cell phone addict¹. Last week I gave her aride to the airport, which I was absolutely happy todo, but it was clearly a favor. All the way there, sheignored me and yakked² on her cell phone to hergrown children.

我有一个很好的朋友，现在已经完全成了一个手机控。上周我开车搭她到机场，我绝对很乐意那样做的。我显然是在帮她的忙。但是整整一路，她都把我当空气，在她的手机里和她已经长大的孩子喋喋不休。

I was insulted, but figured if I complained, I would appear jealous of her relationship with herkids, of which she is quite proud. Did I make the right choice? Don't cell phone addicts³ realizethey make the people they are with feel like a dime⁴ waiting on a dollar? What can I do? － CellFree

我被冒犯了，但我不知道是不是心存抱怨，是否会显露出对她和她孩子之间的关系的嫉妒之情——她颇为自豪的就是她和孩子的良好关系。我该怎么做？难道手机控们没有意识到，他们的行为让和他们在一起的人感到备受冷落吗？我该怎么做？ ——“一个无手机的人”

Dear Cell Free:

亲爱的“无手机的人”：

People who are overly attached to their phones do not realize how rude they are, and in thisinstance, your friend may have been showing off a bit. You can tell her that it bothers you to bedeliberately ignored and hope she will shape up. Or, you can simply stop whatever you aredoing and pointedly⁵ but politely wait for her to finish her conversation. If that means parkingthe car, do it.

过于注重自己手机的人没有意识到他们的行为是多么地粗鲁。在这种情况下，你的朋友可能是想稍稍炫耀一下。你可以告诉她，你被故意冷落了，你希望她收敛一点。你可以停下手中的活儿，然后严肃但礼貌地等待她打完电话。如果需要停车的话，那就停吧。

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 yakked   

没完没了地谈些无关要紧的事，喋喋不休，唠叨( yak的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yakked on endlessly about his wife. 关于他的妻子，他喋喋不休地说个没完。
• They yackety-yakked for an hour or more. 他们喋喋不休地讲了一个多小时。

3 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

4 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

5 pointedly   

adv.尖地，明显地

参考例句：

• She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch. 她打了个哈欠，又刻意地看了看手表。
• The demand for an apology was pointedly refused. 让对方道歉的要求遭到了断然拒绝。 来自《简明英汉词典》