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FaceApp offers us a glimpse into our future

“变老滤镜”一夜爆红

What would you look like when you are 80 years old?

80岁的你会是什么样子？

It seems too far away to imagine, but an app named FaceApp tries to show you.

这似乎遥远得有些难以想象，但一款名为FaceApp的应用却能让你看到自己的“老年照”。

With the help of an aging filter, the app creates transformations¹ of users' faces using various filters and features.

该应用借助了一款变老滤镜，通过使用各式各样的滤镜效果以及面部特征修改功能，让用户“变脸”。

The FaceApp aging challenge went viral last month.

上个月，一项“变老挑战”走红网络。

Many celebrities² like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber shared their wrinkly, grey-haired selfies on social media.

包括泰勒·斯威夫特、贾斯汀·比伯在内的诸多名人都在社交媒体上分享了一脸皱纹、满头白发的自拍照。

FaceApp helps us stop thinking of things that don't matter and focus on the present.

FaceApp令我们不再考虑无关紧要的事情，而是关注当下。

"We view these images as speculative³ fiction, not realized and therefore unreal," US author Nicci Gerrard told The New York Times.

“我们将这些照片视为推测的想象，这一切都尚未发生，因此也并不真实，”美国作家尼西·吉拉德在接受《纽约时报》采访时表示。

"We think of our younger selves, because in one sense that's who we are.

“我们会想到更年轻的自己，因为在某种意义上那便是我们本身。

Our younger stories are all still part of us, while our older self doesn't exist yet."

我们年轻时的经历仍然是我们人生的一部分，而年老的那个自己还并不存在。”

However, not everyone can laugh at their older selves.

但并不是所有人都乐见变老的自己。

For some, aging is terrifying and it's hard to accept what the future holds in terms of looks, feelings, and perception.

对于一些人而言，变老是件很恐怖的事，他们很难接受未来自己的样貌、感受以及认知。

As MetroUK noted⁴, "It's a prophet of doom⁵: FaceApp is making people into a harrowing crisis.

正如英国《地铁报》所指出的，“这就是一段末日预言：FaceApp正在令人们经历一场痛苦的危机。”

In addition, FaceApp is facing a number of accusations⁶ regarding user privacy.

除此之外，FaceApp还面临着一系列关于用户隐私问题的指控。

When a user alters a photo, it needs to be uploaded to the servers in Russia, where the company is located, then AI filters your image and sends it back to you.

当用户修改照片时，需要先将照片上传至该应用公司位于俄罗斯的服务器，随后人工智能程序会为照片加上滤镜，再返还给用户。

By using the app, "you grant FaceApp ... license⁷ to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, and publish" your image, as stated in its service agreement.

在使用这款应用时，“你会授权FaceApp使用、复制、修改、调整并公开”你的图像，正如该应用的服务条款中所注明的那样。

Despite the concerns over privacy, however, FaceApp does light up the internet.

尽管隐私问题令人担忧，但FaceApp的确引发了全网狂欢。

It gives us the chance to take a look at our futures⁸ and perhaps let us consider how to prepare for it.

它令我们有机会一窥自己未来的容貌，或许还能令我们开始思考，如何为未来做好准备。

1 transformations   

n.变化( transformation的名词复数 )；转换；转换；变换

参考例句：

• Energy transformations go on constantly, all about us. 在我们周围，能量始终在不停地转换着。 来自辞典例句
• On the average, such transformations balance out. 平均起来，这种转化可以互相抵消。 来自辞典例句

2 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

3 speculative   

adj.思索性的，暝想性的，推理的

参考例句：

• Much of our information is speculative.我们的许多信息是带推测性的。
• The report is highly speculative and should be ignored.那个报道推测的成分很大，不应理会。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

6 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

7 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

8 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。