【英语时差8,16】吃晚餐时手机不离身

Dear Annie: An employee of a local firm invited my husband and me to a very nice restaurant. This was definitely a business dinner. It turned out that one of our hosts couldn't attend and instead allowed the employee and his girlfriend to bring her daughter, age 15. Instead of seating the child between them, she ended up next to me. As soon as she sat down, she took out her cell phone, placed it next to her plate and stared at it all evening. I was appalled¹ that she was permitted to be so rude. I did my best to ignore her, but my eyes kept drifting back to that phone. How would you tell a rude person to put their distracting² phone away? In the meantime, we won't be accepting any more dinner invitations from this employee without a no-child guarantee. — No Cell Manners in Hawaii Dear Hawaii: We feel sorry for the kid, stuck having dinner with her mother's boyfriend's business associates. Mom should not have brought her, and yes, the girl should have kept the phone in her pocket, purse or lap, but at least she didn't spend the time texting all her friends about how bored she was. There was no reason for you to be fixated on her silent phone.

definitely (adv.) 绝对地；的确 to turn out 结果证明；竟然 to stare (v.) 凝视；瞪视 to be appalled 觉得过分的 to drift (v.) 飄向；漂流 distracting (adj.) 使人分心的；令人困扰的 associate (n.) 同事；同僚 to text (v.) 传简讯 to be fixated on 专注于，执著于

1 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 distracting   

v.使（人）分心，分散（注意力）( distract的现在分词 )；打扰

参考例句：

• You're distracting me from my work. 你使我不能专心工作。
• Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. 没有什么比神经过敏的老板更恼人的了。 来自《简明英汉词典》