iPhone 7的发布会终于开了，虽然大家对Apple产品的热情较前几年有所降温，但是还是很多朋友虔诚地看完了发布会，边看边合计怎样在保住肾的前提下搞一个iPhone7🙃🙃🙃
但是呢，我这个技术盲就不写跟iPhone7相关的英语的文章了，以免误导大家。我今天跟大家分享的是一篇经典的Ted Talk，Sherry Turkle的connect, but alone. 大家可以在Ted的网页和APP上找到这个演讲。
智能手机的普及，除了给我们的生活带来便利之外，也带来了一些问题。这篇演讲侧重于“问题”，提醒我们，although technology says it will take something complicated and promises something simpler, we need to stay alert and introspective, as every coin has two sides. （虽然科技承诺能带走复杂的东西，用更简化的东西取而代之，但是我们还是需要保持警惕和自省，因为凡事都有两面性。）
由于篇幅原因，我节选几段对口语表达比较有帮助且也能反映演讲主题的截图，并附上我的理解，希望能帮助到大家。
get to do sth. ≈ can do sth. 可以做…… ，在口语中经常用
retouch, v. 美图😁😁😁
~ sth to make small changes to a picture or photograph so that it looks better
多少人发语音的时候要手指上滑好几次才最终发出去？
多少人是因为表情比文字更生动形象免除了错别字和不妥而习惯了发表情？
多少人在跟社交联系人发照片的时候要一修再修，修到看起来刚刚好？
……
我觉得包括我在内，很多人躺枪😣😣😣
那么为什么conversations 辣么重要呢？
因为有个特别悲哀的事实：
想想还真是呢，科技能给我们安慰，而彼此却只会互相伤害😑😑😑
此处省略几百字，想必大家都能脑补出来……
大家对expect的用法不陌生吧？
expect sth. from sb.
expect sb. to do sth.
be expected to do sth. ≈ be supposed to do sth.
这个第三个用法的同义替换be supposed to do sth.经常在口语中用，尤其在吵架时。
e.g.
-Mike, how could you be so rude to my sister? She is my SISTER!
-Oh, come on, what was I supposed to say to her when she insulted me first?
自己脑补一下场景，体会一下这火药味😨😨😨
这几句话是不是直戳内心？
语法很简单，词汇也很简单，但是意思表达得很到位。说得如此有道理，我竟无法反驳。
我想告诉大家的是，在表达自己的观点时，不要迷信所谓的“高级”词汇。有效的交流需要的是“合适”的词汇，合适场合，合适主题的词汇。上面这几句话就是典型的“小词说大话”，大家以后要多留心这样的表达哦。
那对上面的这种窘境，我们要怎么做呢？先来一口鸡汤吧！
Most important, we all really need to listen to each other, including to the boring bits.
为什么呢？
Because it's when we stumble or hesitate or lose our words that we reveal ourselves to each other.
来来来，咱们说几个很常见的动作，但这几个词好像不是辣么熟悉呢。
stumble, v. 结巴（说错/停顿太多）
to make a mistake or mistakes and stop while you are speaking, reading to sb or playing music
hesitate, v. 犹豫不决（因为不确定/紧张）
to be slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain or nervous
lose our words 没词儿了（这个字面很好理解，没词儿的原因无所谓）
reveal, v.
to show sth that previously could not be seen
那么reveal oneself to sb.就是向某人展示或者吐露一些比较私密的东西，秘密，或者，咳咳，private parts🤔🤔🤔
然后再安利一下那个炒鸡好用的词典！！！
很多时候看了英文释义就不用绞尽脑汁去想它中文意思到底是什么了，理解了自然就会用了
咱们继续~
那如果我们不倾听彼此呢？后果是：
If we're not able to be alone, we're going to be more lonely. And if we don't teach our children to be alone, they're only going to know how to be lonely.
哦漏，又来了。
alone和lonely有神马区别啊？
alone, a.
without any other people
就是“木有人陪”，但是呢，并不一定就会“感慨万千，世界之大，竟无人相伴”，因为很可能你很享受这种感觉，很喜欢别人leave you alone
vs.
lonely, a.
unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to
这个就稍微惨了点儿，可能身边有很多人陪着，但是没有谁能让你reveal yourself to…
明白了吗？
来来来，咱们来用学过的语言点来总结一下，包括前几天我分享过的：
People who are alone are not necessarily unhappy; people who are lonely are usually unhappy, although there may be many people in their life.
We are alone when we need to be on our own; we are lonely when we have no one to reveal ourselves to.
我对智能生活的感受如下：
Like it or not, my life has been greatly changed by smart devices. They have brought me convenience, which seeps in all aspects of life. I get to keep in touch with the people that matter in more ways than I could ever imagine; I get to pay my bills in a quick and easy fashion that would only take me a second and a smartphone, with my hands free from cash and cards. However, the dark side of the story sometimes scares me in that I’m losing my words when talking to the people that matter, the same people that I want to always stay in touch, because I have relied to much on emoticons and emojis, or whatever those little smiling or crying faces are called. Another bad thing about the smart age is that I, as well as all smart phone users, am subject to financial loss and privacy leakage thanks to the “almighty” hackers.
So in conclusion, I guess I will have to stay alert and introspective while I’m enjoying the bonuses in the smart age.
那么你对智能生活的感受是什么呢？
欢迎留言告诉我😊😊😊
好啦，希望今天大家能抽出一丢丢时间去思考一下智能手机以及其他产品给我们的生活带来的利与弊——也许，能保住你的肾哦😈😈😈
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