時(shí)候擺脫這些軟件了

文Bella Mackie譯JeanBee 繪迷失嘟嘟

時(shí)候擺脫這些軟件了

I Need to Escape from the Plenty of the Apps

文Bella Mackie譯JeanBee 繪迷失嘟嘟

My phone buzzes①buzz 英 ［b?z］ 美 ［b?z］ vt. 使嗡嗡叫；暗中散布 vi. 作嗡嗡聲；東奔西忙 n. 嗡嗡聲a lot. It lights up and grabs my attention during meetings， when I'm falling asleep and when I'm walking the dog.

For the most part， I emphatically declined their pleas②plea英 ［pli?］ 美 ［pli］ n. 懇求，請(qǐng)求；辯解，辯護(hù)；借口，托辭to send me push notifications③notification 英 ［，n??t?f?'ke??n］ 美 ［'not?f?'ke??n］ n. 通知；通告；［法］ 告示， or know my location. I was smart， I wouldn't let these apps be the boss of me. And yet， the alerts come，day and night. In the past week，I received a passive-aggressive message from the language app telling me that it would no longer bother telling me I haven't been practising my Italian， since it obviously wasn't working. Then there was a mournful④mournful 英 ［'m??nf?l； -f（?）l］ 美 ［'m?rnfl］ adj. 悲哀的；令人惋惜的message that arrived during a meeting

from the running one， which genuinely said： "If you're working out with someone else， it's OK，just log it with us too"， which made me feel like I was being unfaithful， instead of just running in the gym most days.

Even the programmes already installed⑤install 美 ［?n'st?l］ vt. 安裝；任命；安頓on your phone don't let you be. If you have an iPhone，you'll have a health app. It tells you how many steps you've walked a day. I am now locked in a competitive walking ritual with myself. Under 10，000？ My muscles will atrophy⑥atrophy 英 ［'?tr?f?］ 美 ［'?tr?fi］ n. 萎縮，萎縮癥；發(fā)育停止 vi. 萎縮；虛脫!

The problem with these programs， （and， yes， I'm aware that I use the word "problem" lightly — world news is over there） is that they rarely make you feel fantastic about yourself. For every run that your fitness app gives you a virtual high five for， there will be many other occasions when you haven't worked out and you'll see that little widget⑦widget 英 ［'w?d??t］ 美 ［'w?d??t］ n. 裝飾物；小機(jī)械；小部件；未定名的主要新產(chǎn)品glinting at you， reminding you of your failure. You might've been ill， or depressed， or busy working on a brilliant new project — the app doesn't care.

Modern technology helps us in so many incredible ways that it would be churlish⑧churlish 英 ［'t???l??］ adj. 沒(méi)有禮貌的；脾氣暴躁的to complain too severely about apps that can enhance or simplify our lives. But perhaps the companies that design them should have a think about how they want to make us feel. Nagging guilt trips and passive-aggressive notifications are not conventional sales techniques. From now on， I'll be more cautious when I download these little widgets. My success or failure in finding true love，or finally learning how to do a handstand might well be helped along by my smartphone， but none of us should measure our progress in life by it. If I really want to feel guilty， I can always phone my mother.

我的手機(jī)經(jīng)常在響。無(wú)論我是在開(kāi)會(huì)，還是躺在床上，或是正在遛狗，手機(jī)只要一閃，就吸引了我的注意力。

更多時(shí)候，我斷然拒絕了應(yīng)用程序“推送消息”和“獲得位置”的請(qǐng)求。聰明如我，我才不會(huì)讓這些應(yīng)用程序?qū)ξ抑甘之?huà)腳呢。然而，手機(jī)消息還是沒(méi)日沒(méi)夜地飛來(lái)了。就在上周，我的語(yǔ)言應(yīng)用發(fā)送了一條消極激進(jìn)的信息，說(shuō)它以后不會(huì)再費(fèi)心提醒我，我還沒(méi)有練習(xí)意大利語(yǔ)了，反正說(shuō)了也沒(méi)用。在我開(kāi)會(huì)的時(shí)候，我的跑步應(yīng)用也發(fā)了一條悲傷的消息，它誠(chéng)摯地告訴我：“如果你找到鍛煉的伙伴了，不用擔(dān)心這會(huì)傷害到我。但是記得讓你的伙伴加入我們哦。”這條消息并沒(méi)有刺激我花時(shí)間去健身房跑步，但讓我感覺(jué)自己是個(gè)叛徒。

手機(jī)配套應(yīng)用也不會(huì)放過(guò)你的。如果你買(mǎi)了個(gè)iphone，你就會(huì)有一個(gè)健康應(yīng)用程序。這個(gè)應(yīng)用會(huì)告訴你一天走了多少步。我如今在一個(gè)自我步行競(jìng)賽中困住了，如果每天走路少于1萬(wàn)步？我的肌肉可是會(huì)萎縮的！

這些應(yīng)用的問(wèn)題在于，它們很難讓你對(duì)自己產(chǎn)生良好評(píng)價(jià)（我意識(shí)到我很少使用“問(wèn)題”這個(gè)詞，畢竟世界新聞擺在那里）。雖然每次跑步你的手機(jī)應(yīng)用會(huì)給你一個(gè)虛擬的擊掌（以示慶祝），但大多數(shù)時(shí)候，你沒(méi)有在運(yùn)動(dòng)，這個(gè)應(yīng)用讓手機(jī)閃光、提醒你：你失敗了。你可能生病了，或者情緒低落，更有可能是在忙碌于一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的新計(jì)劃——然而這些都不是健康應(yīng)用所關(guān)心的。

現(xiàn)代科技以很多出其不意的方式幫助我們。如果過(guò)多地抱怨這些可以提高或者簡(jiǎn)化我們生活的應(yīng)用程序，可就不禮貌了。不過(guò)也許設(shè)計(jì)這些應(yīng)用的公司應(yīng)該想想，我們對(duì)這些應(yīng)用的感覺(jué)如何。擾人的、讓人感覺(jué)內(nèi)疚的使用體驗(yàn)，以及消極激進(jìn)的提醒信息，可不是符合用戶(hù)習(xí)慣的銷(xiāo)售技巧。從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始，我會(huì)更加謹(jǐn)慎地下載這些小東西。我的智能手機(jī)也許會(huì)幫助我成功找到真愛(ài)、學(xué)會(huì)做倒立，不過(guò)任何人都不應(yīng)該用手機(jī)來(lái)測(cè)量生活的進(jìn)程。如果我確實(shí)想要內(nèi)疚一下，打個(gè)電話(huà)給我媽就行了。