#今天你学习英语了吗#
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时至今日，我们已经习惯了用手机付账单、拍照片、玩游戏、看视频。但很多人也苦恼于这种被手机“绑架”的生活。他们选择让手机回归其原始功能：除了打电话、发短信，不干别的。与智能手机相比，老式手机有什么优点？手机功能的多少，对我们的生活会产生什么影响？一起来听今天的讲解。
英文原文
Not Smart but Clever? The Return of 'Dumbphones'
“笨手机”回归：不智能，但却是更明智的选择？
By Suzanne Bearne
Dumbphones are basic handsets, or feature phones, with very limited functionality compared to say an iPhone. You can typically only make and receive calls and SMS text messages. And, if you are lucky - listen to radio and take very basic photos, but definitely not connect to the internet or apps.
“笨手机”，指的就是基础款手机，或者功能手机。与苹果手机这类设备相比，其功能性很低。通常你只能用它来拨打和接听电话，或者发短信。幸运的话，还能听听广播，简单拍拍照，但肯定无法联网或安装应用。
Dumbphones are continuing to enjoy a revival. Google searches for them jumped by 89% between 2018 and 2021.
一场非智能手机的复兴正在持续。 2018 年到 2021 年间，谷歌上“非智能手机”的搜索量猛增了 89%。
It appears fashion, nostalgia, and them appearing in TikTok videos, have a part to play in the dumbphone revival. Many of us had a dumbphone as our first mobile phone, so it's natural that we feel a sense of nostalgia towards these classic handsets.
看上去，导致这场复兴的因素，似乎包括时尚、怀旧、以及这些手机在TikTok视频中的出现。很多人的第一台手机都是非智能机，因此，对于这些经典手机，我们也自然而然地会感到怀旧。
Nowadays a smart phone's ability to connect calls and send short messages is almost a side feature. Your smart phone is your entertainment centre, your news generator, your navigation system, your diary, your dictionary, and your wallet.
如今，接打电话和发送短信几乎成了智能手机的一个次要功能。智能手机已经变成了你的娱乐中心、新闻源、导航系统、日记本、词典和钱包。
Smartphones always want to grab your attention with notifications, updates, and breaking news constantly disrupting your day. This can keep you on edge, might even be agitating and it can be overwhelming.
智能手机总是不断地打扰你，用各种通知、更新和突发新闻来吸引你的注意力。这会使得你一直处于一种紧张的状态，甚至会令你感到焦虑、手足无措。
It makes sense that some of us are now looking for simpler technologies and think that dumbphones might offer a return to simpler times.
难怪，现在有些人正在寻找更为简单的科技产品。他们也认为，非智能手机也许能让我们回归那个更简单的年代。
生词好句
1.smart
英 [smɑːt] 美 [smɑːrt]
adj. using computer technology to make machines more effective
拓展:
We can have energy-saving smart appliances in our homes such as washing machines.
我们可以在家里用节能的智能家电，如洗衣机。
You can have a smart refrigerator which uses computer technology to control the temperature.
你可以弄一台利用计算机技术控制温度的智能冰箱。
2.compared to say
compared to, for example
拓展:
say v. to give an example or a suggestion (common in speaking)
Let's meet later in the day, say 4:30.
我们当天晚些时候见面吧，比如说4：30。
The new Samsung phone looks very big when compared to say an iPhone.
比如与iPhone相比，新款三星手机看起来非常大。
Manchester is actually quite a small city, compared to say London or Paris.
比如与伦敦或巴黎相比，曼彻斯特实际上是一个非常小的城市。
3.enjoy a revival
If something is enjoying a revival, it is becoming popular again.
拓展:
Opera is enjoying a revival in the city.
歌剧又在这座城市流行起来了。
Homebaking is enjoying a revival, as a result of the many baking programmes now on TV.
现在电视上有许多烘焙节目，所以家庭烘焙正重新流行起来。
4.it's natural that we feel a certain way
most people have the same feeling
拓展:
近义表达：it’s natural to feel a certain way
It’s natural to feel nervous before an exam, even if you’ve done lots of revision.
考试前感到紧张是很正常的，即使你已经复习了很多内容。
It’s natural to feel guilty after eating a large chocolate cake all by yourself.
一个人吃完一个大巧克力蛋糕后感到内疚是很正常的。
5.a sense of nostalgia
a feeling of pleasure and maybe a little sadness when you think about things that happened in the past
拓展:
We often feel a sense of nostalgia when we see the books that we read as a child.
当我们看到小时候读过的书时，经常会有一种怀旧之情。
It’s natural to feel a sense of nostalgia when you walk through the neighbourhood you grew up in.
当你走过自己长大的街区时，很自然地就会有一种怀旧的感觉。
6.side
英 [saɪd] 美 [saɪd]
adj. not the main thing or not the most important thing
拓展:
His main job is a taxi-driver but he has a side job in the café on Sundays.
他的主要工作是出租车司机，但星期天他还有一份在咖啡厅的副业。
You might work on a side project.
你可以做一个副业。
At work, her main focus is accounting but she’s also involved in a side project related to marketing.
她的主要工作是会计，但她也参与了与市场营销相关的副业。
7.grab one's attention
If something grabs your attention, you become interested in it very quickly. It quickly gets your attention in a strong way.
拓展:
The best advertisements grab your attention instantly.
最好的广告能立即抓住你的注意力。
As I walked past the shop window, a mobile phone grabbed my attention. I had to buy it.
当我走过商店橱窗时，那部手机完全吸引了我的注意。我不得不买了。
8.on edge
If you are on edge, you feel nervous and you cannot relax because you are worried about something.
拓展:
Is something wrong? You seem a little bit on edge this morning.
出什么事了吗？你今天早上看起来有点紧张。
Everyone was on edge after the company announced that some staff would lose their jobs.
公司宣布裁员后，大家都很紧张。
9.it makes sense
something is a good idea or something is reasonable
拓展:
It makes sense to leave early in the morning to avoid traffic.
为了避免堵车，早上早点出发是个不错的选择。
It makes sense to plan your essay before you start writing the final version.
在你开始写最终版之前，应该先构思好文章。
10.simpler times
a time in the past when there were fewer things to worry about
拓展:
Our grandparents lived in simpler times. They were happy; they had less to worry about.
我们的祖父母生活在更简单的时代。他们很开心，也没有那么多需要担心的。
It’s natural to feel a sense of nostalgia when we remember life before mobile phones. Those were simpler times.
当我们回想起手机出现之前的生活时，自然会产生怀旧情绪。那是一个简单的时代。
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