Name: 用英語思考和表達：技術 (THINK and SPEAK in English: technology)
Uploaded: 2024-05-29T15:37:47.000Z
Duration: 14 min 34 s

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Have you been lost in your phone and you didn't hear what was going on in the world around you?

你是否曾因為沉迷於手機而聽不到周圍的世界在發生什麼？

Unfortunately, this has happened to me too, but never fear, today I'm going to help you learn how to think and speak in English while talking about our tech habits.

不幸的是，這種情況也發生在我身上，不過不用害怕，今天我將幫助你學習如何在談論我們的技術習慣時用英語思考和說話。

Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com and like always, I have created a free PDF worksheet with all of today's important vocabulary, expressions, sample sentences, and at the bottom of the free worksheet, you can answer Vanessa's challenge question so that you never forget what you've learned in this lesson.

嗨，我是來自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 的 Vanessa，和往常一樣，我製作了一份免費的 PDF 工作表，其中包含今天所有的重要詞彙、表達方式和例句，在免費工作表的底部，你可以回答 Vanessa 的挑戰問題，這樣你就永遠不會忘記本課所學的內容。

You can click the link in the description to download that free PDF worksheet today.

您可以點擊說明中的鏈接，下載免費的 PDF 工作表。

In this lesson, I'm going to tell you a little story about my journey with using technology and I will explain some key vocabulary along the way.

在本課中，我將給大家講一個我使用技術的小故事，並解釋一些關鍵詞彙。

I hope that you too will feel confident thinking and speaking in English about the topic of technology by the end of this lesson.

我希望在本課結束時，你也能自信地用英語思考和談論技術話題。

So I need to watch YouTube for work, but I would oftentimes log onto YouTube for work and end up watching tons of other videos unrelated to work.

是以，我需要觀看 YouTube 上的工作視頻，但我經常會因為工作原因登錄 YouTube，結果卻觀看了大量與工作無關的其他視頻。

Can you guess what this word time suck means?

你能猜出這個詞 "time suck "的意思嗎？

I removed all unnecessary apps from my phone because they were just a time suck.

我刪除了手機上所有不必要的應用程序，因為它們太浪費時間了。

We can kind of imagine a vacuum sucking away your time and that's what it is.

我們可以想象一個真空吸走你的時間，這就是它。

It's just something that wastes your time.

For me, I was developing a reliance on technology because I felt like it was important for my job, but was it really?

對我來說，我對技術產生了依賴，因為我覺得它對我的工作很重要，但它真的很重要嗎？

This word reliance is talking about being dependent on something.

依賴這個詞說的是對某物的依賴。

It's good to be dependent on some things.

I am dependent on my family or I rely on my family.

我依賴我的家人，或者說我依靠我的家人。

But the way that I just used it, a reliance on technology, you kind of get the sense that

但從我剛才使用它的方式，即對技術的依賴來看，你會覺得

I don't want to be reliant on technology.

I realized that I have a reliance on technology when I use Google Maps to get anywhere.

當我使用谷歌地圖去任何地方時，我意識到自己對技術的依賴。

I have a reliance on Google Maps technology.

All right, let's go to the next part of the story.

好了，讓我們進入故事的下一部分。

But the thing was, I couldn't stay focused using the apps that I thought I needed for work.

但問題是，我無法集中精力使用我認為工作所需的應用程序。

Let's take a look at this fun expression, the thing is, or the thing was.

讓我們來看看這個有趣的表達：the thing is，或者the thing was。

I love expressions like this because advanced English speakers and native English speakers use these all the time, but I feel like English learners don't really integrate these into daily conversation.

我喜歡這樣的表達方式，因為高級英語人士和以英語為母語的人士經常使用這些表達方式，但我覺得英語學習者並沒有真正將這些表達方式融入日常會話中。

So here's your chance to be able to use this.

We use the thing is or the thing was to give an introduction to a topic or maybe a summary of a topic.

我們用 "事情是 "或 "事情曾經 "來介紹一個話題，或者總結一個話題。

I know that I need to get healthier, but the thing is, I don't like to work out.

我知道我需要變得更健康，但問題是，我不喜歡鍛鍊。

So we're kind of narrowing the topic here.

I know I need to get healthy, but the thing is, here's my introduction to the problem.

我知道我需要健康，但問題是，這是我對這個問題的介紹。

The summary of the problem, I don't like to work out.

And that's how I used it when I was talking about technology.

我在談論技術時就是這麼用的。

The thing is, my summary or my introduction of the problem, the thing is, I just couldn't stay focused.

問題是，我對問題的總結或介紹，我就是無法集中注意力。

Because the next word, there were too many distractions.

因為下一個詞，就有太多的干擾。

This is the problem with the internet, right?

這就是互聯網的問題所在，對嗎？

If you've ever worked online, I'm sure that distractions have been a problem for you.

如果你曾經在網上工作過，我相信分心對你來說一定是個問題。

Well, they're things that are trying to take your attention away from what you need to be focusing on.

那麼，它們就是試圖把你的注意力從你需要關注的事情上轉移開的東西。

Right now, you need to be focusing on this English lesson on YouTube.

現在，你需要專注於 YouTube 上的這節英語課。

Everything might be popping up and moving.

There's so many distractions that it's hard to stay focused and learn English.

分心的事情太多，很難集中精力學習英語。

I know it's hard to stay focused, but we need to push aside distractions.

我知道保持專注很難，但我們需要拋開雜念。

And I'm going to give you a solution for this in just a minute, telling you about what I did.

我馬上就會給你一個解決方案，告訴你我是怎麼做的。

Even worse, my bad tech habits were making me miss out on real life interactions with my friends and family.

更糟糕的是，我的不良技術習慣讓我錯過了與朋友和家人在現實生活中的互動。

This word, real life interactions, notice the pronunciation here, interactions.

這個詞，現實生活中的互動，注意這裡的發音，互動。

The T has been completely cut out, real life interactions.

T 已被完全刪除，現實生活中的互動也被刪除。

This is talking about connecting with people in real life, the people who are at the table with you, the people who are in your classroom.

這是在談論與現實生活中的人，與你同桌的人，與你教室裡的人建立聯繫。

These are the people, tangible people around you, not the things that are going on online.

這些都是你身邊的人，實實在在的人，而不是網上發生的事情。

Whenever I heard a notification on my phone, bling, I felt like I needed to check it.

每當我聽到手機上有通知，"叮 "的一聲，我就覺得有必要查看一下。

But the problem was I wasn't being present and I needed to do something about it.

但問題是我並不在現場，我需要做點什麼。

This word notification is highly linked to technology nowadays.

如今，"通知 "一詞已與技術緊密相連。

We get lots of notifications on our phone all the time.

我們的手機總是收到很多通知。

Well, you probably know what a present is, like a gift.

你可能知道什麼是禮物，比如禮物。

I gave a present to my friend on their birthday, but that's not what we're talking about.

我在朋友生日時送了禮物，但這不是我們要討論的。

We are talking about your body and your mind being physically there in the moment.

我們說的是你的身體和思想在那一刻的實際存在。

You're not thinking about something else.

You're not worrying about something else.

It's hard to be present when we're looking at our phones and technology.

當我們盯著手機和技術時，很難做到 "在場"。

Well, I decided to read a book called Digital Minimalism and it inspired me to add a block on my phone so that I could only use YouTube for a specific amount of time at a specific amount of time per day.

我決定閱讀一本名為《數字極簡主義》的書，這本書啟發我在手機上添加了一個區塊，這樣我每天就只能在特定的時間段內使用 YouTube。

我喜歡這種表達方式，給了我很大啟發。

It gave you some inspiration to make some change in your life.

它給了你一些靈感，讓你的生活發生了一些變化。

And reading this book inspired me to what?

You might also hear this called blocker, add a blocker on my phone.

您可能還會聽到有人說這叫攔截器，在我的手機上添加攔截器。

I use app block, but there are plenty of others that will have you set a type of plan.

我用的是 app block，但也有很多其他軟件可以讓你設置計劃類型。

I want to only use YouTube from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. each day.

我只想在每天上午 9 點到 10 點使用 YouTube。

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