Sorry.

對不起。

What was that?

那是什麼？

Has that ever happened to you?

你遇到過這種情況嗎？

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。

Are you ready?

準備好了嗎？

Let's do it.

開始吧

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。

It is my gift to you.

這是我送給你們的禮物。

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。

Let's start with the story.

讓我們從故事開始。

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。

It was a time suck.

太浪費時間了。

Can you guess what this word time suck means?

你能猜出這個詞 "time suck "的意思嗎？

Take a look at this sentence.

看看這句話。

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.

這隻會浪費你的時間。

I was wasting time on YouTube.

我在 YouTube 上浪費時間。

It was a time suck.

太浪費時間了。

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.

依賴某些東西是件好事。

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.

我不想依賴技術。

Have you ever said something like this?

你說過這樣的話嗎？

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。

Google Maps has saved me so many times.

谷歌地圖救過我很多次。

I have a reliance on Google Maps technology.

我依賴谷歌地圖技術。

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。

There were too many distractions.

分心的事情太多了。

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.

所以，這是你使用它的機會。

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。

So let me give you another example.

我再舉一個例子。

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.

所以，我們在縮小話題範圍。

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.

總之，我不喜歡鍛鍊。

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。

And why?

為什麼？

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？

There are too many distractions.

分心的事情太多了。

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。

What are distractions?

什麼是分心？

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。

But do you know what?

但你知道嗎？

There are recommended videos.

有推薦視頻。

There are other things online.

網上還有其他東西。

Everything might be popping up and moving.

一切都可能突然出現並移動。

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。

Let's move on to the story.

我們繼續講故事。

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。

It's a problem.

這是個問題。

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。

Such a pain.

太痛苦了

What about this?

這個怎麼樣？

Being present.

在現場。

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 are being present.

你是存在的。

You're not thinking about something else.

你沒有在想別的事情。

You're not worrying about something else.

你不是在擔心別的事情。

You are being present.

你是存在的。

And that's the problem with our phones.

這就是我們手機的問題所在。

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"。

So what's the solution?

那麼解決方案是什麼呢？

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。

I like this expression, inspired me.

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。

This book inspired me.

這本書啟發了我。

It really made me want to make a change.

這真的讓我想做出改變。

His descriptions were great.

他的描述非常精彩。

His analogies were great.

他的比喻非常棒。

His story was great.

他的故事很棒。

And reading this book inspired me to what?

讀這本書給了我什麼啟發？

Add a block.

添加一個區塊。

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。

There's certain apps.

有一些應用程序。

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。

Maybe this is something that you need for work like me.

也許這就是你和我一樣的工作需要。

So this is my working time and I only can watch YouTube during that time.

是以，這是我的工作時間，我只能在這段時間看 YouTube。

So it makes me focus because the block is restricting my access.

是以，這讓我集中精力，因為封鎖限制了我的訪問。

And also 9 a.m. is when my new YouTube videos come out.

此外，上午 9 點也是我在 YouTube 上發佈新視頻的時間。

So you're able to focus and study English at this time each Friday.

是以，您可以在每週五的這個時間段集中精力學習英語。

I hope so.

但願如此。

And not give in to all the distractions.

而不是屈服於所有的干擾。

The most useful thing is that the block turns off all apps at night so that I don't start doom scrolling or get sucked into news articles late at night.

最有用的一點是，該攔截器會在夜間關閉所有應用程序，這樣我就不會在深夜開始厄運滾動或被新聞文章所吸引。

Has this ever happened to you?

你遇到過這種情況嗎？

You're looking at something and then all of a sudden the internet shows you terrible things happening around the world.

你正在看東西，突然互聯網上顯示出世界各地發生的可怕事件。

Oh no, bad, bad, bad.

哦，不，糟糕，糟糕，糟糕。

And you have to click on it.

你必須點擊它。

You have to know what it is.

你必須知道它是什麼。

So you start reading more and more bad things.

於是，你開始讀到越來越多的壞話。

This is doom scrolling.

這是末日滾動。

And unfortunately it's something that social media does really well because as humans, we want to click on bad things.

不幸的是，社交媒體在這方面做得非常好，因為作為人類，我們希望點擊不好的東西。

We want to find out all of the terrible things that are happening.

我們想找出所有正在發生的可怕事情。

So it brings a lot of attention and eyeballs to social media, but it's not good for us as humans to be doom scrolling and feel really anxious.

是以，它為社交媒體帶來了大量的關注和眼球，但對我們人類來說，厄運滾動的感覺並不好，會讓我們感到非常焦慮。

The other expression that I use is to get sucked into something.

我使用的另一種說法是 "被某件事情所吸引"。

Here again, we're talking about, imagine a vacuum.

在這裡，我們再次談論的是，想象一下真空。

Our attention and our brain is being sucked into these news articles or whatever else you might be looking at.

我們的注意力和大腦都被這些新聞報道或你可能在看的其他東西所吸引。

And all of a sudden three hours passes just like that.

突然間，三個小時就這樣過去了。

And we haven't really noticed the world around us.

我們並沒有真正注意到周圍的世界。

We're not being present.

我們不在場。

This app block was a game changer.

這個應用程序塊改變了遊戲規則。

I felt free finally from the pool of unlimited media.

我終於從無限的媒體池中獲得了自由。

I'm more productive during my workday and I'm more present when it comes to time with my family and friends.

在工作日，我的工作效率更高，與家人和朋友在一起時，我也更有存在感。

And you know what?

你知道嗎？

I can even sleep better at night.

我甚至可以在晚上睡得更好。

I love this word game changer.

我喜歡 "遊戲規則改變者 "這個詞。

It's such a big expression that means everything changed because of someone or something.

這是一個很大的表達，意味著一切都因某人或某事而改變。

So this simple app on my phone, this app block was a game changer.

是以，我手機上的這個簡單的應用程序，這個應用程序塊改變了遊戲規則。

It changed everything for my experience using media.

它改變了我使用媒體的一切體驗。

It was a game changer.

它改變了遊戲規則。

You might even say that about my English lessons.

你甚至可以這麼說我的英語課。

Vanessa's English lessons were a game changer for my English learning journey.

Vanessa 的英語課改變了我的英語學習之路。

All of a sudden I felt like English was possible.

突然間，我覺得英語也是可能的。

It was fun.

這很有趣。

It was enjoyable.

這是令人愉快的。

I had a plan.

我有一個計劃。

Great.

好極了

It was a game changer.

它改變了遊戲規則。

I also use the word productive.

我還用了 "富有成效 "這個詞。

When you are productive, you can achieve more.

當你富有成效時，你就能取得更多成就。

So it's great to be productive at work.

是以，在工作中提高效率是件好事。

When you're trying to clean your house, you want to be productive and not distracted.

當你在打掃房間時，你希望工作效率高，而不是分心。

Of course, you don't need to be productive all the time.

當然，你並不需要一直保持高效率。

Sometimes it's nice to just go have a picnic outside and spend time with friends.

有時，去戶外野餐並與朋友共度時光也不錯。

You're not creating something and working and being productive.

你不是在創造什麼，不是在工作，不是在生產。

No, you're just enjoying life.

不，你只是在享受生活。

But it's important to be productive when you want to be productive.

但重要的是，當你想有所作為時，就必須有所成就。

And did you notice that I used the word present again?

你注意到我又用了 "現在 "這個詞嗎？

I could be present with the people who mattered, that my friends and family, I was present with them.

我可以和重要的人在一起，我的朋友和家人，我和他們在一起。

And most importantly, I was able to set a good example for my kids who are growing up with more technology than I could ever have imagined having as a kid.

最重要的是，我能夠為我的孩子們樹立一個好榜樣，他們在成長過程中接觸到的科技比我小時候想象的還要多。

When I was a kid, there was a TV and a phone on the wall and that was it.

我小時候，牆上只有一臺電視和一部電話，僅此而已。

But kids nowadays are growing up with the possibility of so much technology.

但現在的孩子在成長過程中可能會接觸到如此多的技術。

And I think this role setting is really important.

我認為這種角色設定非常重要。

I use the word most importantly, because to me, I think this is one of the most important things as a parent that I can do.

我用 "最重要的 "這個詞，是因為對我來說，我認為這是作為父母所能做的最重要的事情之一。

My habits affect me, but most importantly, they also affect the young people who I'm trying to raise into good adults.

我的習慣影響著我自己，但最重要的是，它們也影響著我努力培養成才的年輕人。

When you're a parent, you try to set a good example.

為人父母，就要以身作則。

Or even just as a human, you try to set a good example.

或者，哪怕只是作為一個人，你也要努力樹立一個好榜樣。

You don't throw your trash on the ground, you put it in the trash can.

垃圾不能扔在地上，要扔進垃圾桶。

Why?

為什麼？

Of course, to help the earth, but also to set a good example.

當然，這不僅是為了幫助地球，也是為了樹立一個好榜樣。

You're trying to be a good citizen, a good parent, a good human.

你在努力做一個好公民、好父母、好人類。

And I also use this wonderful verb phrase, could have ever imagined.

我還用了這個美妙的動詞短語，"想不到"。

Or we can switch it, could ever have imagined.

或者，我們可以把它換掉，這也是我們所能想象的。

This is obviously another big, full expression.

這顯然又是一個大而完整的表達。

Here I said more technology than I could ever have imagined.

在這裡，我說的技術超乎我的想象。

Maybe you can even use this for your English learning journey as well.

也許你也可以把它用於你的英語學習之旅。

You might say, when I was taking English classes as a child, occasionally we watched a VHS in English, but it was so limited.

你可能會說，我小時候上英語課時，我們偶爾會看英語錄像帶，但那是多麼有限啊。

Now there are more English videos than I could ever have imagined when I was a kid.

現在的英語視頻比我小時候想象的還要多。

Right now, there are really unlimited videos that you can watch in English, and I hope that this one is useful to you.

現在，您可以觀看的英語視頻真的是無窮無盡，我希望這個視頻對您有用。

And finally, I want to show my kids and anyone else that technology is a great tool that you can use when you establish boundaries.

最後，我想讓我的孩子和其他人知道，當你建立起界限時，技術是一個可以利用的好工具。

This phrase, establish boundaries, is the key for pretty much everything in life.

建立界限，這句話是生活中幾乎所有事情的關鍵。

You need to establish boundaries with technology, with your work, with your relationships, with yourself.

你需要與技術、與工作、與人際關係、與自己建立界限。

It is important to establish boundaries.

建立界限很重要。

This means that you're setting limits or guidelines.

這意味著你要設定限制或準則。

You're not just saying, everything's okay.

你不只是說，一切都好。

No, instead you are establishing boundaries in a relationship, maybe your relationship with technology.

不，相反，你是在建立一種關係的界限，也許是你與技術的關係。

And for me, it was really useful to have this app block that was able to help me establish boundaries with technology.

對我來說，這個應用程序區塊真的很有用，它能夠幫助我建立與技術的界限。

So now I feel a lot healthier and I'm able to use it in a better way.

是以，現在我感覺更健康了，也能更好地利用它。

So now I want to know for you, do you have healthy boundaries around technology and your technology use, or do you need to establish more boundaries with technology like I did?

所以，現在我想知道，你是否在技術和技術使用方面有健康的界限，或者你是否需要像我一樣與技術建立更多界限？

Let me know in the comments, and don't forget to download the free PDF worksheet for today's lesson with all of today's great tech vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, and these concepts to help you really be able to level up your English vocabulary so that you can think and speak in English.

請在評論中告訴我，別忘了下載今天課程的免費 PDF 工作表，其中包含今天的所有精彩科技詞彙、定義、例句和這些概念，幫助你真正提高英語詞彙水準，從而能夠用英語思考和說話。

You can click on 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。

Well, thanks so much for learning English with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

好了，非常感謝大家和我一起學習英語，我們下週五在我的 YouTube 頻道的新課程中再見。

Bye.

再見。

But wait, do you want more?

但等等，你還想要更多嗎？

I recommend watching this video where you will learn to think and speak in English about your morning routine, including learning about something that I never do in my morning routine.

我建議您觀看這段視頻，在視頻中您將學會用英語思考和談論您的晨間生活，包括瞭解我在晨間生活中從未做過的事情。

Watch that video to find out, and I'll see you there.

請觀看視頻瞭解詳情，我們到時見。