雅思雙語閱讀：是手機響了還是你的想象?

Is that your phone or your imagination?是手機響了還是你的想象?

If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone isconnected to your cell phone, those vibrations(1) you're feeling in the car, inyour pajamas(2), in the shower, may be coming from your headbone.如果將你的臀骨與你的黑莓相連，將大腿骨與手機相連，當(dāng)你在開車時、睡覺時、洗澡時所感覺到的震動也許并非來自它們，而是你自己的頭骨。

Many mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies(3) report feelingvibrations when there are none, or feeling as if they're wearing a cell phonewhen they're not.很多手機、黑莓依賴者說即便它們不在身邊也能感到震動，或者總是感覺它們就在身上。

The first time it happened to Jonathan Zaback, a manager at the publicrelations company Burson-Marsteller, he was out with friends and showing off hisnew BlackBerry Curve.公共關(guān)系公司Burson-Marsteller經(jīng)理JonathanZaback在向朋友們顯擺新黑莓時第一次發(fā)現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象。

"While they were looking at it, I felt this vibration on my side. I reacheddown to grab it and realized there was no BlackBerrythere."“朋友們正把玩的時候，我突然感覺體側(cè)有震動。我伸手去掏手機，意識到它并不在那里。”

Zaback, who said he keeps his BlackBerry by his bed while he sleeps, checksit if he gets up in the middle of the night and wakes to an alarm on theBlackBerry each day, said this didn't worryhim.Zaback睡覺時也把黑莓放在枕邊，起夜的時候用它看看時間，早上也依靠黑莓內(nèi)置的鬧鐘起床。他認(rèn)為這種錯覺能夠接受。

"As long as it doesn't mean a tumor(4) is growing on my leg because of myBlackBerry, I'm fine with it," he said. "Some people have biological clocks, Imight have a biologicalBlackBerry."他說：“只要不是因為它長什么瘤就行，震動無所謂。有些人有生物鐘，我多半是有生物黑莓。”

Some users compare the feeling to a phantom(5) limb(6), whichMerriam-Webster's medical dictionary defines as "an often painful sensation ofthe presence of a limb that has beenamputated(7)."有些手機使用者認(rèn)為這種錯覺比較像醫(yī)學(xué)上所說的“幻肢痛”，韋氏字典解釋說這是一種“經(jīng)常感到已經(jīng)被切除的肢體還存在并伴有疼痛的錯覺。”

"Even when I don't have the BlackBerry physically on my person, I do findmyself adjusting my posture when I sit toaccommodate(8) it," said Dawn Mena, anindependent technology consultant(9) based Calif. "I also laugh at myself as Ireach to unclip it (I swear it's there) and find out I don't even have iton."加利福尼亞獨立技術(shù)顧問DawnMena說：“即便黑莓沒在身上，我也會在坐下的時候注意別壓壞它。有時候我伸手去拿它，發(fā)現(xiàn)根本沒帶，覺得自己很好笑。”

Research in the area is scant(10), but theories abound about thephenomenon, which has been termed "ringxiety" or"fauxcellarm."此領(lǐng)域的研究還很匱乏，但是相關(guān)現(xiàn)象的理論已經(jīng)十分豐富了。例如被稱為“手機綜合癥”和“鈴聲錯覺”的現(xiàn)象。

Anecdotal(11) evidence suggests "people feel the phone is part of them" and"they're not whole" without their phones, since the phones connect them to theworld, said B.J. Fogg, director of research and design at Stanford University'sPersuasive Technology Lab.斯坦福大學(xué)勸誘技術(shù)實驗室研究設(shè)計主管B.J.Fogg說：一些現(xiàn)象顯示，人們似乎感覺手機是他們身體的一部分，沒有手機他們就不完整，因為手機是他們與世界相連的方式之一。

"As human beings, we're so tapped into(12) our community, responsiveness towhat's going on, we're so attuned(13) to the threat of isolation and rejection,we'd rather make a mistake than miss a call," he said. "Our brain is going to bescanning and scanning and scanning to see if we have to respond socially tosomeone."他說：“現(xiàn)在的人們和社區(qū)緊密相連，需要知道并回應(yīng)正在發(fā)生的事情，我們都害怕被孤立和拒絕，我們寧愿犯一個錯誤也不愿錯過一個電話。我們的大腦不斷監(jiān)檢測啊，檢測啊，檢測啊，來看看我們是否需要進(jìn)行社交回應(yīng)。”

1. Vibration：震動
　　2. Pajamas：睡衣
　　3. Junky：吸毒者
　　4. Tumor：瘤
　　5. Phantom：幻影
　　6. Limb：肢
　　7. Amputate：切除
　　8. Accommodate：適應(yīng)
　　9. Consultant：顧問
　　10. Scant：缺乏的
　　11. Anecdotal：軼聞趣事的
　　12. Tap into：接進(jìn)
　　13. Attune：使合調(diào)

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