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硅谷精英们竟然禁止自己的子女用屏幕产品
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  • The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary1 of it.

    对一件事物最了解的人,往往也对其最警惕。

    Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided2 they don't want their own children anywhere near them.

    技术专家们知道手机的运作原理,所以许多人拿定主意,绝不让自己的孩子靠近手机。

    A wariness3 that has been slowly brewing4 is turning into a regionwide consensus5 in Silicon6 Valley: The benefits of screens as a learning tool are overblown, and the risks for addiction7 and stunting8 development seem high.

    在硅谷,一种一直在缓慢发酵的警觉正在变成地区性共识:屏幕作为学习工具的好处被夸大了,上瘾和阻碍孩子发育的风险似乎很高。

    Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, said earlier this year that he would not let his nephew join social networks.

    苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克今年早些时候表示,他不会让自己的侄子上社交网络。

    Bill Gates banned cellphones until his children were teenagers, and Melinda Gates wrote that she wished they had waited even longer.

    比尔·盖茨则禁止他的孩子在十几岁前使用手机,而梅琳达·盖茨曾写道,她希望他们可以再晚一些给孩子手机。

    "On the scale between candy and crack cocaine9, it's closer to crack cocaine," Chris Anderson, the former editor of Wired, said of screens.

    连线》前主编克里斯·安德森这么形容屏幕产品:“在糖果和快克可卡因之间,它更接近后者。”

    "We thought we could control it. But it's beyond our power to control. This is going straight to the pleasure centers of the developing brain."

    “我们以为能控制它,但它已经超越了我们的控制能力。它能直接抵达正在发育的大脑的愉悦中枢。”

    John Lilly, a Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist with Greylock Partners and the former C.E.O. of Mozilla, said he tries to help his 13-year-old son understand that he is being manipulated by those who built the technology.

    在硅谷工作的格雷洛克合伙企业的风险投资人、摩斯拉的前CEO约翰·里利表示,他试图帮助自己13岁的儿子理解,他受到了那些打造这些科技产品的人的操纵。

    "I try to tell him somebody wrote code to make you feel this way -- I'm trying to help him understand how things are made, the values that are going into things and what people are doing to create that feeling," Mr. Lilly said.

    里利说:“我尝试着告诉他,有人专门写代码,就是为了让你有这种感受--我在试图帮他理解这些东西是如何被打造出来的,这些东西其中的价值观,以及为了创造出这种感觉人们都做了什么。”

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     单词标签: wary  decided  wariness  brewing  consensus  silicon  addiction  stunting  cocaine 


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    1 wary [ˈweəri] JMEzk   第8级
    adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的
    参考例句:
    • He is wary of telling secrets to others. 他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
    • Paula frowned, suddenly wary. 宝拉皱了皱眉头,突然警惕起来。
    2 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    3 wariness ['wɛərinis] Ce1zkJ   第8级
    n. 注意,小心
    参考例句:
    • The British public's wariness of opera is an anomaly in Europe. 英国公众对歌剧不大轻易接受的态度在欧洲来说很反常。
    • There certainly is a history of wariness about using the R-word. 历史表明绝对应当谨慎使用“衰退”一词。
    4 brewing ['bru:ɪŋ] eaabd83324a59add9a6769131bdf81b5   第8级
    n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然,一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
    • She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。
    5 consensus [kənˈsensəs] epMzA   第7级
    n.(意见等的)一致,一致同意,共识
    参考例句:
    • Can we reach a consensus on this issue? 我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗?
    • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting? 下午会议上一致的意见是什么?
    6 silicon [ˈsɪlɪkən] dykwJ   第7级
    n.硅(旧名矽)
    参考例句:
    • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip. 这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
    • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp. 芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
    7 addiction [əˈdɪkʃn] JyEzS   第8级
    n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
    参考例句:
    • He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction. 他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
    • Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction, poverty and murder. 贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
    8 stunting [s'tʌntɪŋ] 8f2c436eccd1cf1d61612ae2a6f04ae1   第8级
    v.阻碍…发育[生长],抑制,妨碍( stunt的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Objective To report three-year-old twin brothers with speech stunting. 目的报道孪生兄弟同患语言发育迟缓的临床结果。 来自互联网
    • No one should talk while stunting except coach or back spotter. 在技巧进行的过程中,只有教练或后保能说话。 来自互联网
    9 cocaine [kəʊˈkeɪn] VbYy4   第8级
    n.可卡因,古柯碱(用作局部麻醉剂)
    参考例句:
    • That young man is a cocaine addict. 那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
    • Don't have cocaine abusively. 不可滥服古柯碱。

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