时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:访谈录2009


英语课

So Google is releasing free software that helps people keep track of each other via their cell phones. The devices use GPS systems along with something called "cell tower triangulation", which help parents keep track of their stupid kids as well as monitoring whether you husband is really at work, or to make sure your girlfriend isn't banging a cameraman from the Glenn Beck show.


Sorry Bill.


Look, this idea that everyone needs to know exactly where you are at any given time makes me wanna throw up through my eyeballs and cry through my mouth. You see it in restaurants, where a person walks in on the phone, seeking directions to their table, as though they might take a wrong turn somewhere between the door and the bar. These people would have made great pioneers.


Now I freely admit that all of this new technology is pretty awesome 1, but it makes me long for the days when you could just disappear and no one could find you. I once drove cross country in a crappy car, with nothing but a few hundred bucks 2, three pairs of underwears and suppliers. I made it in one piece and never called anyone for help. Even better, because there were no cell phones back in the 80s, folks could go missing for days before other people noticed. It was a boon 3 for me, but it's sucked for the hitchhikers. And if you disagree with me, then you sir, well, you are worse than Hitler.



1 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
2 bucks
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
  • They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
  • They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 boon
n.恩赐,恩物,恩惠
  • A car is a real boon when you live in the country.在郊外居住,有辆汽车确实极为方便。
  • These machines have proved a real boon to disabled people.事实证明这些机器让残疾人受益匪浅。
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