时差N小时 手机控失去友情

Dear Annie:

亲爱的安妮：

I have a wonderful friend who has become acomplete cell phone addict¹. Last week I gave her aride to the airport, which I was absolutely happy todo, but it was clearly a favor. All the way there, sheignored me and yakked² on her cell phone to hergrown children.

我有一个很好的朋友，现在已经完全成了一个手机控。上周我开车搭她到机场，我绝对很乐意那样做的。我显然是在帮她的忙。但是整整一路，她都把我当空气，在她的手机里和她已经长大的孩子喋喋不休。

I was insulted, but figured if I complained, I would appear jealous of her relationship with herkids, of which she is quite proud. Did I make the right choice? Don't cell phone addicts³ realizethey make the people they are with feel like a dime⁴ waiting on a dollar? What can I do? － CellFree

我被冒犯了，但我不知道是不是心存抱怨，是否会显露出对她和她孩子之间的关系的嫉妒之情——她颇为自豪的就是她和孩子的良好关系。我该怎么做？难道手机控们没有意识到，他们的行为让和他们在一起的人感到备受冷落吗？我该怎么做？ ——“一个无手机的人”

Dear Cell Free:

亲爱的“无手机的人”：

People who are overly attached to their phones do not realize how rude they are, and in thisinstance, your friend may have been showing off a bit. You can tell her that it bothers you to bedeliberately ignored and hope she will shape up. Or, you can simply stop whatever you aredoing and pointedly⁵ but politely wait for her to finish her conversation. If that means parkingthe car, do it.

过于注重自己手机的人没有意识到他们的行为是多么地粗鲁。在这种情况下，你的朋友可能是想稍稍炫耀一下。你可以告诉她，你被故意冷落了，你希望她收敛一点。你可以停下手中的活儿，然后严肃但礼貌地等待她打完电话。如果需要停车的话，那就停吧。