我的生活被手機綁架了

I don't know when it first started.
我不知道這是從什么時候開始的。

I don't really talk to friends anymore.
我已經不再和朋友們進行真正的交談了。

We just send each other texts and emojis onsocial network.
我們僅僅是在社交網絡上發發信息、發發表情。

And the ones who don't do this oftengradually fade away from my daily life.
而那些不這么做的人，則漸漸淡出了我的生活。

I don't even talk to my family muchanymore.
我甚至都不怎么和家人講話了。

They all have their wonderful lives insidetheir smartphones, just like me.
他們也都在各自的手機上有著精彩的生活，就像我一樣。

Those days when I can chat joyfully withpeople who I love inside a cosy restaurant with mouthwatering feast in frontof us are long gone.
那些可以和所愛之人一起在一家溫馨餐廳里一邊享受眼前美味佳肴、一邊愉快交談的日子，已經一去不復返了。

Sometimes when this thought come across mymind I reaize that I really miss this.
有些時候，當這種想法忽然襲來的時候，我發現自己真的很懷念那種日子。

There are moments in which I thought tomyself: am I still myself? Or have I become my phone.
有些時候，我甚至想：我還是我自己嗎？還是說，我已經變成了我的手機？

Yes, technology is what keep us goingforward.
對，科技推動著我們不斷向前。

But we really should not go too fast.
但我們真的不應該走得過快。

We need time to empty our minds and reflecton ourselves.
我們需要留出時間來放空自己，來自我反思。

We need time to feel all the feelings thatmake us human.
我們需要留出時間來感受那些讓我們之所以為人的情感。

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