寂寞而溫暖：手機誕生前我們的生活是這樣的

Without us even realizing it, smartphones have taken over our lives. Most of us can’t go much longer than 10 minutes before we check our phones and if we find ourselves without the device, we can feel more than a little lost. There was a time, however, before smartphones even existed.
在我們尚未察覺之時，手機已經佔領了我們的全部生活。許多人甚至堅持不了10分鐘，就一定要去看一下手機，如果我們發現手機不在身邊，就會有一種深刻的失落感。可是，我們也有這樣的過去，那時手機甚至尚未誕生。

hing Gigs Without Being Compelled To Film
觀看錶演時沒有拍照的強迫症

Before smartphones took over our lives, we actually watched concerts with our eyes. Now, seeing anything that isn’t framed by a miniature screen just feels wrong.
在手機佔領我們的生活以前，我們會用眼睛來真正去欣賞一場演唱會。而如今，如果一副圖像不是被小小的屏幕框起來，我們就會覺得看着彆扭。

ng And Failing To Date Other People
跟異性約會並失敗

Dating without the help of the smartphone was a very real and painful situation. The sheer terror of actually having to approach a real person, in real life, is utterly unthinkable and we can all let out a sigh of relief for the invention of dating apps.
在沒有手機幫助的情況下跟異性約會，這可是件非常現實又困難的事情。在真實生活中切實的靠近某人，這種處境會帶來難以預想的恐懼感。還好約會app的誕生讓我們得到解放，可以長長的舒一口氣了。

ing Genuinely Lost
真的會迷路

Before access to online maps was a regular part of our world, we faced the very real danger of getting lost and having no idea how to get out. The fact that more of us didn’t vanish off the face of the earth is frankly a miracle.
在線地圖走進我們的生活，成爲我們日常世界的一部分之前，我們不得不面對迷失方向，找不到出口的危險。事實上，許多人沒有從地球表面上消失（迷路走到了外太空）真是一個奇蹟。

ng Proper Mixtapes, On Real Tapes
用貨真價實的磁帶翻錄聲音

If we wanted to express how we felt to another person, we had to go to all of the effort of finding real CDs and somehow, recording all of the best bits onto another blank disc. That was love. Now, we’re just all a bit lazy.
過去，如果我們想表達自己對另一個人的感情，我們得要費盡心思，找到貨真價實的CD，用一張空白的光盤把自己最真摯的感情錄製進去。這是真愛呀。而現在，我們確實有點懶了。

ning Phone Numbers Off By Heart
用心背下電話號碼

If we wanted to call our beloved out of the blue, we had to commit their digits to memory. The fact that we managed to memorize all of our essential numbers is an incredible feat and should be celebrated.
如果我們想給親耐的一個驚喜，給她去個電話，我們會將她的電話號碼深刻在腦海裏。我們居然能夠記住所有那些重要的電話號碼，這真是一個了不起的成就，值得嘉獎。

ring Your Embarrassing Questions
無視你腦中的囧問題

If you wanted to find out more about a weird spot on your back, or look into a trashy celebrity’s early life, you normally just let it go. Finding out information required a lot of effort and unless you really wanted the truth, you normally forgot all about it.
在過去，如果你很想知道自己背上那個古怪的小包是怎麼回事，或者想窺探一下花心名流的早年生活，通常你會放任自己忘掉這些問題。蒐集信息是一件費力的事情，除非你實在想要知道真相，否則一般情況下你會很快將問題拋之腦後。

dling Your Thumbs On The Toilet
在馬桶上無聊的玩手指

A trip to the toilet used to be a blank spot in the day. With nothing to look at but white walls and the ground, most of us took up thumb twiddling as a bathroom pastime.
過去，上廁所的時間通常是一天中空白的時間。除了白色的牆壁和地板沒啥可看的，所以許多人就只好玩手指，當作如廁時間的消遣。