儿子不接电话 辣妈开发APP控制手机

 　　Fed up with her son's failure to pick up the phone when she calls and his ability to never answer her texts, the discerning Houston mom decided¹, with the ways of modern technology, surely she could do something about it.

　　受够了儿子永远不接电话自己的电话，也不回短信，这位眼光敏锐的休斯顿母亲决定利用现代科技做点什么。

　　'I literally² just started researching how to develop an app,' Standifird told CBS.

　　“说实话，我也只是刚开始研究怎么开发一个app。“斯丹菲尔德这样告诉CBS。

　　Once she started, Standifird didn't stop, and after a few months of designing the application and then meeting with a developer, the result was Ignore No More.The app allows Standifird to deactivate³ the phone belonging to her son, Bradley, after installing it onto his iPhone.

　　一旦开始，斯丹菲尔德就不打算放弃。几个月的设计之后，她和一名开发人员进行了会面，最后研发出来一款叫做“不再无视”的app。只要安装成功，它就可以让斯丹菲尔德能够控制儿子布拉德利的手机。

　　Bradley requires a password to reactive the phone, which only his mom has.He cannot call or text anyone but his mom when Ignore No More is activated⁴.The phone will let him dial 911, but it won't let his access internet or games.

　　安装成功后，布拉德利的手机需要密码才能启动，而这个密码只有他妈妈才有。只要“不再无视”app启动，他就只能给妈妈发短信或者打电话。他也可以打911，不过不能联网也不能玩游戏。

　　'Bradley needs to call me because I'm the person that has the unlock password,' Standifird said.Her husband William said he is not surprised at the capabilities⁵ of his wife, who served in the Gulf⁶ War.'Pretty much anything she sets her mind to she does,' he said.

　　“布拉德利就只能给我打电话，因为我是唯一有解锁密码的人。”斯丹菲尔德说。她的丈夫威廉说他一点都不惊讶于妻子的能力，毕竟她是在海湾战争服役过的人。“基本上她想做的就一定能做到。”他这样说。

　　Standifird said the app had made an immediate⁷ difference in being able to contact her son.To ensure his phone is not shut off, Bradley has been responding to every text and answering his mother's calls.'I thought it was a good idea, but for other people, not me,' Bradley told CBS.

　　斯丹菲尔德说这款app使儿子跟自己的联系立刻变得不同了。为了保证电话能正常工作，他会回复妈妈的每条短信，每个电话也都接。“我觉得这个点子很不错，但是是对其他人来说，不是我。”布拉德利这样告诉CBS。

　　Ignore No More is available only for Android phones via Google Play.

　　“不再无视”现在只有安卓版，可以通过Google Play下载。

1 decided   

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。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 deactivate   

v.使无效；复员

参考例句：

• Russia is deactivating some of its deadliest missiles.俄罗斯正在拆除其一些最危险的导弹。
• I go through several complex steps to try to "deactivate" my profile.我尝试了那些复杂的步骤，试图“撤销”我的个人资料。

4 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

5 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

6 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。