《表情奇幻冒险》精讲 表情符号

The world we live in.

我们生活的世界

It's so wondrous¹, mysterious, even magical.

如此奇妙 神秘 甚至充满魔力

No. No, not that world.

不 不是那个世界

I meant this one.

我指的是这个世界

The smartphone.

智能手机

Each system and program and app is its own little planet of perfect technology,

每个系统 软件 应用程序 都是拥有完美科技的小星球

All providing services so necessary, so crucial, so unbelievably profound.

提供着如此必须 如此重要 如此意义深远的服务

Look who just sent me a text.

看看谁给我发了条短信

Addie McAIIister?

艾迪·麦考利斯特

Must be a mistake. Or a joke. Or a scam.

一定是搞错了 或是开玩笑 或是个骗局

Don't send her your Social Security number.

不要把你的社保号给她

Dude.

老兄

She's right there.

她就在那儿

That's our user, Alex.

这就是我们的使用者 艾利克斯

And, like every freshman² in high school, his whole life, everything, revolves³ around his phone.

和每个中学新生一样 他的整个生活和一切都围绕着手机

And, as the pace of life gets faster and faster...

当生活节奏越来越快…

Phones down in five.

五秒钟之内把手机放下

And attention spans get shorter and shorter and...

注意力持续时间越来越短…

You're probably not even listening to me right now.

你现在可能都没在听我说话

Who has the time to type out actual words?

谁有时间打字呢

And that's where we come in, the most important invention in the history of communication... Emojis.

这就是我们发挥作用的时候了沟通史上最重要的发明…表情符号

1 wondrous   

adj.令人惊奇的，奇妙的；adv.惊人地；异乎寻常地；令人惊叹地

参考例句：

• The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold.看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
• We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。

2 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

3 revolves   

v.（使）旋转( revolve的第三人称单数 )；细想

参考例句：

• The earth revolves both round the sun and on its own axis. 地球既公转又自转。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Thus a wheel revolves on its axle. 于是，轮子在轴上旋转。 来自《简明英汉词典》