English Listening Practice: British English Podcast - The Gaming World

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Hello, listeners, welcome back to the English Like a Native Podcast.

听众朋友们大家好，欢迎回到 English Like a Native 播客。

We are on Episode 50, so I thought, why not, with this fantastic

我们已经看到第 50 集了，所以我想，为什么不通过这个奇妙的

milestone, talk about addiction.

里程碑来谈谈成瘾问题呢？

Are you a gamer?

你是游戏玩家吗？

Do you play video games?

你玩电子游戏吗？

Do you have a PlayStation, a Nintendo Switch, an Xbox?

您有 PlayStation、Nintendo Switch、Xbox 吗？

Perhaps you play games on your PC or mobile phone.

也许您在电脑或手机上玩游戏。

Now whether you participate in video games or not, you likely know

现在，无论您是否玩电子游戏，您都可能认识

someone who does, with 3.9 billion active video gamers worldwide.

一些玩电子游戏的人，全球有 39 亿活跃电子游戏玩家。

In general, gaming is thought of as being pretty cool.

一般来说，游戏被认为非常酷。

Yeah. Gaming is thought of as being pretty cool.

是的。 游戏被认为非常酷。

If you're a talented gamer, then you almost automatically

如果您是一名才华横溢的游戏玩家，那么您几乎会自动

gain the respect of the masses.

获得大众的尊重。

And some of the most popular and successful YouTubers are gaming YouTubers.

一些最受欢迎和成功的 YouTube 主播是游戏 YouTube 主播。

For example, PewDiePie has over 110 million followers.

例如，PewDiePie 拥有超过 1.1 亿粉丝。

Which certainly beats my 920,000 followers by a long way.

这无疑远远超过了我的 920,000 名粉丝。

And it's not just YouTubers.

不仅仅是 YouTube 用户。

Gaming also has many associations with sports and athletes,

游戏还与体育运动和运动员有很多联系，

which are, you know, cool.

你知道，这很酷。

The famous sprinter, Usain Bolt once revealed that he was hooked on

著名短跑运动员尤塞恩·博尔特曾透露，他迷上了

the game Call of Duty and that he couldn't go to bed without playing it.

《使命召唤》这款游戏，不玩它就无法上床睡觉。

He even went as far in one interview as to state that the

他甚至在一次采访中表示，这场

game helped make him a winner.

比赛帮助他成为了胜利者。

Now, to be hooked on something means to be addicted to it.

现在，to be hooked on 某物意味着对它上瘾。

So if you are hooked or hooked on something, then you're addicted to it.

所以，如果你对某件事着迷或着迷，那么你就会对它上瘾。

You can't stop consuming it.

你无法停止消费它。

You can be hooked on anything.

你可能会对任何事情着迷。

You can be hooked on an activity or a show, a substance, or even a

你可能会对一项活动、一场表演、一种物质，甚至一个

person if you like them that much.

人着迷，如果你非常喜欢的话。

For example, if I try a new sport like netball, and I enjoy it so much

例如，如果我尝试一项像无板篮球这样的新运动，并且我非常喜欢它

that I instantly know that I'm going to take this sport very seriously,

，我立刻就知道我会非常认真地对待这项运动，

so I buy all the kit, I attend as many practice sessions as I can,

所以我买了所有的装备，我参加了尽可能多的练习课程，

and I sign up for every competition.

我报名参加每场比赛。

Then I might say,

然后我可能会说，

"From the moment I set foot on the netball court, I was hooked."

“从我踏上无挡板篮球场的那一刻起，我就被迷住了。”

"I am hooked on netball."

“我迷上了无挡板篮球。”

Now, in this example, to be hooked on netball doesn't seem that bad.

现在，在这个例子中，沉迷于无挡板篮球似乎并没有那么糟糕。

Being addicted to a sport is a good thing, right?

沉迷于一项运动是一件好事，对吧？

But is it healthy to be hooked on video games?

但沉迷电子游戏有益健康吗？

And what's the difference between a love of gaming and an addiction to gaming?

热爱游戏和沉迷游戏有什么区别？

Now, my earliest memory of a computer game was from when I was at primary school.

现在，我对电脑游戏最早的记忆是在小学的时候。

I would go to my friend's house occasionally after school, and

放学后我偶尔会去朋友家，

she had an Atari gaming console.

她有一台雅达利游戏机。

Now, this is a really old console that you had to insert a cassette tape into,

现在，这是一个非常旧的控制台，你必须将盒式磁带插入其中，

and so you put in the cassette and you would start the loading process, and

因此你放入盒式磁带，然后你将开始加载过程，

I have this very clear memory of just waiting for this thing to load the game.

我有一个非常清晰的记忆，只是等待这个东西加载游戏。

It would take probably about 15 to 20 minutes to load the game and there were

加载游戏大约需要 15 到 20 分钟，并且会发生

all these funny noises going on, all this.

所有这些有趣的噪音，所有这些。

And then you would get to the point where the game would load.

然后你就会到达游戏加载的地方。

You're like, finally, let's play.

你说，终于，我们来玩吧。

I remember the game I was obsessed with at the time was Bomb Jack, where this

我记得当时我痴迷的游戏是《炸弹杰克》，这个

little chap had to go around and collect all the bombs within a certain time.

小家伙必须在一定时间内四处走动并收集所有炸弹。

The problem was, besides having to wait for so long for the game to load

问题是，除了需要等待很长时间才能加载游戏外，

was it would crash within minutes of starting to play the game and the whole

游戏开始后几分钟内就会崩溃，整个

thing would freeze and you'd have to take out the cassette tape, unplug

游戏都会冻结，你必须拿出盒式磁带，拔掉

the machine, plug it all back in, put the cassette back in and reload.

机器的插头，将其全部重新插入，将磁带放回并重新加载。

Oh, it was a disaster.

哦，那真是一场灾难。

So it is understandable that we avoided having a gaming addiction

所以，我们 在小学时 就避免了游戏成瘾，这是可以理解的，

when I was at primary school because the games just took too long.

因为游戏时间太长了。

It took too long to load and it was boring.

加载时间太长而且很无聊。

So we easily got distracted and went to play with sticks

所以我们很容易分心，转而去玩棍子

and stones and balls instead.

、石头和球。

But that was my earliest memory.

但那是我最早的记忆。

And then once I hit probably 12 or 13 years old, I got my first console.

然后当我大概 12 或 13 岁的时候，我得到了我的第一台游戏机。

My first console was a Sega.

我的第一台游戏机是世嘉。

I think it was the Sega Mega Drive.

我认为这是世嘉 Mega Drive。

I got it for my birthday and I was so excited because at that time I had a

我在生日那天收到了它，我非常兴奋，因为当时我有一个

little tiny TV screen in my bedroom that I could hook my console into.

我的卧室里有一个小小的电视屏幕，我可以把我的游戏机挂在上面。

So I could just close the door and shut the world out and just be alone in my

这样我就可以关上门，将世界与世隔绝，独自待在

room, playing on my Sega Mega Drive.

房间里，在我的 Sega Mega Drive 上玩游戏。

And the game that I got at that time was Sonic the Hedgehog.

我当时玩的游戏是《刺猬索尼克》。

So there was lots of time spent with this blue spiky hedgehog jumping

所以我们花了很多时间和这只蓝色尖刺刺猬一起跳来跳去

around collecting golden rings.

收集金戒指。

And then after that I have memories of being a teenager.

然后我就有了青少年时期的记忆。

And my very first serious boyfriend had a PlayStation and he was a real

我第一个认真的男朋友有一个 PlayStation，他是一个真正的

serious gamer, so he had a PlayStation with lots of games, including

认真的游戏玩家，所以他有一个 PlayStation，里面有很多游戏，包括

Tomb Raider and 007 GoldenEye.

《古墓丽影》和《007 黄金眼》。

He had many other games, but these are the two that we played a lot, and I

他还有很多其他游戏，但这是我们经常玩的两款游戏，我

remember that was the first time I felt like perhaps gaming could be unhealthy.

记得那是我第一次觉得游戏可能是不健康的。

Because we would spend our entire weekend during the summer...

因为我们会在夏天度过整个周末……

we'd spend an entire weekend where we could have been outdoors socialising,

我们会度过整个周末，我们本可以在户外社交，

we would spend the entire week locked away in a very small kind

我们会花整个星期锁在一个非常小的

of box room, which was his bedroom.

包厢里，那就是他的卧室。

So we'd lock the door.

所以我们会锁门。

Well not lock.

We weren't allowed to lock the door.

还好不锁。

我们不被允许锁门。

We were teenagers.

我们是青少年。

Our parents were like,

"What are you doing in there?

我们的父母说：

“你在里面做什么？

Don't lock the door."

别锁门。”

So, we'd shut the door and we closed the curtains because we

所以，我们关上门，拉上窗帘，因为我们

didn't want to let the world in.

不想让世界进来。

I mean, realistically, it was probably because the sunlight was reflecting

我的意思是，实际上，这可能是因为阳光

off the screen, and so we didn't want to affect the gameplay whatsoever.

从屏幕上反射，所以我们不想无论如何都会影响游戏的进行。

So we would shut out the day by closing the curtains and we'd

所以我们会拉上窗帘，关上门

closed the door and shut out our parents and annoying siblings.

，把我们的父母和烦人的兄弟姐妹拒之门外。

And then just focus on playing games all day, both Saturday and Sunday.

然后全天专注于玩游戏，周六和周日。

And we probably played late on Friday night as well.

我们可能也在周五晚上玩得很晚。

And so the entire weekend was just staring at this little TV screen

所以整个周末就只是盯着这个小电视屏幕

playing the same thing over and over and over and over again.

一遍又一遍地播放同样的东西。

We would emerge from our little cave in order to go and get a cheese sandwich and

我们会从我们的小洞穴里出来，去买一个奶酪三明治和

a bag of crisps, but it was at a push, like we would be starving by that point.

一袋薯片，但这是很紧迫的，就像我们那时会挨饿一样。

So we'd come out wide-eyed and hungry and grunting for food.

所以我们出来时会睁大眼睛，饥肠辘辘，咕噜咕噜地要食物。

"Hungry.

“饿了，

Give me food."

给我吃的吧。”

And I remember thinking, this is really not good.

我记得我当时想，这真的不太好。

I don't feel good.

我感觉不太好。

I feel groggy.

我感觉昏昏沉沉的。

My eyes hurt.

我眼睛疼。

I've got a headache.

我很头疼。

I'm thirsty.

我口渴。

I'm not moving my body.

我没有移动我的身体。

I feel pretty gross.

我觉得很恶心。

And it's because I can't stop playing this game.

这是因为我无法停止玩这个游戏。

And even knowing that it made me feel bad and I should probably do something else,

即使知道这让我感觉很糟糕，我可能应该做点别的事情，

I just couldn't peel myself away from, from the, the doing this with my fingers.

但我就是无法摆脱用手指做这件事。

What do you call it?

你怎么称呼它？

Uh, controller.

呃，控制器。

I couldn't peel my fingers off the controller.

我无法将手指从控制器上移开。

They were glued to my hands.

它们粘在我的手上。

Oh, terrible.

哦，太糟糕了。

So I was definitely addicted.

所以我肯定上瘾了。

How did I break that addiction?

我是如何戒掉这个瘾的？

Well, I broke up with my boyfriend.

嗯，我和男朋友分手了。

I broke up with my boyfriend.

我和男朋友分手了。

Or did he break up with me?

还是他跟我分手了？

I think maybe it was mutual.

我想也许这是相互的。

We had a big fallout.

我们产生了很大的影响。

We broke up with each other.

我们彼此分手了。

And because it was his PlayStation and he was the one I played with all

因为这是他的 PlayStation，而且他是我一直玩的人

the time, I just stopped playing for a while and then life got in the way.

，所以我就停止玩了一段时间，然后生活就开始了。

You know a young teenager heading out into the world trying to find your

你知道，一个年轻的青少年正在走向世界

place, trying to, you know, find work so that you had some money, and then

，试图找到自己的位置，试图找到工作，这样你就有了一些钱，然后

trying to find places to live and figure out what you're gonna do with your

试图找到居住的地方，并弄清楚你要用你的钱做什么。

life, what your career path should be.

生活，你的职业道路应该是什么。

So gaming kind of went on the back burner, and I'm glad it did.

所以游戏有点被搁置了，我很高兴它做到了。

There were some moments.

有一些时刻。

I remember being at university and having a little bit of a penchant for

我记得在大学时，我对 PC 上的扫雷（呃）

Minesweep(er), which was on the PC.

有点偏爱 。

Spending probably a little bit too long playing that game.

玩这个游戏的时间可能有点太长了。

When, I should have been doing like my thesis, doing my work for university.

那时，我应该像我的论文那样做，为大学做我的工作。

But yes, that was that.

但是，是的，就是这样。

And then with one of the phones that came out, I can't remember

然后，对于其中一款手机的问世，我不记得

the model, but with one of the phones, someone listening will know.

型号了，但是对于其中一款手机，有人听就会知道。

With one of the phones, there's a game called Snake, which I was

其中一部手机上有一款叫贪吃蛇的游戏，我

quite addicted to playing that.

玩得很上瘾。

But nothing was ever as bad as the GoldenEye and the Tomb Raider years.

但没有什么比《黄金眼》和《古墓丽影》时期更糟糕的了。

I'm pleased to say.

我很高兴地说。

So, you know, I had my little dalliance, my little dilly dally.

所以，你知道，我有过我的小调情，我的小调情。

I had my little dilly dally with a gaming addiction, but luckily I pulled myself

我曾因游戏成瘾而磨磨蹭蹭，但幸运的是，我把自己

away from the brink of addiction despair.

从成瘾绝望的边缘拉了出来。

And now as a mother, I'm slightly nervous about my sons becoming addicted

现在作为一名母亲，我对我的儿子

to video games when they are older.

长大后沉迷于电子游戏感到有点紧张。

Because gaming now has advanced way beyond where it was back in the 80s, early 90s.

因为现在的游戏已经远远超出了 80 年代、90 年代初的水平。

Gaming is incredible and there's so much out there.

游戏是令人难以置信的，而且有很多东西。

There are so many consoles, so many games, so many ways to access gaming.

有如此多的游戏机、如此多的游戏、如此多的游戏方式。

You could be anywhere and you can be playing a game online, offline, with

您可以在任何地方，可以在线、离线、使用

a phone, a tablet, with any device connected to the internet or not.

手机、平板电脑、任何连接或未连接互联网的设备 玩游戏 。

It is just...

它只是......

It's so accessible.

它是如此容易接近。

And I can just see it now, the two of my boys locked away in their man

我现在就能看到，我的两个儿子被锁在他们的男人

caves, gaming for hours on end with a sign on the door saying, "Keep Out".

洞穴里，连续玩几个小时，门上挂着一个牌子，上面写着“请勿入内”。

And me, at my wits end, wondering how I can coax them out of their rooms for

而我，则束手无策，想知道如何才能哄他们走出房间，呼吸

some fresh air, food, and exercise.

新鲜空气、食物和锻炼身体。

This is the reality that many parents face, and it's a problem that we can't

这是许多父母面临的现实，也是一个我们无法

easily solve, given that this gaming world is the new norm for socialising,

轻易解决的问题，因为这个游戏世界是社交的新​​常态，

many games are played online, connecting people from all over the world.

许多游戏都是在线玩的，将来自世界各地的人们联系在一起。

Many kids hang out with their school friends online after

许多孩子放学后在网上和学校的朋友一起

school while playing these games.

玩这些游戏。

So how can you tell your 13-year-old that they can't spend time with their

那么，如果你的 13 岁孩子的

friends if that's the way that their social group is coming together?

社交群体就是这样聚集在一起的，你怎么能告诉他，他们不能与朋友共度时光呢？

On the other hand, gaming gives players an opportunity to learn many skills

另一方面，游戏为玩家提供了学习

around logic and problem solving.

逻辑和解决问题的许多技能的机会。

Minecraft, for example, teaches coding and many team player games

例如，《我的世界》教授编码，

require, you guessed it, teamwork, which is an important life skill.

您猜对了，许多团队游戏需要团队合作，这是一项重要的生活技能。

My children are two and a half and four and a half, closer to five.

我的孩子一个两岁半，一个四岁半，接近五岁了。

And I recently bought them their own iPads.

我最近给他们买了自己的 iPad。

Now, I agonised over this decision for a while because screens, especially

现在，我为这个决定苦恼了一段时间，因为屏幕，尤其

for younger children are not good.

是对于年幼的孩子来说，并不好。

They need to be interacting with the world and building, you know, skills

他们需要与世界互动，培养

physically and, and developing in a very natural way, but, screens can

身体技能，并以非常自然的方式发展，但是，

be very useful if used moderately.

如果适度使用，屏幕会非常有用。

And I really wanted my older son to have an iPad, but I can't give one without the

我真的很想让我的大儿子拥有一台 iPad，但我不能只给他一台，

other because anyone with children will know it just causes chaos in my house.

因为任何有孩子的人都会知道这只会给我的房子带来混乱。

If one child has a toy that is super-duper, the other child must

如果一个孩子有一个超级玩具，另一个孩子也必须

have it and all hell will break loose if that situation ever occurs.

拥有它，如果这种情况发生，一切都会崩溃。

So I thought, well, I can't buy one without the other.

所以我想，好吧，我不能只买一个。

I must get them each an iPad.

我必须给他们每人买一台 iPad。

So we've got these iPads and we set time limits on them so they

因此，我们拥有这些 iPad，并且对它们设置了时间限制，因此它们

can only play for a certain amount of time within a 24-hour period.

只能在 24 小时内玩一定的时间。

But we also have times on them so they can't play after a certain time in

但我们也给他们规定了时间，这样他们就不能在晚上的某个时间之后玩

the evening, for example, they can't play too early in the mornings, and

，例如，他们不能在早上太早玩，事实上

in fact, they only get their iPads for about 40 minutes a week anyway.

，他们每周只使用 iPad 大约 40 分钟反正。

We use it for very specific times.

我们在非常特定的时间使用它。

When it's better for the children to be quiet and sitting still to keep

当孩子们最好安静地坐着以保证

them safe and in a certain location.

他们的安全并处于某个位置时。

Other than that, they don't really have their iPads as much as they ask and

除此之外，他们并没有真正拥有自己的 iPad，而是不断地询问、

whine, and moan, and beg for their iPads.

抱怨、哀叹和乞求。

They don't get them.

他们不明白。

But what I learned from having these iPads with my children is the

但我从与孩子们一起使用这些 iPad 中学到的是，

times when we've been travelling and decided to allow them to have

当我们旅行时，我们决定允许他们

their iPads for an extended period, maybe an hour and a half, two hours.

长时间使用 iPad，也许一个半小时、两个小时。

It really has affected their mood and behaviour.

这确实影响了他们的情绪和行为。

And then they tend to mention their iPads more over the

然后他们倾向于在

consecutive days that follow.

接下来的连续几天里更多地提到他们的 iPad。

So if I give them their iPads for an extended period on a Monday, they are

因此，如果我在周一长时间向他们提供 iPad，他们会

asking for their iPads later that day on the Tuesday and then on the Wednesday,

在周二晚些时候、然后是周三、

and perhaps even on the Thursday.

甚至可能是周四索要 iPad。

The longer they're without the iPad, the more likely they are to forget

他们没有 iPad 的时间越长，就越有可能忘记

about it and not ask for it anymore.

它并且不再需要它。

But their mood is definitely affected when I've allowed them

但当我允许他们

to have extended periods of play.

长时间玩耍时，他们的情绪肯定会受到影响。

They become more agitated, easily frustrated.

他们变得更加焦躁，容易沮丧。

My older son who's known for being very polite and kind and

我的大儿子以非常有礼貌、善良和

thoughtful, will become very short-tempered, forget all his manners.

体贴而闻名，但他会变得脾气暴躁，忘记所有的礼仪。

Forget how to talk to people in a kind of polite way.

忘记如何以一种礼貌的方式与人交谈。

I've seen more tears from them on those occasions as well, like

在这些场合，我也看到了他们更多的眼泪，比如

easily resorting to breaking down into tears when they are frustrated

当他们感到沮丧

rather than being able to handle the task or the problem that's at hand.

而不是能够处理手头的任务或问题时，很容易就流泪。

And so now we do restrict the time because we've noticed this

所以现在我们确实限制了时间，因为我们注意到

behavioural change in them.

他们的这种行为变化。

But what I would say about the iPads is there are many benefits besides

但我想说的是，除了 对有时只是需要休息的父母的好处

the benefits that there are for the parents who sometimes just need a break.

之外，iPad 还有很多好处 。我的孩子们从

My children have gained a lot from some of the programmes and the

他们在 iPad 上使用的

apps that they use on the iPad.

一些程序和应用程序中获益匪浅

So for example, they're learning things like phonics and the iPad has

。 举个例子，他们正在学习自然拼读法等东西，而 iPad 一直

been teaching my boys how to read.

在教我的孩子们如何阅读。

They have great ways of teaching numeracy and problem solving.

他们有很好的方法来教授计算和解决问题。

You know, the hand eye coordination, the fine motor skills, being able to to pick

你知道，手眼协调能力、精细运动技能、能够捡起

things up and move them across the screen and tap moving objects on the screen.

东西并在屏幕上移动它们以及点击屏幕上移动的物体。

I've seen those skills improve very quickly with the use of an iPad.

我发现通过使用 iPad，这些技能得到了快速提高。

So I think like with everything, moderation, moderation is key.

所以我认为就像所有事情一样，适度、适度是关键。

My grandma used to have this saying, and she used to say,

我奶奶曾经说过这样一句话，她常说：

"A bit of what you fancy does, you good.

“你喜欢的一点点，你就很好。

A bit of what you fancy does you good."

你喜欢的一点点，你就很好。”

So basically saying if you want something, having it in small amounts,

所以基本上是说，如果你想要某样东西，就少量地拥有它，

so in moderation is good because you want it, it'll make you feel

所以适度是好的，因为你想要它，它会让你感到

fulfilled, and that's a good thing.

满足，这是一件好事。

It will release endorphins and make you happy, but too much of it.

它会释放内啡肽，让你快乐，但太多了。

Well, too much of anything, is never a good thing.

嗯，任何事情太多都不是一件好事。

Now, my grandma was talking at the time, probably about a little

现在，我奶奶当时正在谈论，可能是一点

chocolate or a bit of cheese or a bit of wine or port or something.

巧克力或一点奶酪或一点葡萄酒或波特酒之类的。

Something that you like actually consume with your mouth.

你喜欢的东西实际上是用嘴吃的。

But it can be applied to all things, everything in moderation.

但它可以适用于所有事物，凡事都有节制。

"A little bit of what you fancy does you good."

“一点你喜欢的东西对你有好处。”

If you like watching soap operas, if that's how you like to spend

如果你喜欢看肥皂剧，如果你喜欢这样打发

your time, then watch soap operas.

时间，那就看肥皂剧。

If you like playing video games, play video games, but don't

如果你喜欢玩电子游戏，那就玩电子游戏，但不要

allow it to take over your life.

让它占据你的生活。

So some of the problems that do arise from a video game addiction when you're

因此，当你玩太多游戏时，电子游戏成瘾确实会产生一些问题，

playing too much is that you might end up spending too much of your time

那就是你可能会花太多时间

with the game at the detriment of your social life, your family, your

在游戏上，从而损害你的社交生活、你的家庭、你的

intimate relationships, your health.

亲密关系，你的健康。

So you might be neglecting yourself.

所以你可能忽视了自己。

Maybe you don't go to the toilet when your body says you need to go to the toilet.

也许当你的身体告诉你需要去厕所时，你却没有去厕所。

Maybe you'll hold on.

也许你会坚持下去。

Maybe you neglect your personal hygiene so you decide not to bother brushing

也许您忽视了个人卫生，所以您决定不刷牙，

your teeth because you are too busy playing a game or you skip your shower.

因为您太忙于玩游戏或不洗澡。

Maybe a few days in a run because you're too busy playing and so you start to

也许连续几天因为你太忙于玩耍而开始发出

stink, but you don't care 'cause you're alone in a room and no one can smell you.

臭味，但你不在乎，因为你独自一人在一个房间里，没有人能闻到你的味道。

Maybe like me when I was a teenager, you don't listen to your hunger cues

也许就像我十几岁的时候一样，当你的身体说“我饿了”时，你不会听从饥饿的信号

when your body's saying, I'm hungry.

。

You wait until you are really, really ravenously hungry before

等到你真的非常非常饿的时候，

you emerge to go and get some food.

你才出来去买一些食物。

And the same with drinking.

饮酒也是如此。

It's highly likely that if you have a gaming addiction, then

如果您沉迷于游戏，那么

you're not drinking enough water.

您很可能没有喝足够的水。

I remember playing a game more recently, I think it was some sort of racing game.

我记得最近玩过一个游戏，我想那是某种赛车游戏。

It was a high speed game, and both my partner and I realised that every time

这是一场高速的比赛，我和我的搭档都意识到，每次

we had a round of this game, our eyes would be really sore and we'd be rubbing

打一局这个比赛，我们的眼睛都会很酸，我们会揉

our eyes, oh, my eyes really hurt.

眼睛，哦，我的眼睛真的很痛。

I don't understand why, and then we realised it's because we didn't blink.

我不明白为什么，然后我们意识到这是因为我们没有眨眼。

We were so obsessed, not obsessed.

我们如此着迷，又不着迷。

We were so focused on the game.

我们非常专注于比赛。

We didn't want to miss a beat.

我们不想错过任何一个节拍。

We didn't want to crash the vehicle.

我们不想撞毁车辆。

I think it was like one of those racing games with like a spaceship, and you are

我认为这就像一款带有太空飞船的赛车游戏，你

racing on a very thin strip of racetrack and even the slightest move in the wrong

在一条非常薄的跑道上比赛，即使是朝着错误的方向最轻微的移动

direction and you'd explode and fall off the edge of the racetrack or something.

，你也会爆炸并从跑道边缘掉下来或其他东西。

And so you would play for a two minute race and not blink.

所以你会目不转睛地参加两分钟的比赛。

So you're just staring, staring, staring, which would cause your eyes to dry out and

所以你只是盯着，盯着，盯着，这会导致你的眼睛干燥，

your eyes would get really sore and itchy.

你的眼睛会变得非常酸痛和发痒。

Yeah.

是的。

So how do you remember to blink?

那么你怎么记得眨眼呢？

Anyway, yes, so you might neglect yourself.

无论如何，是的，所以你可能会忽视自己。

You might be missing out on socialising with your friends.

您可能会错过与朋友的社交活动。

You might decide to go home to play another round of your game rather than

您可能决定回家再玩一轮游戏，而不是

actually spending time with your friends.

真正花时间与朋友在一起。

I always thought with the game, Pokemon Go, which is designed to make you

我一直认为 Pokemon Go 游戏的目的是让你

get up and go out of the house and walk around to try and find Pokemon.

起身走出家门，四处走动，尝试寻找 Pokemon。

It's also designed to try and get you to meet up with other Pokemon players.

它还旨在尝试让您结识其他口袋妖怪玩家。

Now I can't speak for all Pokemon players, but I know someone who was a

现在我不能代表所有 Pokemon 玩家，但我知道有人

little bit addicted to Pokemon Go and that person, when I'd spend time with

对 Pokemon Go 有点上瘾，而那个人，当我和他们在一起时

them, they would often be listening to me, but then get their phone out and I

，他们经常会听我说话，然后拿起他们的手机我

could tell that they weren't 100% with me.

可以看出他们并不是100%支持我。

I was like, what?

我当时想，什么？

What are you doing?

你在干什么？

What's going on and then say, I'm sorry, there's just, there's a really

发生了什么事，然后说，对不起，

rare Pokemon here, or I'm trying to get a shiny, or it's community day,

这里有一个非常罕见的神奇宝贝，或者我想获得闪亮的，或者今天是社区日，

which means there's some important Pokemons that I've got to catch.

这意味着我必须捕捉一些重要的神奇宝贝。

And we'd be in some amazing, beautiful places and they would be I down on their

我们会在一些令人惊叹的、美丽的地方，他们会在我的

phone trying to catch these Pokemon in these amazing places and, and that

手机上试图在这些令人惊叹的地方捕捉这些神奇宝贝，这

made me wonder about how they can sustain meaningful quality relationships

让我想知道

when they aren't fully present.

当他们不充分的时候 ，他们如何能够维持有意义的高质量关系 展示。

Anyway, so you might miss out on socialising properly with people and

不管怎样，所以你可能会错过与人适当的社交和

building relationships and gaming often makes you stay up very, very late.

建立关系，而游戏往往会让你熬夜很晚。

So you know you should go to sleep by 10 o'clock.

所以你知道你应该在 10 点之前睡觉。

But 10 o'clock comes and you are really close to the end of a level,

但是到了 10 点钟，你真的很接近关卡的结尾，

and then you get to the end of the level and you think, oh, I'll just

然后你到了关卡的结尾，你会想，哦，我再玩

play a little bit more, just five more minutes, which turns into an hour.

一点，再玩五分钟，这变成一个小时。

And before you know it, you are hitting on one o'clock in the morning and you're

在你意识到这一点之前，你已经凌晨一点了，你会

like, oh, I really should go to sleep.

想，哦，我真的应该去睡觉了。

I've gotta get up early for work.

我得早起去上班。

Then when you get to work, you can't focus because all you're

然后，当你开始工作时，你无法集中注意力，因为你只想

thinking about is getting home to complete the next level of your game.

回家完成游戏的下一个级别。

So this is what a gaming addiction looks like.

这就是游戏成瘾的样子。

It makes you into a shell of yourself.

它让你变成你自己的外壳。

So ask yourself if you are a gamer, do you just enjoy gaming?

所以问问自己，如果你是一名游戏玩家，你只是喜欢游戏吗？

Is it a part of your life or is it your life?

它是你生活的一部分还是你的生活？

Do you have a gaming addiction?

你有游戏瘾吗？

Is it having a negative impact on your health, on your

它会对你的健康、

relationships, on your work?

人际关系和工作

Okay, so that brings me to the end of this little discussion

产生负面影响吗 ？好的， 关于游戏和游戏成瘾的

into gaming and gaming addiction.

小讨论到此结束 。

I do hope that you found today useful.

我真心希望您今天觉得有用。

If you're a Plus Member, then I'll be deep diving into some of today's

如果您是 Plus 会员，那么我将在我们的奖励节目中深入探讨今天的一些

vocabulary in our bonus episode.

词汇。

And if you are not a Plus Member, but you'd like to get more out

如果您不是 Plus 会员，但您想从

of these podcasts, get access to bonus material, and access to the

这些播客中获得更多信息、获得奖励材料以及

transcripts for current episodes, then do consider becoming a Plus Member and

当前剧集的文字记录，那么请考虑成为 Plus 会员并

supporting the growth of this podcast.

支持该播客的发展播客。

I will leave a link in the show notes.

我会在演出笔记中留下一个链接。

Thank you so much for joining me.

非常感谢您加入我。

Until next time, game on.

直到下一次，游戏继续。

Or should I say game over.

或者我应该说游戏结束了。