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My rocky recovery from iPhone abuse
戒掉iphone的艰难之路
My name is Amy. I’m a 25-year-old graduate student who likes yoga, home-decorating and eating spoonfuls of peanut butter straight from the jar. Oh yeah, and I’m an iPhone addict.
我叫艾米。我是一名25岁的研究生，喜欢瑜伽、家庭装修和直接吃罐装花生酱。哦，对了，我还是个iPhone迷。
I wasn’t always an addict. In fact, for many years I told myself I didn’t want a fancy cellphone. They seemed like too much work, always beeping, ringing and demanding attention. I was perfectly content with my simple antique, and I didn’t anticipate changing my mind any time soon.
说起着迷，我不是一直如此。事实上，多年来我一直告诫自己，我不需要什么高档手机。这类手机似乎太耗精力，总是哔哔作响、没完没了，需要时刻留意。我十分满足于简单的古董机，也并不期望很快改变我这一想法。
However, about a year ago, I found myself envious of all those proud iPhone owners, cradling their shiny new phones and showing them off to all their friends. I started eavesdropping on conversations about “iPhone apps”, feeling like a tourist listening to a language I couldn’t speak.
然而，大约一年前，我发现自己有点嫉妒那些趾高气昂的iPhone用户，他们拿着耀眼的新手机，向所有的朋友炫耀着。我开始偷听关于“iPhone应用程序”的对话，感觉像是游客在听一门完全不懂的语言。
Eventually I couldn’t ignore my iPhone instinct any longer, and I welcomed my new iPhone into my life. I instantly fell in love with the little bundle of joy, and could no longer imagine a life without it.
最终，我再也无法忽视对iPhone的渴望了，我让一部新iPhone进入了我的生活。我立刻爱上了这个有趣的小东西，甚至再也无法想象没有它的生活。
To my surprise, I suddenly found myself with a whole new circle of friends—other iPhone owners I could go to for advice and support as I learned the various functions of my new device. They responded to my iPhone-related queries when my non-iPhone friends couldn’t, and didn’t roll their eyes when I bragged about all the things little Eloise (yes, I named her) could do.
令我惊讶的是，我突然发现自己有了一个全新的朋友圈——当我了解到新设备的各种功能时，我可以向其他iPhone用户寻求建议和帮助。他们可以回答有关我的iphone的相关问题，而其他非iphone用户的朋友回答不了。当我吹嘘小伊洛伊丝(是的，我给她起了个名字)能做的所有事情时，他们也不会无语地翻白眼。
For a couple months I was living on iCloud nine as I built my new life with Eloise. However, I realized I had a problem when one day I found myself Google-mapping my way to my mailbox, which is just outside my front door.
几个月来，当我和伊洛伊丝开始新生活时，我一直心情愉悦。然而，当有一天我发现自己用谷歌地图找邮箱时，我意识到不对劲儿了，而邮箱就在大门外面。
