Name: 一種無害的癮... (A harmless addiction...)
Uploaded: 2024-12-13T02:57:24.000Z
Duration: 15 min 45 s

基礎被動語態

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I was somewhat apprehensive when I first tried it, but I was also excited.

第一次嘗試時，我有些忐忑不安，但也很興奮。

It was another way of attempting to inject the hope of novelty into an otherwise painfully mundane life, or perhaps mundanely painful.

這是另一種方式，試圖為原本痛苦平庸的生活注入新奇的希望，或者說是平庸的痛苦。

In either case, when I pressed that button for the first time, I felt a new world open up.

無論如何，當我第一次按下那個按鈕時，我感覺到一個新世界展現在眼前。

It was surreal, warm, invigorating, relieving.

這種感覺超現實、溫暖、令人振奮、如釋重負。

I felt powerful yet calm, like I could do anything.

我感到強大而平靜，彷彿無所不能。

It was an experience that would be impossible to describe to the version of myself that existed prior to pressing the button.

這種體驗是無法用按下按鈕之前的自己來描述的。

Now I'm sitting with the same device in my hand, the eTelly 6, looking out at Moraine Lake and Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.

現在，我正坐在這裡，手裡拿著同樣的設備 eTelly 6，眺望加拿大阿爾伯塔省的 Moraine 湖和班夫國家公園。

It's beautiful, but beauty no longer captivates me.

I've only been sitting here for a few minutes.

I'm listening to the birds, the breeze, the water, and the other people.

我在傾聽鳥叫、微風、流水和其他人的聲音。

My hand almost tremors as it awaits my conscious brain's permission to start moving.

我的手幾乎在顫抖，因為它在等待我的大腦意識允許我開始移動。

I try to stay strong, still looking out at the water and the mountains, but without even realizing it, my fingers have already begun to move.

我努力保持堅強，依然望著遠處的山水，但不知不覺中，我的手指已經開始移動。

With but a few moments spent at each, I rush by them all, leaving almost as quickly as I arrive.

每到一處，我都要花上片刻時間匆匆走過，幾乎是來得快去得也快。

I go from the shore of Moraine Lake to a street in New York City, to a soccer game at a stadium in Italy.

我從 Moraine 湖畔到紐約街頭，再到意大利體育場的一場足球比賽。

I find myself at my friend Horace's apartment.

我發現自己在朋友霍勒斯的公寓裡。

I don't even really remember choosing to go here.

我甚至都不記得自己是怎麼選擇來這裡的。

It's been happening more and more recently.

I'll show up somewhere without even really realizing or choosing it.

我會在不經意間出現在某個地方，甚至沒有真正意識到或選擇它。

Horace's girlfriend, Cynthia, is also here.

霍勒斯的女朋友辛西婭也來了。

我們在他們的廚房餐桌上哈拉。

They are telling me about how hard it was to lock down their new apartment, the one we are currently in.

他們告訴我，要鎖定他們的新公寓，也就是我們現在住的這間公寓有多難。

他們說，房租比以往任何時候都高。

It's difficult finding a good place in a good area that's affordable, they say.

他們說，很難在好地區找到一個負擔得起的好地方。

Property managers are always tricky, they say.

他們說，物業經理總是很棘手。

I know all of this, but small talk is all talk when your friends are mostly momentary appearances in a constantly fast-forwarded existence.

這些我都知道，但當你的朋友只是在不斷快進的生活中曇花一現時，閒聊也就成了空談。

I share with them some of the similar problems I've had in the past.

我與他們分享了我過去遇到的一些類似問題。

I think they're listening, but it's hard to tell.

I think I'm communicating clearly, but that's also hard to tell.

我想我說得很清楚，但這也很難說。

We seem to be in the same conversation, but it also feels fragmented, like we're constantly going backwards to retrieve our pieces, regardless of the relevance to where we are in the conversation.

我們似乎在進行同一場對話，但又感覺支離破碎，就像我們在不斷地倒退，去檢索我們的片段，而不管這些片段與我們在對話中所處的位置是否相關。

There is a brief pause in the conversation, and I take this as an opportunity to ask Horace and Cynthia if they want to transmit to somewhere.

談話稍作停頓，我趁機問霍拉斯和辛西婭是否想轉到某個地方。

No, we've been trying to stay in one place a bit more lately.

不，我們最近一直在努力多待在一個地方。

We've also been trying to walk and drive whenever we can.

我們也一直在嘗試能走路就走路，能開車就開車。

I should be supportive, but instead, I'm frustrated.

我應該給予支持，但我卻感到沮喪。

I'm frustrated that if I transmit to somewhere right now, I'll have to go alone.

我很沮喪，因為如果我現在要去某個地方，我就得一個人去。

Oh, alright, I say with a tone that is both accepting, but also intentionally leaves room for them to change their minds.

哦，好吧，我用一種既接受又故意留有餘地的語氣說，讓他們改變主意。

Good for them, I guess, I think to myself.

We sit quietly for a few more seconds, which I take as another opportunity, this time to get up and use the bathroom.

我們又靜靜地坐了幾秒鐘，我把這當作另一個機會，這次是起身上廁所。

I stare at myself in the bathroom mirror.

我的眼睛睜得很大，眼袋也很大。

I used to do this thing where I would stare at myself in the mirror with my nose nearly pressed right up against the glass, and I would stay like that until I could no longer recognize myself in the reflection.

我以前經常這樣，盯著鏡子裡的自己，鼻子幾乎貼在玻璃上，就這樣一直盯著鏡子，直到鏡子裡的自己認不出來為止。

I notice in the reflection my e-tele is in my hand.

我從反光鏡中注意到我手裡拿著電子電話。

That's odd, because I don't remember taking it out of my pocket.

這就奇怪了，因為我不記得從口袋裡拿出來過。

我一定是下意識地把它取出來了。

I think I want to just stay here tonight, with Horace and Cynthia.

我想我今晚就呆在這兒了 和霍勒斯還有辛西婭在一起

They're two friends whom I've had for a very long time, and I'm very close with, but have recently fallen further and further away from.

他們是我很長時間的兩個朋友，關係很好，但最近卻越走越遠。

I don't remember making plans with Terrence.

我不記得和泰倫斯有什麼計劃。

I guess Horace and Cynthia didn't want to come.

I'm drinking coffee on the patio on the sidewalk.

我正在人行道的露臺上喝咖啡。

我和我的另一個朋友 CJ 在一起。

I'm at the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu, alone.

我獨自一人來到歷史聖地馬丘比丘。

I'm looking at the ruins of the 15th century Inca civilization.

我看到的是 15 世紀印加文明的廢墟。

It's interesting, but kind of boring, and it makes me think too much about death and the end of everything.

它很有趣，但有點無聊，讓我過多地思考死亡和一切的終結。

I'm at a historic pub in the heart of the Docklands in London.

我正在倫敦碼頭區中心一家歷史悠久的酒吧裡。

I'm watching a bar fight as I drink a beer.

我一邊喝著啤酒，一邊看著酒吧裡的打鬥。

現在是第二天早上，星期天的早上。

I don't remember much of where I went yesterday.

I was at each place no more than a few minutes, a few seconds in most cases.

我在每個地方停留的時間不超過幾分鐘，大多數情況下只有幾秒鐘。

Over the span of the day and night, I must have gone to hundreds of different places, maybe thousands.

在一天一夜的時間裡，我肯定去了上百個不同的地方，也許上千個。

When you do that much and go to that many places, spinning your head like a basketball on the finger of dissatisfaction, everything becomes a blur.

當你做了那麼多事，去了那麼多地方，像籃球一樣在不滿的手指上旋轉時，一切都會變得模糊不清。

Once I start going, it's like I can't stop.

I just keep going, never presently in any one place, in any one moment.

我就這樣一直走下去，從不停留在任何一個地方，任何一個時刻。

我想度過一個美好的白天和夜晚。

I wanted to go to maybe one or two or three places.

我想去的地方可能只有一兩個或三四個。

I wanted to stay with Horace and Cynthia for a while, and maybe have another old friend or two join us.

我想在霍勒斯和辛西婭家住一段時間，也許還會有一兩個老朋友加入我們。

At the very least, I wanted to focus and get a couple important things done.

至少，我想集中精力，完成幾件重要的事情。

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