One day, I took an underground to work, I saw something that made me very sad.
有一天，我乘地铁上班时，看到了一件让我非常难过的事。
On the tube( underground in London), a mother kept looking at her phone screen and playing a game with her daughter sitting beside her.
在伦敦的地铁上，一位母亲一直盯着手机屏幕玩游戏，而她的女儿就坐在她旁边。
The little girl, about 5 years old, was talking to her mother about her day, repeating the next stop’s name cheerfully, praising her mother’s long nails–trying to catch her mother’s attention.
这个大约五岁的小女孩正兴致勃勃地和妈妈聊着她的一天，重复着下一站的名字，夸赞妈妈的长指甲——试图引起妈妈的注意。
Her mother just nodded and answered “Mm, hm” with her eyes glued to the screen, busy passing the levels of the game.
她的母亲只是点点头，眼睛紧盯着屏幕，嘴里敷衍地应着“嗯，哼”，忙着通关游戏。
I watched the girl give a final try to at least get her mum to look at her, but it was no use.
我看着小女孩做了最后一次努力，至少想让妈妈看她一眼，但没有用。
Then the little girl turned silent. It was a shame the mother didn’t notice that.
然后小女孩沉默了。真遗憾，母亲没有注意到这一点。
It broke my heart and got me wondering–what kind of game would make the mother forget she has the most beautiful thing in the world, the human she created, the person she loves with all her heart?
这让我心碎，也让我疑惑——是什么样的游戏能让一位母亲忘记她拥有世界上最美好的东西：她创造的生命，她全心全意爱的人？
What it meant when she couldn’t look into her daughter’s eyes and even stop to listen to the girl?
当她无法直视女儿的眼睛，甚至停下脚步倾听孩子说话时，这意味着什么？
Some parents are almost like the teenagers, always on their phones with mindless games or going through Facebook.
有些父母几乎和青少年一样，总是沉迷于手机上的无脑游戏或刷脸书。
Perhaps parents have many things to deal with, but sometimes they are everything to their kids.
也许父母有很多事情要处理，但有时他们对孩子来说就是一切。
This is not a isolated example. I’ve seen too many such examples.
这不是一个孤立的例子。我见过太多这样的例子。
I might not be a parent myself, and probably still have a long way before becoming one, but I know what I saw isn’t right.
我自己可能还不是父母，离成为父母或许还有很长的路要走，但我知道我所看到的并不对。
The scene used to be seen among teenagers very often when parents complained(抱怨) how their children were crazy about their mobile phones.
过去，这种场景常在青少年身上看到，那时父母们抱怨孩子们如何痴迷于手机。
Look how the situation has changed! The parents have become “technology slaves”(奴隶), that is to say, they can’t control themselves while using mobile phones.
看看情况发生了怎样的变化！父母们变成了“科技奴隶”，也就是说，他们在使用手机时无法控制自己。
Now some middle-aged parents hold the best iPhones or Samsung phones, which are probably the only two brands they know.
现在一些中年父母拿着最好的iPhone或三星手机，这可能是他们唯一知道的两个品牌。
They are playing the simple games with their expensive mobile phones. I’m uncertain whether to laugh or to cry.
他们用昂贵的手机玩着简单的游戏。我不知道是该笑还是该哭。
But my hope is that this storm passes.
但我希望这场风暴终将过去。
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