Farewell to My iPhone

何烨希

Answer the following questions：

1.Who is Eloise？

2.Try to summarize the change of“my”attitude toward the iPhone in a paragraph.

（Sample：First，“I”didn't want a fancy cellphone...）

3.What does the sentence“I was living on iCloud nine as I built my new life with Eloise.”mean？

4.What can you see from the experience that he Google-mapped his way to the mailbox？

5.Between which two paragraphs do you think the sentence“Okay，so I was addicted to my iPhone.”can be inserted？

Keys：

1.The author's iPhone.

2.Then“I”found myself envious of all those proud iPhone owners，and welcomed a new iPhone into the life.Later，“I”instantly fell in love with it，and could no longer imagine a life without it.Soon I became addicted to it and would feel anxious without it accompanying.And“I”hated my addiction to it.But I regained happiness and joy when quitting the addiction.

3.On iCloud nine is equal to the phrase“on the cloud nine”，which means very happy.

4.He became addicted to the iPhone.

5.Para 7 and Para 8.

長句分析：

1.What used to feel like friendly notifications now felt like constant nagging to respond.过去觉得亲切的提醒现在看来像是等待回应的不断念叨。

该句主语为what used to feel like friendly notifications，是一个what引导的名词性从句。谓语动词为felt like，constant nagging是宾语，to respond是宾语的定语。

2.When I turned it on，a wave of familiarity washed over me as it buzzed with two days worth of missed texts and notifications.当我开机时，一阵亲切感扑面而来，两天未接到的短信和提醒使它振个不停。

该句主干为a wave of familiarity washed over me。as此处引导原因状语从句，it指代iPhone，buzz是动词，指手机振动发出的嗡嗡声。missed此处做texts and notifications的定语，意为“没有收到的，错过的”。

Word Bank

On cloud nine：very happy乐不可支

例如：She has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote.

自从那份杂志发表了一篇她写的故事后，她高兴得不得了。endprint