App是雅思口語(yǔ)Part

2媒體類(lèi)的常考話題，雖然在某些月份不在考查范圍內(nèi)，但是風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)的雅思題庫(kù)里，肯定不會(huì)少了App這個(gè)話題。所以雖然近期不參加考試，但是有計(jì)劃在未來(lái)考雅思的娃，還是需要關(guān)注一下該話題的!

大家除了可以把自己每天都在用的weibo，wechat或者QQ拿出來(lái)介紹之外，還可以整點(diǎn)兒特有“情懷”的，比如專治“低頭族”的Forest，比如獻(xiàn)給所有長(zhǎng)成大人的孩子的B612，再比如下面這款Be

MyEyes.

這真的是我見(jiàn)過(guò)的最善良最體貼的app了，利用科技把失明人士和視力無(wú)礙的人聯(lián)系在一起，給他們提供一個(gè)隨時(shí)可以求助的平臺(tái)，也給了我們一個(gè)伸出援手幫助他人的機(jī)會(huì)。

這款app操作簡(jiǎn)單，只需要用我們的郵箱或者Facebook賬號(hào)注冊(cè)，就成為了這個(gè)program的一員，選擇你的角色(asightedoneor

blindone)，保持logon狀態(tài)，就隨時(shí)可以接到求助消息或發(fā)出求助信號(hào)。

TheAppI’dliketosharewithyouiscalledBeMyEyes,whichisthemost

heart-warmingAppI’veeverknown.Itisfornowonlyavailableatiphoneapp

store,andaswecantellfromthename,itbasicallymakesalivevideo

connectionfromablindperson’sphonetoarandomsightedvolunteer’sphone,so

thatthevolunteercouldhelpthemwithlittleday-to-daythings,likematching

upsocks,findingoutwhetherthefoodhaspasseditsexpirationdateinthe

fridge,orthingslikethat.Sometimestheymightbeufortablealwaysasking

friends,relativesorneighborsforhelpwiththosesimpletasks,soIguess

that’swhythedevelopercreatedthisapp.

WhenIfirstheardofitfromtheInte,Iwascurioushowitworked.So

Iinstalledit,andthenIjustreallystartedlikingit.IlikethatIhavean

opportunitytohelppeoplewhocan’tseeinthiswaythatisalsokindofcool

andkindofnohassleformeatall.Whensomeonewho’sblindorvisually

impairedneedshelp,theappwillsendanotificationtome.Ihaven’thelpedso

manypeopleyet,butIthinkwhatI’mdoingwiththisappisreally

meaningful.

Theappdependsontherebeingenoughvolunteers.Andtheamazingthing

aboutitisthatwithsomanyvolunteersaroundtheworld,wecouldofferhelp

atanytime.Like,ifablindpersonneedshelpat3o’clockinthemorning,the

appjustpingavolunteerinanothertimezone.

Thisapphasenabledblindpeopletofeelmoreindependentthantheywere

before,andI’malsogladthatIcouldbeofsomehelp.

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)解析：

1.sighted

=abletosee;notblind

2.day-to-day

只放在名詞前面，involvingtheusualeventsortasksofeachday，例如：Shehasbeen

lookingaftertheday-to-dayrunningoftheschool.

他還有一個(gè)用法，表示“逐日的”，planningforonlyonedayatatime，例如：Ihaveorganizedthe

cleaningonaday-to-daybasis,untilourusualcleanerreturns.

3.expirationdate

Thedateafterwhichanofficialdocument,agreement,etc.isnolonger

valid,orafterwhichsomethingshouldnotbeusedoreaten.海外生存英語(yǔ)必備.

4.hassle

Asituationthatisannoyingbecauseitinvolvesdoingsomethingdifficult

orplicatedthatneedsalotofeffort.例如：It'sahasslehavingtotravel

withsomanybags.下次想表達(dá)“一點(diǎn)兒不麻煩，舉手之勞”，就可以用nohassleatall.

5.visuallyimpaired

-impaired表示havingthetypeofphysicalormentalproblem

mentioned，例如：hearing-impairedchildren,speech-impaired.