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Legend has it that back in the day, when people waited, they learned the real meaning of the word “patience”. The reason? Smartphones weren’t invented yet!
听说很久很久以前，当我们等人的时候，我们会领悟“耐心”这个词的真谛。为什么？因为那个时候智能手机还没有诞生呗！
Here are 20 things we used to do — pre-smartphone — when we were waiting in line for a movie to start or for the food to come.
下面是我们在“前智能手机时代”常常会做的：当我们在电影院门口排着队等待购买电影票时，或在餐厅里等待上菜时……
1. Smile politely at other people in the same situation.
给处境相同的人一个礼貌的微笑。
2. Read the newspaper you were carrying under your arm.
拿出夹在胳膊下的报纸来读。
3. Pay too much attention to other people’s conversations.
注意别人的谈话。
4. Watch the rain or snow attentively.
专注地看着雨或雪。
5. Read shampoo bottles or anything else with words in the bathroom.
在洗手间读洗发液瓶子上的字或其他带字的东西。
6. Tap your fingers on the table.
用手指敲桌子。
7. Observe people around you.
观察周围的人。
8. Keep folding whatever paper is in your pocket until it can’t be folded anymore.
从口袋里随便掏出一张纸，不停地对折直至不能再折下去。
9. Walk back and forth.
来回踱步。
10. Update your agenda or write it on paper.
更新日程表，或者把行程写在纸上。
11. Smile all the time to show everyone what a great time you’re having.
保持微笑，让每个人知道你过得很快乐。
12. Make eye contact with people in the same situation.
和你处境相同的人交流眼神。
13. Close your eyes.
闭目养神。
14. Look compulsively at your watch.
不停地看表。
15. Look forward to seeing your friends to tell them what you’d been doing.
想着见小伙伴，告诉他们你最近的情况。
16. Live on the edge, never knowing when the other person was going to arrive (remember: there were no cell phones to call to check or receive a cancellation)
坐立不安，不知道对方到底什么时候才到。（记住：那个时候没有手机，没办法确认对方到达的时间，也没办法知道对方不来了。）
17. Get sick of wondering where everyone else is.
抓狂地想知道其他人到底去哪儿了。
18. Experience the meaning of the word “patience”.
体味“耐心”这个词的真谛。
19. Decide to think for a while.
决定沉思一下。
20. Do nothing was always an option.
什么都不做也是选择之一。
Vocabulary
attentively adv. 聚精会神地
tap v. 轻敲；轻打
update v. 更新
agenda n. 日常工作事项
contact v. 接触；联系
compulsively adv. 强制地；强迫地
on the edge 坐立不安
get sick of 对……厌恶
option n. 选择
听说很久很久以前，当我们等人的时候，我们会领悟“耐心”这个词的真谛。为什么？因为那个时候智能手机还没有诞生呗！
Here are 20 things we used to do — pre-smartphone — when we were waiting in line for a movie to start or for the food to come.
下面是我们在“前智能手机时代”常常会做的：当我们在电影院门口排着队等待购买电影票时，或在餐厅里等待上菜时……
1. Smile politely at other people in the same situation.
给处境相同的人一个礼貌的微笑。
2. Read the newspaper you were carrying under your arm.
拿出夹在胳膊下的报纸来读。
3. Pay too much attention to other people’s conversations.
注意别人的谈话。
4. Watch the rain or snow attentively.
专注地看着雨或雪。
5. Read shampoo bottles or anything else with words in the bathroom.
在洗手间读洗发液瓶子上的字或其他带字的东西。
6. Tap your fingers on the table.
用手指敲桌子。
7. Observe people around you.
观察周围的人。
8. Keep folding whatever paper is in your pocket until it can’t be folded anymore.
从口袋里随便掏出一张纸，不停地对折直至不能再折下去。
9. Walk back and forth.
来回踱步。
10. Update your agenda or write it on paper.
更新日程表，或者把行程写在纸上。
11. Smile all the time to show everyone what a great time you’re having.
保持微笑，让每个人知道你过得很快乐。
12. Make eye contact with people in the same situation.
和你处境相同的人交流眼神。
13. Close your eyes.
闭目养神。
14. Look compulsively at your watch.
不停地看表。
15. Look forward to seeing your friends to tell them what you’d been doing.
想着见小伙伴，告诉他们你最近的情况。
16. Live on the edge, never knowing when the other person was going to arrive (remember: there were no cell phones to call to check or receive a cancellation)
坐立不安，不知道对方到底什么时候才到。（记住：那个时候没有手机，没办法确认对方到达的时间，也没办法知道对方不来了。）
17. Get sick of wondering where everyone else is.
抓狂地想知道其他人到底去哪儿了。
18. Experience the meaning of the word “patience”.
体味“耐心”这个词的真谛。
19. Decide to think for a while.
决定沉思一下。
20. Do nothing was always an option.
什么都不做也是选择之一。
Vocabulary
attentively adv. 聚精会神地
tap v. 轻敲；轻打
update v. 更新
agenda n. 日常工作事项
contact v. 接触；联系
compulsively adv. 强制地；强迫地
on the edge 坐立不安
get sick of 对……厌恶
option n. 选择