It is February 2021 and the Smith family are excited to have tickets to watch their favourite football team. Sport is newly emerged from months of being played behind closed doors. Outside the stadium, security guards’ handsets register Covid-19 immunity certificates encoded on the Smiths’ smartphones; fans without the app face additional checks. The family pass through body temperature sensors, check their face masks and enter the ground. The view is unimpeded — seats all around them have been blocked from sale — but the half-empty stands mean the atmosphere lacks the old electricity.
现在是2021年2月，史密斯(Smith)一家兴奋地拿到了他们最喜爱的足球队的比赛门票。在“空场”进行了数月以后，运动赛事终于重见天日。体育场外，安保人员用手持设备登记了史密斯一家智能手机上的防疫健康证明；没有这款手机应用的球迷需要接受额外检查。一家人穿过测温传感器，检查佩戴的口罩，然后进入球场看台。四周一览无余——他们周围所有座位都被禁止出售——但是半空的看台意味着这里没有了往日那种激情。