给孩子手机,是福还是祸?

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  如今,中小学校园“有机族”越来越多。这些小机主们喜欢用手机发短信、照相、听音乐以及与朋友分享娱乐。然而,手机给中小学生带来的负面影响也随之而来:短信语言泛滥、手机作弊和盗窃案件层出不穷,还有手机攀比成风等等。到底中小学生应不应该有自己的手机呢?Come and join our discussion.
  
  November Topic
  
  Clip 1
  Most families get their kids cell phones to keep in touch and to know that they are safe, but most of us know that kids use their cell phones to keep in touch with their friends. You don’t have to look much further than your local middle school to see evidence of that.
  Ever since the 1)Anchorage district give the OK for cell phones at school, these 2)roaming middle school students have been happily talking and texting their lunch hours away. 13-year-old John Eyrich is one of them. He says it took a while to 3)convince his mom he just had to have a cell phone.
  John Eyrich: I needed one. I wanted one. And I finally got one.
  And it turns out John is not alone.
  Susan LaGrande: The number one way in surveys that…kids that they get their cell phones begging them from their parents.
  Susan LaGrande is a child 4)psychologist who says cell phones are 5)a fact of life. But that doesn’t mean kids or their parents should 6)take that fact for granted.
  LaGrande: Parents need to know this is just the same kind of setting limits as anything else like 7)curfews or when you can drive the car or anything like that. You still have to set limits.
  LaGrande gives simply advice on when you give your kids a cell phone. Make the rules very clear and if they break the rules let them know the 8)consequences. Parents should keep in mind the age of their child—the very young may need a lesson on how to call for help.
  LaGrande: One of the concerns is that the safety, we found. Here is…you know, in your phone is a helpful friend’s number beyond our number in case you can’t reach us. This is how you call 911注. This is when you call 911. You don’t call them because we’re…we’re late picking you up. You call them because someone’s trying to harm you.
  And for older kids, safety counts too. LaGrande says parents shouldn’t hesitate to keep an eye on who their children are talking to.
  LaGrande: Sit down with them and tell them that you are going to check who they have phone calls with; and you are gonna go over the monthly bill with them. And if there are unfamiliar numbers that are frequently used, you wanna know what those…whose… those numbers are too.
  LaGrande says cell phones are a great way to give parents peace of mind but the phones can also be a teaching tool, allowing children to learn about taking responsibility and showing they can handle it.
  
  Clip 2
  And if you think we’re kidding, when we say “thousands of times a month”, listen to what some teens are telling us. The numbers will surprise you.
  Student A: I text a lot but not as much as some.
  Reporter: So what’s “a lot”?
  Student B: Uh…in the past two weeks, in my outbox now I’ve sent 3,000.
  Student C: Well, last month was about 6,000 but this month there are probably like 2-3 maybe.
  Student D: I have unlimited. So, last month there was 7,000.
  And then there is Andrew Carrao. Listen to this—
  Andrew Carrao: Yes, in last month I sent 11,263.
  That’s 11,263 text messages in one month on that phone.
  Carrao: So if I’m just saying something to someone and I’m joking, I’ll just say “JK”—just kidding; and if I’m about to leave or to go to the bathroom or something and I’m gonna come back, I’ll say “BRB” which means “be right back.”
  Christina Gaebhart: I think a lot of it is just generational thing.
  Teacher Christina Gaebhart has followed the trend and how a whole new language has developed, a sort of text messages shorthand.
  9)Abbreviations like OMG, and PAW, and TMI, mean “Oh My God”, “Parents Are Watching” and “Too Much Information”. And there’s dozens more just like them. But when these codes show up in actual classroom work—
  Derek Noll: It’s a little 10)frustrating.
  Derek Noll is an Oak Park English teacher.
  Noll: Well you know, you see the number “2” instead of the “to” or “too” or “two” even, in just inappropriate places.
  Teachers also watch for cheating by text message.
  Gaebhart: I know a lot of teachers are worried about cheating. And how easy it is for one kid who can be taking a quiz right now to text to the kid who is gonna take that quiz next 11)block.
  Reporter: And what do you do about that?
  Gaebhart: Uh…for me I make sure that there is nothing on the tables when they’re doing it.
  In this school, and others, it’s a “use it and lose it” policy—get caught using a cell phone during class, and teachers will take them away.
  
  11月话题
  
  片断一
  对于大多数家庭来说,给他们的孩子买手机是为了保持联络和知道他们是否安全,但我们很多人都知道孩子们使用手机是为了跟他们的朋友联络。您不用到很远的地方去找例子,在您附近的中学便可见一斑了。
  自从安克雷奇地区允许学生携带手机上学以来,这群在校园内游荡的中学生一直很开心地打电话聊天和发短信,就此打发午饭时间。13岁的约翰·艾瑞奇便是代表之一。他说他花了好一段时间才说服他妈妈自己必须有一部手机。
  约翰·艾瑞奇:我需要一个(手机)。我想要一个(手机)。然后最终我都得到了一个(手机)。
  看来约翰的例子并不在少数。
  苏珊·拉戈兰德:调查显示,排行第一的方式就是……孩子们乞求父母给自己买手机。
  苏珊·拉戈兰德是一位儿童心理学家。她说,拥有手机是个不可改变的生活现实,但这并不是说孩子或是他们的父母就得把这个现实看作理所当然的。
  拉戈兰德:家长们必须明白这(指使用手机)跟其它活动,比如宵禁或者子女什么时候可以开车等等,一样要有限度。您仍然必须要设定限度。
  拉戈兰德对什么时候给孩子使用手机提出了简单的建议。做一些非常清楚的规定;如果他们违规了,要让他们知道其后果。家长们要牢记自己孩子的年龄——可能需要指导年纪很小的孩子如何打电话求助。
  拉戈兰德:我们发现,考虑因素之一就是安全问题。这里就是……你知道,在你(指子女)的手机里除了我们(指父母)的号码外还要有一个得力的朋友的电话号码,以防你联系不上我们。这就是你如何拨打紧急求助号码911。这就是你何时应该拨打911。你不能因为我
  们……我们没按时接你放学就打紧急电话号码。而应该是有人要伤害你时才打紧急电话。
  对于年纪大一点的孩子来说,安全同样重要。拉戈兰德说,家长们不应该犹豫,要时刻留意他们的孩子在跟谁通
  电话。
  拉戈兰德:跟他们坐下来,告诉他们您将要检查他们跟谁通电话了,并且您会清查他们每月的电话单。如果有一些陌生号码经常被使用,您也要弄清楚那些……那些号码到底是谁的。
  拉戈兰德说,手机能很好地让家长们安心,但它们也能成为一种教育工具,能让孩子们学会负责任并且展示他们的处理能力。
  
  片断二
  我们说“每个月有数千遍”,如果您觉得我们在开玩笑的话,听听一些青少年是怎么说的。那些数字将会让您
  吃惊。
  学生甲:我发很多短信,但还没有一些人那么多。
  记者:那么什么才算“很多”呢?
  学生乙:呃……过去两个星期,现在我的发件箱里已经有约3000条信息。
  学生丙:嗯,上个月大约发出了6000条,可是这个月也许只发了2000-3000条吧。
  学生丁:我有无数条呢。所以,上个月我发出了7000条。
  接着,是安德鲁·卡里奥。听听这个——
  安德鲁·卡里奥:对,上个月我发出了11263条。
  就是在那个手机里一个月内发出了11263条短信。
  卡里奥:如果我在跟某人说着什么,而且是说笑的,我会说“JK”——只是开玩笑的意思;或者如果我想离开或者要上洗手间做什么的,我很快便回来的,我就会说“BRB”,意思是“很快
  回来”。
  克里斯汀娜·伽柏霍特:我认为很多这样的现象都只是新一代的特色。
  克里斯汀娜·伽柏霍特老师追踪了这股潮流以及一种崭新的语言——就是所谓的短信速记法怎样形成了。譬如,OMG、PAW、TMI这样的缩写意为“噢,我的天”,“父母在监视中”以及“信息过多”等等,还有数十个像这样的英文缩写。可是当这些代码出现在现实课堂作业中的时候——
  德瑞克·诺尔:这挺让人懊恼的。
  德瑞克·诺尔是奥克帕克中学的一位英语老师。
  诺尔:嗯,你知道,你会看见数字“2”取代了“to”或“too”,还有“two”,反正就在不恰当的位置出现。
  老师们也监视着用手机短信作弊的
  行为。
  伽柏霍特:我知道很多老师都担心学生作弊。一个现在可能在考试的学生可以轻而易举地发短信给一个下节课将要考同样试题的学生。
  记者:对于那种情况你会怎么办呢?
  伽柏霍特:嗯……对于我来说,我要保证当他们考试时桌子上什么都没有。
  这所学校以及其它的学校都有一条“发现使用立即没收”的校规,就是如果老师发现学生在上课期间使用手机便会没收手机。
  
  中小学生真的需要手机吗?
  Discussion Forum 七嘴八舌讨论区
  
  Opinion 1
  I am definitely not against it. It’s so cool to give my best friends a buzz with my latest super hot iPhone.
  
  Opinion 2
  I gotta say my cell has helped me to kill time without effort. Since we can get so much fun from our cell phones, it’s no big deal that school kids have them.
  
  Opinion 3
  Of course not. Who pays for my children’s gigantic phone bills as they like chatting very long on the phone? In fact, I struggle to make ends meet for my family every month.
  
  Opinion 4
  The cell phone is a good escape from boring classes. Not until our teachers make some belly laughs should we play with our cell phones in class.
  
  Opinion 5
  Well it’s hard to say. In my case, I can track down my kids if they have the cell phones and they won’t be able to play hide and seek with me. But the cell phones can be quite distracting to their studies.
  
  Opinion 6
  I don’t suggest my students have cell phones. It’s like opening a Pandora’s box—the cell phone can be a tool for cheating and the sudden ringtones in class are just annoying.
  
  Opinion 7
  This is how bad news travels fast. The campus is now full of gossip because everyone is texting SMS or chatting with their big mouths on the phones. If you don’t want your kids to speak ill of you, think twice before you get them a cell phone.
  
  Tips 1: 苹果iPhone是目前市场上最炙手可热的手机。说话者拥有最新款式的iPhone,难怪他不但不反对中小学生拥有手机,还把给好友打电话(give someone a buzz)看作是超酷(cool)的体验。“cool”为常用美式口语,跟中文“酷”的意思相同。
  
  Tips 2: 美语中的gotta相当于have to/got to(不得不,必须),cell在这里是口语简化,即cell phone(手机)。说话者认为手机有不少娱乐功能,能毫不费劲地帮他打发时间(kill time),所以中小学生拥有手机并没什么大不了的(it’s no big deal)。
  
  Tips 3: 如果你有张巨额电话单,便可以用gigantic phone bill来表达了,gigantic一词的确能很形象地描绘出你所指示的物体之“巨大”。词组make (both) ends meet意为“勉强维持生计”。
  
  Tips 4: 看得出这位说话者是个学生,他觉得上课时玩弄手机能解闷。要注意not until的倒装句式(not until…should we…),这里指如果老师在课堂上枯燥地讲课,而不能让学生们捧腹大笑(belly laughs),学生就会在课堂上玩弄手机。
  
  Tips 5: 这是一位家长的苦衷。in one’s case意为“以……为例”。孩子们有了手机,家长便可以跟踪(track down)他们的去向,但手机让孩子们学习不专心。hide and seek就是小时候玩的捉迷藏游戏。在这里,家长当然就是找的那个,孩子就是躲的那个了。
  
  Tips 6: 在老师看来,中小学生不适宜拥有手机。那就像潘多拉魔盒(Pandora’s box),指邪恶之源——手机可以成为作弊工具,而且上课时突如其来的铃声(ringtones)很令人讨厌。
  
  Tips 7: 所谓“好事不出门,坏事传千里”。英语谚语中的bad news travels fast(坏消息传得快)也有这个意思。SMS是Short Message Service(简称短信)的首字母缩写。说话者认为校园里到处是流言蜚语,因为大家都在以发短信或打电话的方式来说长道短。big mouth字面意思是“大嘴巴”,喻指健谈的人,爱聊八卦的人。如果家长们不想被孩子说坏话(speak ill of sb.),就要再三考虑是否给他们买手机了。
  
  Know More
  Common Text Messaging Abbreviations
  常见短信缩写
  AKA: Also Known As
  ASAP: As Soon As Possible
  BBT: Be Back Tomorrow
  BBS: Be Back Soon
  B4: Before
  BIB: Boss Is Back
  BFF: Best Friend Forever
  BRB: Be Right Back
  BTW: By The Way
  CM: Call Me
  CYE: Check Your Email
  DIKU: Do I know you?
  DIY: Do It Yourself
  FAQ: Frequently Asked Question
  F2F: Face To Face
  FYI: For Your Information
  GTG: Got To Go
  HAND: Have A Nice Day
  HB: Hurry Back
  IDK: I Don’t Know
  JFF: Just For Fun
  KOTC: Kiss On The Cheek
  LOL: Laughing Out Loud
  NBD: No Big Deal
  OIC: Oh, I See
  OMG: Oh My God
  OOTO: Out Of The Office
  PSOS: Parents Standing Over Shoulder
  SLAP: Sounds Like A Plan
  SPAM: Stupid Person’s AdvertiseMent
  SWAK: Sealed With A Kiss
  TMB: Text Me Back
  TTFN: Ta-Ta For Now
  TTYL: Talk To You Later
  UGTBK: You’ve Got To Be Kidding
  
  想了解更多的短信缩写,请访问我们口语版的BLOG:http://csblogs.163.com
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