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Confessions of a texting addict
你玩手機(jī)和上網(wǎng)上癮嗎
Texting back in force with nearly 50 people a day isn’t easy.
每天給近50個(gè)人發(fā)短信回短信并不是一件容易的事情。
I have to say I wasn’t an addict.
我不得不說，我發(fā)短信并沒有上癮。
But if you wanna keep up with the crowd, this 12-year-old says texting and Facebook are a must.
但是如果你想跟上潮流的話，這位12歲的少年說，發(fā)信息和上臉書網(wǎng)互動(dòng)是必須的。
Gossip, that’s pretty much the key thing to be not invisible.
八卦，是非常難以避免的內(nèi)容。
Killian was a straight A student at Congress middle school before her heavy messaging. But with every text and hour on Facebook, her grades slipped, first Bs and then Cs. She even made grammatical errors writing the letters “U R” instead of “you are”.
Killian在大量發(fā)短信以前是Congress中學(xué)一個(gè)優(yōu)等生。但是總是沉迷于一條一條的信息，花費(fèi)連續(xù)幾個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間逛臉書網(wǎng)之后，她的成績開始下滑，最初下降到B，后來甚至到C。她甚至在書寫“you are”時(shí)犯拼寫錯(cuò)誤，寫成“U R”。
I was always on Facebook or complaining about how tired I was or texting.
我總是在上社交網(wǎng)站，或者抱怨發(fā)信息發(fā)得好累啊。
A Kaiser Family Foundation study shows kids like Killian, spend an average of nearly 7.5 hours a day texting or on social networking sites. Nearly half suffer fair or poor grades. Between Killian’s grades and this infinite phone bill, the Fanes decided to take away her phone and Facebook time.
Kaiser Family Foundation一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，Killian這樣的孩子每天平均花費(fèi)7.5個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間發(fā)信息或?yàn)g覽社交網(wǎng)站。近一半的孩子成績平平或者分?jǐn)?shù)很差。由于Killian不斷下降的分?jǐn)?shù)和高昂的電話費(fèi)，F(xiàn)anes決定限制她玩手機(jī)和上網(wǎng)的時(shí)間。
It was more based on a lack of oversight.
這很大程度上是由于監(jiān)督失察導(dǎo)致的。
This principal doesn’t know the Fanes, but he agrees with Todd.
這位校長并不認(rèn)識(shí)Fanes，但是他贊同Todd的說法。
It goes back to educating your child about what this tool is and here’s what the limits are.
所以要花費(fèi)心思教育孩子，手機(jī)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)是什么樣的工具，使用起來應(yīng)該有什么限制。
At first Killian didn’t respect her parents’ decision.
剛開始的時(shí)候Killian并不尊重父母的決定。
I would just sit on my bed and like stare at the wall or fall asleep, just like take a long nap.
我會(huì)坐在床上盯著墻壁或者睡著，就好像要小睡很長時(shí)間一樣。
Several days into her grounding, however, Killian changed. She started to focus on her school work again and even her family.
但是幾天過后，Killian變了。她開始集中精力學(xué)習(xí)，甚至開始和家人溝通。
My grades are like going really fast to the As and Bs.
我的成績很快進(jìn)步到A和B。
We are really enjoying getting to know our daughter again.
我們很高興重新認(rèn)識(shí)了我們的女兒。
Once all of Killian’s grades are back up to par, she would be able to text and spend time on Facebook again, but only after her homework is done and before the lights go out.
Killian的所有成績都恢復(fù)到A之后，她可以再次發(fā)短信或?yàn)g覽社交網(wǎng)站。但是只能在做完作業(yè)之后，晚上熄燈之前。
