手機成學習成績下降罪魁禍首（雙語）

摘要：在一項實驗中，研究人員向學生們發放了免費的蘋果手機，學生們卻沒有將手機用作學習工具，而是用手機刷社交網絡、聽音樂，並且他們承認自己無法集中精神完成學習任務。

They may be called smartphones but the handsets could be damaging some students’ grades.

他們被稱爲“智能”手機，然而這些電子設備也許正在影響學生們的功課成績。

手機成學習成績下降罪魁禍首

In an experiment, pupils who were given a free iPhone used it for social networking and listening to music rather than helping with their studies, and they admitted being distracted from their work.

在一項實驗中，研究人員向學生們發放了免費的蘋果手機，學生們卻沒有將手機用作學習工具，而是用手機刷社交網絡、聽音樂，並且他們承認自己無法集中精神完成學習任務。

Psychologists at Rice University wanted to see if the latest mobile technology would be used by the students to improve their learning.

賴斯大學的心理學家們想要了解最新的移動技術能否幫助學生們提高他們的學業成績。

When given their new handsets, the students overwhelmingly said that the devices would help them do better in tests and get better grades without being a distraction.

當參加實驗的學生們剛獲得新手機的時候，他們信心滿滿的聲稱，新手機不會干擾他們學習，還會讓他們學得更好，取得更好的成績。

When asked at the beginning if they thought the phones would get them higher grades, the average response was a positive score of 3.71 on the scale.

在實驗開始之初，當學生們被問及，是否認爲手機能幫助自己取得更好的學業成績的時候，學生們給出的答覆評分的平均分數爲3.71分，這是一個表示肯定的分值。

But a year later, when asked if it had helped perform better in tests, the average score had more than halved to 1.54 on the same scale, indicating disillusionment with the technology.

然而一年之後，當學生們被問及手機是否確實幫助他們獲得了更好的考試成績時，學生們給出的平均分值還不到之前的一半，在同一個分值表上，只有1.54分，這意味着學生們對高科技的夢幻破滅了。

The researchers concluded that it’s not enough to give students the right technology, but said they need constant guidance about how to use it.

研究者們得出結論，即——僅向學生們提供前沿的電子技術是不夠的，他們還需要長時間的引導，需要我們告訴他們如何正確運用移動設備。

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我們來看一下新華網對此的報道：

Apple always presents us exhaustless surprises and inspirations. On June 8, it unveiled the updated version of iPhone, which is called "iPhone 4" and described as the world's thinnest smartphone.

在上面這句句子中，“smartphone”就是“智能手機”的意思。

“smart”是“聰明的”意思。有一個詞組叫做“smart money”，表示的就是“有經驗的投資商或善於賭博的人經管投資的錢”。比如說：

In the past, interest from my bank account was a good source of income to have after I retire. But interest rates are so low these days that I have to let those smart money people who handle mutual funds take care of my money.

過去，我從銀行存款所得到的利息是我退休後很好的一筆收入。但是，現在利率那麼低，我不得不讓那些管理互助基金的專業人員來經管我的錢。

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They can do this again in the smartphone market.

如今，他們可以在智能手機市場上再展宏圖。

If you use widgets on an smartphone, you already know the importance of them.

如果你在智能手機上使用微件，你已經知道他們的重要性。

They may start surfing the web on the desktop, for instance, but continue doing so on their tablet or smartphone.

例如，他們不僅用臺式機上網，還用平板電腦或智能手機上網。

Passengers will be told to switch their smartphones, tablets and other devices to airplane mode.

乘客們要把智能手機、平板電腦和其它設備調爲“飛行模式”。

Android is now the bestselling smartphone system, after passing sales of the iPhone late in 2010.

在2010年年末銷量超越蘋果iPhone後，安卓系統如今已經成爲最暢銷的智能手機操作系統。