万花筒 2010-03-16&03-17 发短信发上瘾？

Texting back in force with nearly 50 people a day isn’t easy.

I have to say I wasn’t an addict¹.

But if you wanna keep up with the crowd, this 12-year-old says texting and Facebook are a must.

Gossip, that’s pretty much the key thing to be not invisible.

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”.

I was always on Facebook or complaining about how tired I was or texting.

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 decided² to take away her phone and Facebook time.

It was more based on a lack of oversight³.

This principal doesn’t know the Fanes, but he agrees with Todd.

It goes back to educating your child about what this tool is and here’s what the limits are.

At first Killian didn’t respect her parents’ decision.

I would just sit on my bed and like stare at the wall or fall asleep, just like take a long nap.

Several days into her grounding, however, Killian changed. She started to focus on her school work again and even her family.

My grades are like going really fast to the As and Bs.

We are really enjoying getting to know our daughter again.

Once all of Killian’s grades are back up to par⁴, 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.
 

1 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

4 par   

n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的

参考例句：

• Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
• I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。