新學(xué)期開始之后，很多剛剛度過暑假的學(xué)生會帶著智能手機重返校園。研究顯示，現(xiàn)在有很多小學(xué)生都有自己的手機，但說到底，這種新時代的產(chǎn)物究竟是幫助學(xué)習(xí)和交流的絕佳工具，還是會大大分散孩子們的注意力？

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According to Internet Matters, around 72 per cent of children in Year 7 now have a smartphone. Of the 2,000 parents surveyed by the group, almost 60 per cent believe pupils shouldn't carry the device with them during the day, although 49 per cent were in favour of children being allowed to bring phones to and from school.

據(jù)英國非盈利機構(gòu) Internet Matters 稱，現(xiàn)有約72%的七年級（相當(dāng)于國內(nèi)的初一）兒童有智能手機。在該組織調(diào)查的兩千名家長中，幾乎60%都認為小學(xué)生不應(yīng)該整天隨身攜帶該設(shè)備，雖然有49%贊成學(xué)校應(yīng)允許孩子們帶手機上下學(xué)。

In France, the government has intervened, approving a total ban on mobile use for pupils up to the age of 15. But here, some head teachers allow the controlled use of smartphones in class, maintaining that with budgets under constant pressure, they're an invaluable supplementary learning tool.

法國政府已參與此事，通過了一項完全禁止十五歲以下小學(xué)生使用手機的法令。但在英國，一些校長允許學(xué)生在課上適當(dāng)?shù)厥褂弥悄苁謾C，并堅稱在預(yù)算長期吃緊的情況下，手機是一件非常寶貴的補充學(xué)習(xí)工具。

1. 詞匯表

device 設(shè)備
in favour 贊同
intervened 干預(yù)了，干涉了
ban 禁令
controlled use 有節(jié)制的使用
maintaining 堅稱
supplementary 補充的

2. 閱讀理解：請在讀完上文后，回答下列問題 。 

1. True or false? More than half of parents surveyed thought pupils should have their smartphones with them during the day.

2. What did 49 per cent of parents surveyed agree with?

3. When can pupils at French schools use their smartphones?

4. Why might school budgets in the UK mean head teachers allow smartphones to be used in class?

3. 答案

1. True or false? More than half of parents surveyed thought pupils should have their smartphones with them during the day.
False. Of the 2,000 parents surveyed, almost 60 per cent (more than half) believe pupils shouldn't carry the device with them during the day.

2. What did 49 per cent of parents surveyed agree with?
49 per cent of parents surveyed were in favour of children being allowed to bring phones to and from school.

3. When can pupils at French schools use their smartphones?
They can only use them outside school because the French government has approved a total ban on mobile use for pupils up to the age of 15.

4. Why might school budgets in the UK mean head teachers allow smartphones to be used in class?
Some head teachers say budgets are under constant pressure – so they are limited and always being controlled so there is not much spare money to provide equipment.