Should Phones Be Banned in Schools?

Morning! Did you get the email from the school?

早安！你有收到學校的信嗎？

About the phone ban? Yes, I read it last night.

禁止帶手機那件事？對，我昨天晚上看了。

Finally! I think it's a brilliant idea.

終於！我覺得這個主意超棒的。

Really? Hmm, I'm not so sure about it.

真的嗎？嗯，我倒是不太確定。

Kids can't concentrate when their phones keep buzzing.

手機一直震動，小孩根本沒辦法專心。

My son checks his messages in the middle of lessons!

我兒子上課上到一半就在看訊息！

Okay, I get that. That's a fair point.

好，這我懂。你說得有道理。

And think about bullying. A lot of it happens online.

還有霸凌的問題，很多都是在網路上發生的。

If phones stay at home, kids actually talk at break.

如果手機放在家裡，小孩下課時間才會真的聊天。

But what about safety? That really worries me.

可是安全呢？這是我最擔心的。

My daughter takes two buses to get here.

我女兒要搭兩班公車才到得了這裡。

What if the bus breaks down and she can't call me?

萬一公車拋錨，她又沒辦法打給我怎麼辦？

Well, she could use the phone in the school office.

嗯，她可以用學校辦公室的電話啊。

Seriously? There's one phone for a thousand kids!

你說真的？一千個小孩才一支電話耶！

Okay, okay. I didn't think about the bus.

好啦，好啦。我沒想到公車的問題。

And kids need to learn how to use technology well.

而且小孩也要學會好好使用科技。

You can't just take it away and hope for the best.

不能直接沒收，然後就希望一切沒事吧。

Hold on. Nobody's taking technology away.

等一下，沒有人要把科技拿走啦。

They still use computers in class, don't they?

他們上課還是會用電腦，對吧？

Hmm, true. I suppose I'm overreacting a bit.

嗯，也是。我大概有點反應過度了。

So what if phones go in lockers during lessons?

那上課的時候把手機放進置物櫃呢？

Oh! And they get them back after school?

喔！然後放學再拿回來？

Exactly! So your daughter has it on the bus.

沒錯！這樣你女兒在公車上就有手機了。

Wow, I could definitely live with that!

哇，這樣我完全可以接受！

Let's suggest it at the parents' meeting on Thursday.

我們禮拜四家長會的時候提出來吧。

Deal! And thanks for really listening.

就這麼說定！謝謝你認真聽我說。