拇指一族的短信世界

相信作為80后、90后的一員，你肯定曾經(jīng)、或者至今仍是一位短信狂人。無(wú)論何時(shí)何地，你都可能拿起手機(jī)發(fā)送短信。遙遠(yuǎn)的祝福、說(shuō)不出口的道歉、輕輕一聲問(wèn)候、一則笑話趣事……這一切，只需通過(guò)拇指輕輕滑動(dòng)便能越洋過(guò)海。癡迷短信的利弊仍待商榷，但不能否認(rèn)的是，現(xiàn)在，連老爸老媽也拿起手機(jī)按個(gè)不停了，

咔咔~生活大變了啊！外國(guó)青少年更是把短信功力發(fā)揮到極至，一起來(lái)感受一下吧。

聽(tīng)力小提示：本文原聲材料采訪的學(xué)生較多，為避免混亂，受訪男生均以Student M代替，女生則為Student F；另外，受訪者用詞口語(yǔ)化，語(yǔ)速較快，只適合作泛聽(tīng)練習(xí)。

LOL注1 ， P911， AYS. Don’t know those abbreviations[縮寫(xiě)]? Then you’re probably not a teenager with extra strong thumbs that come with an addiction[上癮] to text messaging. So， here are some students from Chicago’s Curie High School Youth Radio Project to take you into the world of texting， RN – and， by the way， that means “right now.”

Repeorter: “What at注2”… [What’s]注3 you doin’?

Student M: LOL， guess ur注4 sleeping.

Student F: I like your shirt.

Student F: I’m bored.

Student M: What we should be doin’ is…

Student F: Our work for the project.

Student M: What are we actually doing?

Student F: Texting about parties.

Student M: I think it’s because we like to be in communication all the time with other people， like， we like the interaction[互動(dòng)].

Student F: …And when you’re at school you get less bored.

Student M: Okay， this one. It says “l(fā)augh out loud， where you at?” and it’s a friend in， they’re in the lunch room with me. It’s kinda like we just joke around

sometimes.

Student F: I either text my mom and ask her if she’s

comin’ to pick me up， or I text my boyfriend ask him what colour is he wearing to school tomorrow…

Student F: In one classroom with 30 kids – 30 students –

I think at least a good 90% text.

Expert: Do you think the teacher knows you’re texting?

Student F: No. It’s very funny sometimes， though. Because we’re， like， texting right in front of her. Like， I can’t believe she doesn’t hear the clicking of the buttons， and when it vibrates[（使）振動(dòng)]， when we receive a new message， it’s like， the whole classroom hears it except her.

Teacher: They think they’re very sly[狡猾的]， but the window –

the cell phone window – is illuminating[發(fā)光].

Student F: I just really look back at elementary school compared to high school. You know， I still remember passing notes with my friends and， you know， being careful that you couldn’t hear the paper crinkle[起皺] or that， you know， the teacher would see you and catch you and then read the note out loud and…

Student F: You jus’ put your book back on top of the desk…and you start texting or…

Student M: …Like， hiding it under the notebooks…

Student F: In my seventh period class I always text with one of my friends and at one time the teacher， she…caught us an’ she took away my phone， but I asked for it after class so she gave it back to me; she told me not to do it again， but I kept on doing it anyway.

Student F: ’Cause I got “unlimited” so I [will] be

texting all day.

Student M: You think I can borrow $20， please? I promise to get it back to you ASAP.

Reporter: What’s… Are you kidding?

Student M: (laughs) LOL.

Expert: It’s destroying two things: the ability to speak and these stupid abbreviations;

people have bad enough grammar in English as it is without finding new ways to make it worse.

Student M: OMG.

Student F: Where R U?

Expert: The best way to

communicate with people is talk. I’m saying， just， “Pick up the phone and just call me.”

Student F: Nah， I’ll just text.

LOL. That piece was produced by the students of Chicago’s Curie High School Youth Radio Project.

LOL，P911，AYS。你不認(rèn)識(shí)這些縮寫(xiě)嗎？那么你大概不是一位擁有超強(qiáng)拇指的青少年——他們可是迷戀發(fā)送短信的拇指一族。RN，就讓幾位來(lái)自“芝加哥市居里高級(jí)中學(xué)青年廣播項(xiàng)目”的學(xué)生帶領(lǐng)我們進(jìn)入短信的世界吧——順帶說(shuō)一句，“RN”指的是“現(xiàn)在”哦。

記者：“在干啥”……你們?cè)谧鍪裁矗?/p>

男學(xué)生：大笑，我猜你正在睡覺(jué)。

女學(xué)生：我喜歡你的襯衫。

女學(xué)生：我正無(wú)聊著呢。

男學(xué)生：我們現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該做的是……

女學(xué)生：關(guān)于項(xiàng)目的工作。

男學(xué)生：其實(shí)我們正在做的事情是？

女學(xué)生：發(fā)送關(guān)于派對(duì)的短信。

男學(xué)生：我想這是因?yàn)槲覀兿矚g每時(shí)每刻都能與其他人保持聯(lián)系，我們喜歡這種互動(dòng)方式。

女學(xué)生：……這樣上學(xué)就沒(méi)這么無(wú)聊了。

男學(xué)生：好的，這個(gè)。它說(shuō)：“大笑，你在干什么？”這是一個(gè)朋友發(fā)過(guò)來(lái)

的……他們和我都在午餐室里。