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Teens are using burner phones in an attempt to keep their social lives a secret to their parents.

為了不讓父母窺視自己的社交生活，青少年們開(kāi)始用起了一次性手機(jī)。

burner phone: 一次性手機(jī)
 

A new report from the Wall Street Journal details the lengths some will go to in order to stay connected.

《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》的一篇新報(bào)道詳述了一些青少年為了保持聯(lián)系而想盡一切辦法。

The phones don't necessarily need costly plans — some teens use the burners when connected to WiFi to circumvent data charges.

用手機(jī)不一定要購(gòu)買昂貴的套餐，一些青少年為了避免花流量費(fèi)而在無(wú)線網(wǎng)絡(luò)狀態(tài)下使用一次性手機(jī)。

circumvent[,s?k?m'v?nt]: v. 繞行，規(guī)避

One parent told the WSJ that their daughter got phones from friends when they took her device away.

一位家長(zhǎng)告訴《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》說(shuō)，當(dāng)他們沒(méi)收女兒手機(jī)后，女兒從朋友那里得到了手機(jī)。

"All the sudden she'd stop asking for her phone back and we'd be like, 'That's weird,'" Patrick Van Every said of his daughter, Jalyn.

帕特里克·凡·埃夫里在談及女兒賈琳時(shí)說(shuō)道：“突然之間，她不再要求我們把手機(jī)還給她了，于是我們覺(jué)得很奇怪。”

A survey from the Pew Research Center last year revealed that 56% of teens feel anxious, lonely or upset when they don't have their cellphones.

皮尤研究中心去年的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查揭示，56%的青少年在手機(jī)被沒(méi)收時(shí)會(huì)感到焦慮、孤獨(dú)或心煩。

And despite parents' attempts at limiting screen time, some kids will still find a way to access mobile devices.

盡管父母?jìng)冊(cè)噲D限制孩子的屏幕時(shí)間，但一些孩子還是設(shè)法獲得了手機(jī)。

"In almost every high school across the country there is a kid who sells burner phones from their locker," retired high-tech crimes detective Rich Wistocki told the WSJ.

已退休的高科技犯罪偵探瑞奇·威斯托基告訴《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》說(shuō)：“在美國(guó)的幾乎每一所高中，都有一個(gè)出售一次性手機(jī)的孩子，這些貨都放在學(xué)校的儲(chǔ)物柜里。”

But just as kids hiding information from their parents isn't new, nor is the concept of burner phones for teens.

不過(guò)，孩子向父母隱藏信息早已不是新鮮事，同樣，一次性手機(jī)對(duì)青少年而言也并不陌生。

A 2012 study found that 70% of kids hide online behavior from their parents, and in 2010, a McAfee study found more than half of the teens surveyed hid what they did online.

2012年的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，70%的孩子都會(huì)隱藏網(wǎng)上行為不讓父母知道。2010年，邁克菲的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，超半數(shù)的受訪青少年隱藏了自己的網(wǎng)上行為。

It's unclear how common the practice of burner phones is, but social media experts and teens told the Associated Press last year that many youngsters are living lives online that their parents don't know about — whether that be by utilizing burner phones or untraceable social media apps, like Snapchat, or by keeping their conversations on Kik, a private messaging app.

一次性手機(jī)的使用有多普遍，目前還不清楚，但據(jù)美聯(lián)社去年從社交媒體專家和青少年那里獲得的消息，許多青少年的網(wǎng)上生活都不為父母所知，不論是使用一次性手機(jī)或Snapchat等無(wú)痕的社交媒體應(yīng)用，還是在私人通訊應(yīng)用Kik上交談。

The AP report cited a 2016 Pew Research survey that found only half of parents had ever checked their children's phone calls and text messages.

美聯(lián)社的報(bào)道援引了皮尤研究中心2016年的調(diào)查結(jié)果稱，只有半數(shù)父母曾檢查過(guò)孩子的通話和短信記錄。

Diana Graber, co-founder of internet safety organization CyberWise, told WSJ that teens "can easily get their hands on a phone" if their parents take devices away. She said the real goal is to teach teens about technology.

網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全機(jī)構(gòu)CyberWise的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人戴安娜·格雷伯告訴《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》說(shuō)，如果父母?jìng)儼咽謾C(jī)沒(méi)收了，青少年們“可以很容易地獲取手機(jī)”。她說(shuō)，真正的目標(biāo)應(yīng)該是讓青少年對(duì)科技有正確認(rèn)識(shí)。

"The only thing that works is education, teaching them the upsides and downsides of tech, and helping them establish their own boundaries," she told the WSJ.

她告訴《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》說(shuō)：“唯一可行的就是教育，教孩子們懂得科技的利和弊，幫助他們樹(shù)立自己的界限。”

英文來(lái)源：Insider

翻譯&編輯：丹妮