原创英文外刊，加州高中，强迫学生把手机锁起来

原标题：英文外刊，加州高中，强迫学生把手机锁起来

At this silicon valley high school,teachers are locking up students phones.

在硅谷的这所高中，老师们正把学生的手机锁起来。

"Checking their phones and texting and going on social media.And I would confiscate the phone over and over and over."

“检查他们的手机、发短信、使用社交媒体,我还会一次又一次地没收手机。

"We were just playing for a night,like on top of the desks with their phones,like in the middle of class."

“我们只玩了一晚上， 像是在课桌上玩手机，像是在课堂上。”

"We did see some students upwards of like 11,12 hours of screen time a day."

“我们确实看到，一些学生每天看手机的时间超过了11或12个小时。

Each student now has to stow their phone in this small cloth pouch with a magnetized lock.

每个学生现在必须把自己的手机装在这个有磁性锁的小布袋里。

"This pin, and go right in here,and now it's kind of locked for the day.

“这个针就在这里，现在已经锁了一天了。

And then at the end of the day,they find one of these.And all they have to do is really tap it.

然后，在一天结束的时候，他们找到对应的袋子。他们要做的就是真正地利用这个袋子。

It is called a Yondr pouch.

它被叫做Yondr袋。

Yondr is used at concerts and art venues for a phone free experience,but it is quickly found its way into schools in the U.S. and Europe.

Yondr可以在音乐会和艺术场所免费使用,但很快就被美国和欧洲的学校采用。

"The students are very engaged this year,instead of just taking selfies or looking at their phones."

“今年，学生们很忙，不只是自拍或看手机。

But some students struggle with smartphone separation.

但有些学生却很难离开智能手机。

"People put stuff on the needle.They'l break the needle.Or they'll even buy magnets online so they can unlock it."

“人们把东西放在针上，他们会破坏这个针,或者甚至会在网上购买磁铁来解锁。

The school has wellness counselors available and support groups for those experiencing stress without their phones.

学校有健康顾问和支持小组，帮助手机不在身边的学生缓解压力。.

It's harder to escape like our problems and our anxiety and depression when we don't have our phone sometimes.

有时，当手机不在身边时，我们就很难逃避我们的问题、焦虑和抑郁。

What starts over this type of screen dependency is what motivated Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni ,a former pro soccer player to create Yondr.

正是这种手机依赖促使首席执行官格雷厄姆杜戈尼创造了Yondr,杜戈尼曾是一名职业足球运动员。

"People primarily digesting the world through a screen 8 to 10 hours a day.

“人们主要通过看手机来消化世界，每天8到10个小时。

For me, it became very clear that the idea of device free spaces in every modern urban setting is something that probably needs to happen and would be helpful."

对我来说，很明显，很可能需要实现在每个现代城市环境中建立无手机空间的想法，而且会大有裨益。

The cost of rent equipment is around 20,000 dollars per year or 12 dollars a student,which Gelb says so far seems more than worth it to the staff.

Yondr的租金大约是每年2万美元，也就是每个学生12美元。盖尔布表示，到目前为止，对工作人员来说,这似乎物超所值。

"It's tough to imagine what a classroom with cell phones would look Like now."

“ 很难想象现在有手机的教室会是什么样子。

The greatest benefit they are hoping for is a big boost in grades once report cards come out.

Yondr最大的好处是一旦 成绩单出来，学生的成绩会有很大的提高。

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