趣味英语第73期:怎么在上课时发短信不被发现

Kristina Pauna asks:

克里斯蒂娜·保纳问道：

"How do you get away with texting in class?"

“怎么在上课时发短信不被发现？”

I don't know. That's a hard one. I don't think you could.

我不知道。这很难做到。我想你没办法做到。

(sternly) Don't text in class. You're in class to learn.

（严肃地）上课时不要发短信。你在课堂上应该学习。

Don't text while you're driving, and don't text while you're studying. You'll drive better and not kill people, and you'll learn more and get a better education and become a better person.

在开车时不要发短信，在学习时也不要发短信。这样能使你更专心开车，不会撞到人；可以学到更多知识，获得更好的教育，成为更好的人。

You simply¹ text before class. It's that simple.

在上课前发短信就行了。就是这么简单。

Only text if it's for something really important and have a good excuse like, "Oh, sorry, this is my mom."

只在有非常重要的事情或是有很好的借口时发短信，比如：“哦，抱歉，是我妈妈。”

I've seen people, you know, put it in a purse and they're pretending² to look through their purse.

我看到过有人把手机放在钱包里，然后假装在看钱包。

Oh my god³. I am the master⁴! You have it out on your desk, and it's just kind of sitting there, and when they're not looking you can kind of like...

哦，我的天哪。我可是这方面的专家！把手机拿出来放在桌子上，你就坐在那里，趁别人不注意，你就可以这样发短信了……

Have it inside your book or behind it and just be looking, like, text and pay attention.

把手机放在书里或是放在书后面，假装在看书，其实你是在发短信，要集中注意力。

Sit behind someone and put your phone to where the teacher can't see your phone.

坐在某个学生的后面，把手机放在老师看不到的地方。

Do it under the desk, and make sure that you turn any sort⁵ of notifications or sounds off, or beeps.

在桌子下面发短信，确保关掉所有通知、提示音或是震动。

So here's the desk, right? You're sitting right here, and on the desk you wanna slouch back and bring your legs up. And then, with your legs, cover your phone.

这是桌子，对吧？你坐在这里，往后靠在椅背上，把腿抬起来。然后，用你的腿挡住你的手机。

Have it under the desk, but it looks like you're looking at the paper possibly. You have to do the awkward⁶, "Don't look at my face." Like, you don't know what I'm looking at, but right now I'm looking at Instagram. But you don't know that. I could be looking at the corner of this computer, see?

在桌子下面发短信，使自己看上去像在看文件。你要做得别扭一些，“不要看我的脸”。你不知道我在看什么，而现在我正在上Ins。可是你不知道。我也可能在看电脑的一角，看到了吗？

1 simply   

ad.仅仅,只是；简单地；朴素地；完全，简直

参考例句：

• The cake is made quite simply.这蛋糕做起来很简单。
• The teacher explained the text simply.老师简单地解释了一下课文。

2 pretending   

v.假装( pretend的现在分词 )；伪装；（尤指儿童）（在游戏中）装扮；自诩

参考例句：

• He deceived her by pretending to be a famous movie star. 他冒充著名电影明星来骗她。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• "We have a mission to perform. Quit pretending." cried he angrily. 他生气地高喊一声：“我们有任务， 别装蒜。” 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

4 master   

n.(男)主人，雇主；能手，名家，大师；[M-]硕士；v.精通，掌握

参考例句：

• He is studying for a master's degree at Dalian University.他正在大连大学攻读硕士学位。
• English is not easy to master.英语不易掌握。

5 sort   

v.排序，挑选，分拣；n.种类，类别，性质，程度

参考例句：

• She was a strange sort of person.她这个人有些古怪。
• I don't much care for that sort of man.我不太喜欢那种人。

6 awkward   

adj.笨拙的，尴尬的，使用不便的，难处理的

参考例句：

• John is so shy and awkward that everyone notices him.约翰如此害羞狼狈，以至于大家都注意到了他。
• I was the only man among the guests and felt rather awkward.作为客人中的唯一男性，我有些窘迫。