双语趣听精彩世界 第120期:孩子多大可以用手机?

 　　孩子多大的时候可以拥有一部手机?对于这个问题,家长们仍然很纠结.

　　孩子多大可以用手机?

　　CBS News: It's a question parents have debated for over a decade: At what age should their kids be allowed to have their own cell phones?

　　The reality is that most kids have mobile cellular¹ devices well before high school.

　　John Breyault, vice² president of public policy, telecommunications and fraud at the National Consumers League, commissioned a study in 2012.

1 cellular   

adj.移动的；细胞的，由细胞组成的

参考例句：

• She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
• Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。