【英语时差8,16】少女赢得全美传简讯比赛冠军

The newest U.S. texting champion has a message for parents across the land—although they might not want to hear it. "Let your kid text during dinner! Let your kid text during school! It pays off," 15-year-old Kate Moore said after winning the LG U.S. National Texting Championship. For the Des Moines, Iowa, teenager, her 14,000 texts-per-month habit reaped its own rewards, landing her the competition prize of US$50,000 just eight months after she got her first cell phone. Moore, with a speedy and accurate performance, beat out 20 other finalists from around the U.S. over two days of challenges such as texting blindfolded¹ and texting while maneuvering³ through a moving obstacle course. The teen dismisses the idea that she focuses too much on virtual communications, saying that while she has sometimes had her phone taken away from her in school, she keeps good grades, performs in school plays and socializes with friends—in person—on the weekends. In between, she finds time to send about 400 to 470 texts a day. Moore also enjoys using text messages while studying with friends for exams, which she says is done better by text because she can look back at the messages to review. It's the third year for the texting competition, sponsored by LG Electronics Inc.'s mobile-phones division. to pay off （心血、努力）有了收穫或沒有白費 to reap (v.) 獲得；收穫 cell phone 手機 accurate (adj.) 準確的；正確的 to maneuver² (v.) 行動；移動 obstacle (n.) 障礙；阻礙 to dismiss (v.) 駁斥；摒棄 to be taken away from 沒收；拿走 to look back 回顧；回頭看 to be sponsored by 由…資助或贊助

 

1 blindfolded   

v.（尤指用布）挡住（某人）的视线( blindfold的过去式 )；蒙住（某人）的眼睛；使不理解；蒙骗

参考例句：

• The hostages were tied up and blindfolded. 人质被捆绑起来并蒙上了眼睛。
• They were each blindfolded with big red handkerchiefs. 他们每个人的眼睛都被一块红色大手巾蒙住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

3 maneuvering   

v.移动，用策略( maneuver的现在分词 )；操纵

参考例句：

• This Manstein did, with some brilliant maneuvering under the worse winter conditions. 曼施坦因在最恶劣的严冬条件下，出色地施展了灵活机动的战术，终于完成了任务。 来自辞典例句
• In short, large goals required farsighted policies, not tactical maneuvering. 一句话，大的目标需要有高瞻远瞩的政策，玩弄策略是不行的。 来自辞典例句