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很多学校都限制学生上课用手机，但美国缅因州今年走得更远：从上课铃到放学铃，学生一整天都碰不到手机。文章从一名高三学生开学第一天看到的“手机箱”切入，先交代这条规定的来历，再对比去年“每节课后就能取回手机”的做法，接着通过教师的观察说明禁令带来的变化：上课更专心，每节课节省时间，食堂里的交谈也更热闹了。随后文章回到这名学生的亲身感受，并在最后指出禁令仍有漏洞，相关调查还在进行。阅读时可留意 but、instead、although、however 等词如何引出预期与实际之间的转折。

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On his first day of the school year in August, Jonathan Bisson, a senior at Brunswick High School in Maine, noticed something new by the door of his first class. It was a white box on small wheels with about 25 slots, one for each student’s phone. The phones stay inside until the end of the day. Nearly three months later, many teachers in the US state say the change is working better than they expected.

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8 月新学年的第一天，缅因州布伦瑞克高中的高三学生乔纳森·比松在第一节课的教室门口注意到一样新东西：一个装着小轮子的白色箱子，大约有 25 个格子，每个学生的手机放一格。手机要一直放在里面，直到放学。将近三个月后，这个美国州的许多教师说，这项改变的效果比他们预想的要好。

The rule came from a single paragraph in Maine’s state budget, passed in April. It told schools across the state to ban phones and other devices connected to the internet “from starting bell to dismissal bell”, with some medical and other exceptions. It made Maine the 23rd US state with a full-day ban of this kind.

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这条规定来自缅因州 4 月通过的州预算中的一个段落。它要求全州学校“从上课铃到放学铃”禁止使用手机和其他联网设备，但医疗等情况可以例外。缅因州因此成为美国第 23 个实行这类全天禁令的州。

Many classes already limited phones before. Last year, some of Bisson’s teachers asked students to put their phones in plastic pouches on the wall. But students got them back after each lesson and could check social media in the hallways and at lunch. Now that is no longer allowed, and some school districts expected students to push back.

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在此之前，许多课堂已经限制手机。去年，比松的一些老师要求学生把手机放进挂在墙上的塑料袋里。但学生每节课后都能拿回手机，在走廊里和午饭时刷社交媒体。现在这已经不被允许，一些学区原本预计学生会抵制。

Instead, teachers told The Maine Monitor, a local nonprofit newsroom, that students have been surprisingly understanding, although some follow the rule unwillingly. Teachers say students pay more attention in class, stay on task and finish more work. Eric Hutchins, who has taught graphic arts at Bangor High School for 24 years, says collecting phones once in the morning saves about five minutes in every class. The biggest change may be outside lessons, however. Staff hear louder and livelier conversations in the cafeteria, where phones once stopped students from talking.

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然而，教师们告诉当地非营利新闻机构《缅因观察》，学生们出人意料地理解这项规定，尽管有些人是不情愿地遵守。教师们说，学生上课更专心，更能专注于任务，也完成了更多作业。在班戈高中教了 24 年平面艺术的埃里克·哈钦斯说，早上一次性收走手机，每节课能节省大约五分钟。不过，最大的变化也许发生在课堂之外：工作人员在食堂里听到了更响亮、更热闹的交谈，而过去手机曾让学生们不怎么说话。

Bisson himself felt a small moment of panic after his first class, when the box would not open. Then the feeling faded. “My phone left my mind,” he said. He also thinks students take the rules more seriously now, because a phone found in class is kept for the whole day, not just for one lesson.

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比松本人在第一节课后发现箱子打不开时，也短暂地慌了一下。随后这种感觉就消失了。“手机从我脑子里消失了，”他说。他还认为，现在学生更认真地对待这些规定，因为在课堂上被发现的手机会被收走一整天，而不只是一节课。

The ban is not perfect. Some students still hide phones in their bags and use them in the bathroom or at lunch, and smart watches are hard for teachers to control. Some parents worried about losing easy contact with their children, but some now email them or reach them through the school office. One father said he supports whatever helps classrooms work. A state education research institute is also sending surveys about school technology to teachers and school leaders this autumn.

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这项禁令并不完美。一些学生仍把手机藏在包里，在卫生间或午饭时使用；智能手表也让教师很难管控。一些家长曾担心失去与孩子的便捷联系，但有些家长现在改为给孩子发邮件，或通过学校办公室联系他们。一位父亲说，只要有助于课堂正常运转，他都支持。缅因州的一个教育研究机构也正在今年秋天向教师和学校管理人员发放有关学校技术使用的调查问卷。

新闻来源

• The Maine Monitor · Maine students and teachers say school cellphone ban is working (26 Oct 2026)
• AP News · Maine cellphone ban in schools is helping students focus and connect (republished from The Maine Monitor)
• Maine Education Policy Research Institute · Technology Study (LD 2052)

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