002 网络礼仪课

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Last week was my birthday

上周是我的生日。

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My parents gave me a cool gift — my own smartphone

父母送了我一份很酷的礼物——我自己的智能手机。

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" Enjoying your new phone, Ella?" Dad asked

“喜欢你的新手机吗，艾拉？”爸爸问道。

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" Don't forget your online manners

“别忘了你的网络礼仪。

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" Number one: Think before you send or post."

“第一条：发送或发布前先想一想。”

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I groaned as Dad started listing our family's " netiquette rules."

当爸爸开始列举我们家的“网络礼仪规则”时，我叹了口气。

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" Two: Never chat or share pictures with strangers..."

“第二条：永远不要和陌生人聊天或分享照片……”

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By now I'd heard these rules a million times

到现在为止，这些规则我已经听了无数次了。

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While Dad continued reciting them, I looked down at my phone

当爸爸继续背诵这些规则时，我低头看向我的手机。

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I had a new message from my friend, Josh

我收到了一条新消息，来自我的朋友乔什。

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Hey! Still want to go to the movies tomorrow?

嘿！明天还想去看电影吗？

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Yes!

想啊！

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Great! Violet?

太好了！维奥莱特呢？

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I rolled my eyes

我翻了个白眼。

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Josh, Violet, and I had been friends since third grade

乔什、维奥莱特和我是从三年级开始的朋友。

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But things started to change when we entered middle school

但上了初中后，情况开始变了。

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Violet had joined the drama club and made new friends

维奥莱特加入了戏剧社，交了新朋友。

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Now whenever she hung around with us, she sang songs from musicals — loudly

现在只要她跟我们待在一起，就会大声唱音乐剧里的歌。

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It got on my nerves

这让我很心烦。

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" Ella?"

“艾拉？”

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" Oops, sorry, Dad. Josh asked me something."

“哎呀，对不起，爸爸。乔什问我点事。”

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He frowned

他皱起了眉头。

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" Dad, you don't have to tell me about netiquette again," I said quickly

“爸，你不用再跟我讲网络礼仪了，”我赶紧说。

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" Trust me — I know all the rules already."

“相信我——这些规矩我早就都知道了。”

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" Good." He nodded

“很好。”他点了点头。

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" Then it's time to follow rule number five: no screen time until your chores are done."

“那现在该遵守第五条规则了：做完家务才能看屏幕。”

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I saluted him." Got it."

我向他敬了个礼。“收到。”

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No Violet tomorrow. I'm sick of her loud singing!

明天不要维奥莱特来了。我受够了她那大嗓门的歌声！

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I inserted an emoticon with a person plugging her ears, and then I went to fold laundry

我加了一个人捂住耳朵的表情，然后就去叠衣服了。

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The next day when I met Josh at the movie theater, he rushed up to me

第二天在电影院见到乔什的时候，他匆忙向我跑来。

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" So, is Violet really angry?"

“那么，维奥莱特真的很生气吗？”

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" Angry about what?" I asked

“为什么生气？”我问道。

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" About what you said about her."

“就因为你说的那些关于她的话。”

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" I don't know what you're talking about."

“我不知道你在说什么。”

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Josh looked worried

乔什看起来很担忧。

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" Yesterday when we were talking, it was a group chat."

“昨天我们聊天的时候，那是个群聊。”

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I blinked." Does that mean...?"

我眨了眨眼。“那意思是……？”

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" Yep, Violet was in our chat too."

“没错，维奥莱特也在我们的聊天里。”

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Josh and I bought tickets and sat down

乔什和我买了票，坐了下来。

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He started laughing at something on his phone, but I was too anxious to laugh at anything

他开始对着手机上的什么东西笑了起来，但我焦虑得什么都笑不出来。

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I was thinking about how I'd insulted Violet

我一直在想我是怎么侮辱了维奥莱特的。

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No Violet tomorrow. I'm sick of her loud singing!

明天不要维奥莱特来了。我受够了她那吵闹的歌声！

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I felt terrible. Violet and I had grown apart, but she was still my friend

我感觉糟透了。维奥莱特和我已经疏远了，但她依然是我的朋友。

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" Rule number one," I thought as tears slipped down my cheeks

“第一条规则，”我心想，眼泪顺着脸颊流了下来。

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" Think before you send."

“发送之前先思考。”

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After the movie I biked over to Violet's house

电影结束后，我骑车去了维奥莱特家。

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" I'm sorry, Violet," I blurted out

“对不起，维奥莱特，”我脱口而出。

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" I didn't realize it was a group chat and..." I kept talking, desperately trying to apologize

“我没意识到那是个群聊，而且……”我不停地说着，拼命想道歉。

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Violet looked away." It's okay."

维奥莱特看向别处。“没关系。”

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I shook my head." No, it's not."

我摇了摇头。“不，不是这样的。”

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We stood in silence for a few moments, and then Violet looked up

我们沉默地站了一会儿，然后维奥莱特抬起了头。

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" You definitely hurt my feelings, Ella

“你确实伤害了我的感情，艾拉。

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But my family says I do talk about theater stuff too much."

但我的家人说，我谈戏剧相关的东西确实太多了。”

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She flashed a weak smile at me

她对我挤出一丝淡淡的微笑。

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" I'll try to stop singing show tunes, I promise."

“我会尽量不再唱演出曲目了，我保证。”

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" I made such a stupid mistake," I mumbled

“我犯了个多么愚蠢的错误，”我嘟囔着说。

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Violet nodded." My parents always say to be cautious online

维奥莱特点点头。“我爸妈总是说在网上要谨慎。

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You can't take something back once you send it or post it."

一旦你发送或发布了什么，就收不回来了。”

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I swallowed. I'd learned that lesson the hard way

我咽了口唾沫。我用惨痛的教训明白了这个道理。

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She shrugged and opened the door wider

她耸了耸肩，把门开得更大了些。

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" Want to come in for a while?"

“想进来待会儿吗？”

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" Sure." I turned off my phone and then went inside

“好啊。”我关掉手机，然后走了进去。