According to a study that came out last fall, nearly half the kids 8 to 12 years old in the U.S. own cell phones, with most getting their first phone between ages 10 and 11.

根据去年秋天的一项研究，在美国，8到12岁的孩子中，将近有一半的孩子拥有手机，而其中大多数是在10岁和11岁的时候拥有了人生的第一部手机的。

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Like many working parents, Beverly Flaxington armed her daughter with a cell phone in fifth grade, when the time came for her to venture out alone.

像很多上班族的父母一样，贝弗利·弗兰克辛顿在她女儿五年级开始独自外出时给她配了一部手机。

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When the cell phones came I found the money and bought one because it was cool to have.

后来我也买了一部手机，很酷。

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He went to the bathroom, came back, turned his cell phone on, and put it down again.

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