My Netiquette Lesson

Last week was my birthday. My parents gave me a cool gift—my own smartphone. ” Enjoying your new phone, Ella?” Dad asked. “ Don’t forget your online manners. “ “ Number one: Think before you send or post. ” I groaned as Dad started listing our family’s “ netiquette rules. ”

上周是我的生日。我父母给了我一个很酷的礼物——我自己的智能手机。 “喜欢你的新手机吗，埃拉？”爸爸问。“别忘了你的上网礼仪。” ”第一：在发送或发布之前先思考。” 当爸爸开始列举我们家的“网络礼仪规则”时，我发出了呻吟

“ Two: Never chat or share pictures with strangers . . . ” By now I’d heard these rules a million times. While Dad continued reciting them, I looked down at my phone. I had a new message from my friend, Josh. Josh: Hey! Still want to go to the movies tomorrow?

”第二：永远不要和陌生人聊天或分享照片……” 到现在为止，我已经听过无数次这些规则了。 当爸爸继续背诵时，我低头看了看手机。 我收到了我朋友乔希的新消息。 乔希：嘿！明天还想去看电影吗？

Ella: Yes! Josh: Great! Violet? I rolled my eyes. Josh, Violet, and I had been friends since third grade. But things started to change when we entered middle school. Violet had joined the drama club and made new friends.

埃拉：是的！乔希：太好了！紫罗兰 我翻了个白眼。乔希、维奥莱特和我从三年级起就一直是朋友。 但当我们进入中学时，情况开始发生了变化。 维奥莱特加入了戏剧俱乐部，结交了新朋友。

Now whenever she hung around with us, she sang songs from musicals—loudly. It got on my nerves. “ Ella?” “ Oops, sorry, Dad. Josh asked me something. ” He frowned. “ Dad, you don’t have to tell me about netiquette again, ” I said quickly.

现在，每当她和我们在一起时，她都会大声演唱音乐剧中的歌曲。这让我很紧张。 ”埃拉？”“哦，对不起，爸爸。乔希问了我一些事。”他皱了皱眉。 ”爸爸，你不必再告诉我网络礼仪了，”我很快地说。

“ Trust me—I know all the rules already. ” “ Good. ” He nodded. “ Then it’s time to follow rule number five: no screen time until your chores are done. ” I saluted him. “ Got it. ” Ella: No Violet tomorrow. I’m sick of her loud singing!

”相信我，我已经知道所有的规则了。” ”很好。”他点了点头。“那么，是时候遵循第五条规则了：在你的家务事完成之前，没有屏幕时间。” 我向他致敬。“明白了。”埃拉：明天不行。我讨厌她大声唱歌！

I inserted an emoticon with a person plugging her ears, and then I went to fold laundry. The next day when I met Josh at the movie theater, he rushed up to me. “ So, is Violet really angry?”

我插入了一个表情符号，一个人堵住了她的耳朵，然后我去叠衣服。 第二天，当我在电影院见到乔希时，他冲到我面前。“那么，维奥莱特真的生气了吗？”