英国过半父母用Facebook窥探孩子隐私_BEC初级作文

英国过半父母用Facebook窥探孩子隐私

More than half of parents log onto social networking sites like Facebook to spy on what their children are doing, a study has found.

一项研究发现，超过一半的父母会登录Facebook之类的社交网站，窥探自己的孩子在做些什么。

Some 55% of mothers and fathers thought nothing ofsnooping aroundon their children’s profiles to see what they are up to.

55%的父母觉得上孩子主页看看他们在忙些什么是很正常的事情。

They did it to avoid having ‘awkward conversations’ with the children but nearly a quarter admitted it was the only way they could find out about their lives.

他们这么做，是为了避免和孩子聊天时产生尴尬。不过还有近四分之一的父母承认，这是他们能够了解孩子生活的唯一方法。

The figures show that parents are becoming increasingly crafty in their attempts to keep tabs ontheir children in the digital age. Almost one in 20 mothers and fathers even log on with a friend’s account to avoid detection and gain better access to their children’s profiles.

有数据显示，身处数字时代，为了密切掌握孩子的情况，父母们也变得越来越诡计多端了。几乎每二十个父母中，就有一个会用朋友的帐号登录社交网站，这样既能不被孩子察觉，又能更方便地浏览他们的页面。

Websites like Facebook and MySpace along with microblogging site Twitter have become immensely popular amongst teenagers and children. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that last year among 16 to 24-year-olds 75% posted messages on them..