第1490期:Fidget spinning

School playground crazes come and go but the latest collectable toy is proving popular with children and adults alike. My kids have gone mad for the platsic spinning disc called a fidget spinner and I have to admit, I've become a little addicted too – but why?学校操场的热潮来来去去，但事实证明，最新的收藏玩具深受儿童和成人的欢迎。我的孩子们对称为指尖陀螺的 platsic 旋转圆盘很着迷，我不得不承认，我也有点上瘾了——但为什么呢？Fidget spinners have taken the world by storm. They were originally designed to help kids with conditions like autism deal with stress but they have become a popular toy and they're helping reduce my stress levels too – when there's something on my mind I just spin!指尖陀螺风靡全球。它们最初旨在帮助患有自闭症等疾病的孩子应对压力，但它们已成为一种流行的玩具，它们也有助于降低我的压力水平——当我有什么想法时，我就会旋转！So what's the big deal about these three-pronged pieces of rotating plastic? Well, there are many different designs and colours to collect and then there's the challenge of spinning them, getting the speed up, balancing it on the end of your finger. On video-sharing websites, vloggers have amassed millions of views from performing tricks with their fidget spinners. Richard Gottlieb, founder of US-based consultancy Global Toy Experts, says adults are increasingly turning to fidget toys because, he says, with all the bad news in the world, "it is a good time to be selling something that allows an individual to fidget off some stress – particularly at a time when smoking is looked down on."那么这些三管齐下的旋转塑料有什么大不了的呢？好吧，有许多不同的设计和颜色可供收集，然后是旋转它们的挑战，加快速度，在你的手指末端平衡它。在视频共享网站上，视频博主通过他们的指尖陀螺表演技巧获得了数百万的观看次数。美国咨询公司 Global Toy Experts 的创始人理查德·戈特利布 (Richard Gottlieb) 表示，成年人越来越多地转向坐立不安的玩具，因为他说，随着世界上所有的坏消息，“现在是销售让个人能够摆脱一些压力——尤其是在吸烟被看不起的时候。”For most school children, they've become the latest 'must-have' accessory, although some schools have banned them, saying some are poorly made and can be a distraction for pupils. However, one teacher, Ms Timmons, says that they can aid learning among some children. She says "these fidget toys are one way of allowing them to fidget without the disruption of the tapping pencils or the tapping of feet. It's a much less disruptive way to channel their energies into something else while the teaching is going on."对于大多数学童来说，它们已成为最新的“必备”配件，尽管有些学校已禁止它们，称有些制作不良，可能会分散学生的注意力。然而，一位名叫蒂蒙斯女士的老师说，他们可以帮助一些孩子学习。她说：“这些坐立不安的玩具是一种让他们坐立不安的方式，而不会干扰敲击铅笔或敲击脚。这是一种在教学进行时将他们的能量引导到其他事物上的破坏性要小得多的方式。”Fidget spinners join a long and distinguished list of other childhood favourites now living in the teacher's top drawer. It wasn't long ago when our homes and school playgrounds were littered with loom bands as they suddenly became must-have accessories. Billions of them were sold and then made into various forms of rubbery jewellery. One teacher, Guy Tarrant, has confiscated numerous items from children over the years. He says: "There's so much stuff, so many fads and stages. I worked as a supply teacher in over 150 schools so I've probably seen it all."指尖陀螺加入了一长串儿时的最爱，现在放在老师最上面的抽屉里。不久前，我们的家和学校操场上到处都是织布机带，因为它们突然成为必备配件。其中数十亿被售出，然后制成各种形式的橡胶首饰。多年来，一位名叫盖伊·塔兰特的老师没收了许多孩子的物品。他说：“有这么多东西，这么多时尚和舞台。我曾在 150 多所学校担任代课教师，所以我可能已经看到了这一切。”It's probably fair to say fidget spinners won't always be flavour of the month. Eventually they'll be confined to the bin, to be replaced by a new equally addictive and annoying craze.可以公平地说，指尖陀螺并不总是本月的流行。最终，它们将被限制在垃圾箱中，取而代之的是一种同样令人上瘾且令人讨厌的新热潮。词汇表collectable 值得收藏的go mad for something/someone 对某物/人着迷addicted 上瘾的，沉迷在某事中take the world by storm 在全球大获成功，完全征服世界各地的人们autism 孤独症，自闭症stress 压力big deal 大事，要事three-pronged 三齿的vlogger 博主must-have 必备的disruption 打断，影响channel their energies 把注意力倾注到（某事）distinguished 重要的loom band 彩虹橡皮筋confiscate 没收fad 短暂的狂热flavour of the month （某时期内）最受欢迎的人或物

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