A newspaper in Helsinki, Finland, recently published a cartoon of a baby with a mobile phone, telling his parents that his diaper needed changing. But it's hardly a joke. Helsinki is home to Nokia, the mobile-phone maker. It's one of the most "mobile" cities in the world: About 92 percent of its households have at least one mobile phone. And the kids start young.
芬兰赫尔辛基的一家报纸最近刊登了一幅漫画，一个婴儿用手机告诉他的父母他需要换尿布。但这绝非玩笑。赫尔辛基是手机制造商诺基亚的故乡。它是世界上最“移动”的城市之一：大约92%的家庭至少有一部手机。孩子们从小就开始了。
"A relatively normal age to get a mobile phone is now 7," says Jan Virkki, marketing manager for a mobile-phone company. Among the second graders at the Kulosaari Elementary School, the most popular object of desire this year is not a Barbie or a Gameboy. It is a Nokia mobile phone with a picture of their own choice on the screen.
一家手机公司的营销经理扬·维基说：“现在拥有手机的相对正常年龄是7岁。”。在库洛萨里小学的二年级学生中，今年最受欢迎的愿望不是芭比娃娃或游戏机，而是一款诺基亚手机，屏幕上有自己选择的图片。
"One of the first things we discuss when school starts is the rules for mobile phones," says Tiia Korppi, a teacher. Among the rules: You have to put it away out of sight. You cannot turn it on. You cannot send text messages to your friends, or play amusing tunes in class, or call your parents or call for a pizza during history.
“开学时，我们首先讨论的事情之一是手机使用规定”，教师蒂娅·科尔皮说。其中一条规定是：你必须把它藏起来，不能打开，不能给朋友发短信，也不能在课堂上播放令人发笑的曲调，也不能打电话给你的父母或者在历史课上叫一个披萨。
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