Fifteen percent of US teenagers aged 12 to 17 who own mobile phones have received nude or nearly nude images of someone they know, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

本周二公布的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，美國(guó)年齡在12歲至17歲之間有手機(jī)的青少年中，有15%的人曾收到過(guò)他們所認(rèn)識(shí)的人的全裸或近乎全裸的照片。

Only four percent of mobile phone-owning teens in that age group have sent sexually suggestive pictures of themselves, a practice known as "sexting," according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

據(jù)皮尤調(diào)查中心的“互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和美國(guó)生活項(xiàng)目”的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，在這一年齡段擁有手機(jī)的青少年中，有4%的人曾給他人發(fā)送過(guò)自己的帶有性暗示的照片。這一行為被稱(chēng)為“發(fā)性短信（sexting）”。

The Pew survey found that girls and boys were equally as likely to have sent a suggestive picture to another person and older teenagers were more likely to have engaged in "sexting."

這項(xiàng)皮尤調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，女孩和男孩給他人發(fā)送性短信的可能性均等，年齡較大的青少年發(fā)性短信的可能性更大。

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（圖為美青少年在使用 iPhone 接收 twitter 信息）

Eight percent of 17-year-olds with mobile phones have sent a sexually provocative image by text and 30 percent have received a nude or nearly nude image on their phone.

在17歲有手機(jī)的青少年中，有8%的人曾通過(guò)短信發(fā)送過(guò)帶有性挑逗意味的圖片，30%的人曾收到過(guò)別人發(fā)送的全裸或近乎全裸的照片。

Only four percent of 12-year-olds have sent suggestive images of themselves.

在12歲的青少年中，只有4%的人曾發(fā)送過(guò)自己的帶有性暗示意味的照片。

Amanda Lenhart, a senior research specialist at Pew and the author of the report, said sexually suggestive images have become a form of "relationship currency" for teens.

皮尤調(diào)查中心的高級(jí)研究專(zhuān)家、該報(bào)告的撰寫(xiě)者阿曼達(dá)?倫哈特說(shuō)，帶有性暗示意味的照片已成為青少年之間的一種“關(guān)系媒介”。

"These images are shared as a part of or instead of sexual activity, or as a way of starting or maintaining a relationship with a significant other," she said. "And they are also passed along to friends for their entertainment value, as a joke or for fun."

她說(shuō)：“這些圖片作為性行為或者性行為中的一部分被分享，或者成為建立或維持與某人關(guān)系的一種方式。因?yàn)檫@些照片本身的‘娛樂(lè)價(jià)值’，它們還會(huì)被傳給朋友，供人娛樂(lè)。”

（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮 編輯蔡姍姍）


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