A British design company have launched a new product to help children concentrate at school--pre-chewed pencils.
一家英国设计公司最近推出一款新产品，以帮助孩子们集中精力学习，它就是“被咬过的铅笔”。
The company, called Concentrate, says the pencils look like they have already been chewed making pupils less likely to put them in their mouths.
这家名为Concentrate的公司称，这些铅笔看上去好像已经被人咬过一般，从而可以减少小学生把笔放入嘴里的可能性。
And they say this is a cheap but effective way of encouraging youngsters to get their teeth into their lessons instead.
他们表示，这是一种便宜有效的办法，能帮助青少年全心投入到功课中。
Concentrate specialises in products to help kids at school and identify why they get distracted or are unable to focus in class, claim the chewed end encourages them to get thinking straight away.
该公司专门设计制作各类儿童用品，帮助孩子们解决学习中的问题，并找出他们注意力分散或无法集中精力听课的原因。据称，被咬过的笔头可以促使孩子们迅速进入思考状态。
We know it's daft but just get down to some concentrated thinking and who knows what might happen, said company boss Mark Champkins.
“我们知道这只是个初级产品，但是谁知道最终会变成什么样呢？”公司负责人马克钱普金斯说。
We began to look at the reasons that children might be distracted, uncomfortable or unable to focus in lessons--and we set about designing some simple, cost-effective products to address some of the problems.
“我们先是寻找可能导致孩子们注意力分散、感到不适或无法集中精力的原因，然后着手设计一些简单划算的产品来解决部分问题。”