The boys were bickering over some ballpoints.

那些男孩子为几支圆珠笔争吵起来了。

Aloysius Beauvier: Ballpoints make them press down. When they press down, they write like monkeys.

圆珠笔让他们写字的时候都往下摁，一摁吧，都写得跟猴爬似的。