我的孩子们太幸运了！- 科技的过去与现在：英语精读讲义

We recently had Sage reach out to us about sponsoring a piece of content that demonstrated the benefits of their security and home automation ecosystem. 短語動詞

最近Sage联系了我们，希望赞助一期内容，展示他们安全和智能家居生态系统的优势。

But as I was sitting on the couch tinkering with their hub that connects to your TV, 語法

但当我坐在沙发上，摆弄那个连接电视的控制中心时，

I realized something.

我意识到了一件事。

My son,

我儿子，

who just turned four,

刚满四岁，

wasn't impressed at all by the idea that the doorbell ringing could trigger a notification on my phone

完全不觉得“门铃响了能在手机上触发通知”有什么了不起，

and a picture-in-picture view of whoever's standing outside.

以及能画中画显示门外站着谁。

He took it completely for granted. 習語

他觉得这完全是理所当然的。

So I was inspired to create this list of seven differences between when I was his age and today.

所以我来了灵感，总结了我像他这么大时和现在的七个不同之处。

First things first, 表達脈絡

首先，

when I was the same age as my eldest son,

当我像我大儿子这么大时，

all of my toys required me to do all the voices and the actions myself. 語法

我所有的玩具都需要我自己来配音和做动作。

This friggin' thing would have completely blown my mind. 講解

这玩意儿绝对会让我惊掉下巴。

It even knows his name.

它甚至知道他的名字。

I'm pretending to be a horse.

我正在装作一匹马。

And that's not the only thing that does all the work for you.

而且这还不是唯一能替你代劳的东西。

I mean,

我的意思是，

Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist is great and all, 語氣意圖

《贝贝熊去看牙医》是挺不错的，

but this this is progress.

但这才是时代的进步。

Number two,

第二点，

video games were,

电子游戏在当年，

nostalgia filter aside, 表達脈絡

抛开怀旧滤镜不谈，

objectively worse.

客观上确实更差。

And I was one of the lucky ones.

我还是算幸运的。

I had a Game Gear.

我有台Game Gear。

I mean,

我是说，

that thing had a color screen back in 1990.

那玩意儿在1990年就有彩屏了。

Just too bad it only stayed on for about 3 hours

只可惜它只能撑大概3个小时，

every time you put six double A batteries in it. 語法

每次还得塞进去6节5号电池。

A practice that would probably make the mobile games with auto save generation

这种操作大概会让习惯了带自动保存功能的手游一代

say very cringe,

觉得非常无语，

much old man technology.

太老掉牙的技术了。

If they even say that anymore.

如果他们现在还会这么说的话。

Number three,

第三点，

movie content may have been similar or better.

电影内容可能差不多，甚至更好。

I'll put Homeward Bound up against Django Unchained or whatever any day. 短語動詞

我随时都能拿《看狗在说话》去跟《被解救的姜戈》之类的比。

But finding physical media?

但找实体光盘？

Realizing it's not rewound?

发现带子没倒回开头？

My kids won't even know that those were innovations.

我的孩子们甚至不会知道这些曾是创新。

To put it in context, 表達脈絡

打个比方，

I graduated high school when YouTube was invented,

YouTube发明的时候我刚好高中毕业，

and my kids will take for granted

而我的孩子们会认为，

that watching any video they want is as simple as clicking an icon. 語法

想看任何视频只需点一下图标是理所当然的。

Not to mention the constant interruptions. 表達脈絡

更别提还要经常被打断了。

If the doorbell rang during my Saturday morning cartoons,

如果周六早上我看动画片时门铃响了，

I had to get off my butt and go see who it was. 習語

我得把屁股挪开去看看是谁。

which

结果

Okay,

好吧，

so nothing quite like that ever happened.

那种事其实从来没发生过。

You can tell cuz I'm standing here today.

你看我现在好好地站在这里就知道。

But this is one of the coolest things about the Sage home automation system.

但这就是Sage智能家居系统最酷的一点。

You've got a picture-in-picture view of the scary guy.

你能通过画中画看到那个吓人的家伙。

So you've at least got a few second head start to go hide under your blanket.

所以你至少能抢先几秒钟躲进被窝里。

Number four,

第四点，

while I'm pretty sure that every generation thinks homework is a total drag, 習語

虽然我很确定每一代人都觉得写作业是个巨大的折磨，

trust me kids,

但相信我，孩子们，

it was worse when I was a kid.

我小的时候情况更糟。

I mean,

我是说，

that was even before Encarta encyclopedia on CD-ROM. 文化背景

那甚至是在CD-ROM上的Encarta百科全书出现之前。

when we had to actually sign out actual books from an actual library, 短語動詞

那时我们必须亲自去真正的图书馆借出真正的书，

most of which were horrifyingly out of date because yay school funding. 講解

由于学校经费的问题，里面大部分书都过时得可怕。

And don't even get me started on pens. 語氣意圖

至于笔，就更别提了。

I mean,

我想说，

between the backspace button and Wikipedia,

有了退格键和Wikipedia，

which may not be perfect but it's a great starting point, 語法

虽然后者不完美，但绝对是个很好的起点，

the new generation's only excuse for being uninformed is pure laziness.

新一代人无知的唯一借口就是纯粹的懒惰。

Which leads us pretty well into number five. 表達脈絡

这就很自然地引出了第五点。

When I was already snuggled up in bed in the winter and I wanted to turn off lights, 短語動詞

冬天我已经缩进被窝里却想关灯时，

I had to get off my butt and turn off the light switch.

我必须爬起来去关墙上的开关。

Or if I was one of the cool kids,

或者如果我是个酷小孩，

I might have had a Clapper. 文化背景

我可能会有个声控开关。

Just don't install those things too close to each other.

只要别把那些东西装得太近就行。

Hey!

嘿！

By contrast, 表達脈絡

相比之下，

there is an entire generation of people

现在整整一代人，

for whom not being able to control lights with a phone or a smartwatch 語法

完全无法想象不能用手机或智能手表控制灯光

is going to be completely unthinkable.

会是什么样。

Number six,

第六点，

communication was a completely different animal. 習語

以前的通讯方式完全是两码事。

Thank you cards were written by hand.

感谢卡都是手写的。

I'm pretty sure my son has grandma on Facebook.

我敢肯定我儿子的Facebook上加了奶奶。

And for voice communication,

至于语音交流，

you actually had to remember your friend's number or look it up in the phonebook. 短語動詞

你真的得记住朋友的号码或者去查电话簿。

Everyone just doesn't understand me,

大家都完全不理解我，

you know?

你懂吗？

And even then,

即使那样，

privacy was never a guarantee.

隐私也从来得不到保证。

Like if- if they would just listen,

比如如果——如果他们愿意听一听，

then- then they would understand me better,

那——那他们就会更懂我，

you know?

你知道吗？

Just a sec. 短語搭配

等一下。

Hey,

嘿，

is someone listening?

有人在偷听吗？

This,

这，

this is awesome.

这太棒了。

Seven is one thing that may have actually seemed better at the time.

第七点则是当年看起来可能实际上更好的事情。

Coming home after school,

放学回家后，

there was pretty much no way for my parents to know

我父母基本上没法知道

if I was actually practicing the piano or not.

我到底有没有在练琴。

But from a parent's perspective, 表達脈絡

但从父母的角度来看，

being able to check in on the home and see if workbooks are actually being completed is a pretty big boon. 講解

能随时查看家里的情况，看看作业有没有真做完，绝对是个大福利。

Number eight,

第八点，

music playback has definitely improved.

音乐播放体验绝对提升了。

CDs brought improved audio quality and easy track skipping,

CD带来了更好的音质和切歌的便利，

but even that improvement over cassette tapes sucks 用詞

但即使它比起卡带有所改进，

compared to some subscription music services

要是跟现在的订阅音乐服务比，也是弱爆了，

that cost the same as a handful of albums per year would have,

现在每年的订阅费只抵得上以前买几张专辑的钱，

especially when you factor in that 短語動詞

特别是当你考虑到

most of the songs weren't even things that you'd like.

以前专辑里大多数歌你甚至都不喜欢。

With that 表達脈絡

话虽

said, though,

如此，

you could make the argument that the quality of the music itself hasn't changed much. 短語搭配

你也可以说音乐本身的质量并没有改变多少。

So thanks for watching,

那么感谢大家的观看，

guys.

伙计们。

If this video made you cringe,

如果这个视频让你觉得尴尬，

you know what to do.

你知道该怎么做。

But if it was awesome or,

但如果觉得还不错，或者，

you know,

你知道，

got some of the nostalgia juices flowing, 習語

勾起了一些怀旧的情绪，

hit the like button,

点个赞吧，

get subscribed,

订阅一下，

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或者甚至考虑支持

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我们，直接用我们的联盟代码在Amazon购物，

instructions up there,

说明在上面，

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link down there,

链接在下面，

or with a direct monthly contribution through our community forum,

或者通过我们的社区论坛每月直接赞助，

which you can join for nothing, 用詞

顺便说一句，你可以免费加入论坛，

by the way, 表達脈絡

对了，

and just ask questions,

在那里提问，

answer questions,

回答问题，

and generally participate in discussion about technology. 短語搭配

并参与科技相关的讨论。

Now that you're done doing all that stuff, 語法

做完所有这些事情后，

you're probably wondering what to watch next.

你可能会想接下来看什么。

So check out that little button in the top right corner to check out our latest video on ChannelSuperFun, 短語動詞

点击右上角的小按钮去看看我们在ChannelSuperFun的最新视频吧，

where we have a lot of fun and we film a video about it.

我们在那里玩得很开心，还拍成了视频。

Also,

此外，

it goes on that channel.

该视频也会发布在那个频道上。