我的孩子太幸運了！- 科技的過去與現在：英語精讀講義

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. 片語動詞

最近Sage聯繫了我們，希望贊助一期內容，展示他們安全和智慧家庭生態系統的優勢。

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

但當我坐在沙發上，擺弄那個連接電視的控制中心時，

I realized something.

我意識到了一件事。

My son,

我兒子，

who just turned four,

剛滿四歲，

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

完全不覺得「門鈴響了能在手機上觸發通知」有什麼了不起，

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

以及能畫中畫顯示門外站著誰。

He took it completely for granted. 慣用語

他覺得這完全是理所當然的。

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

所以我來了靈感，總結了我像他這麼大時和現在的七個不同之處。

First things first, 表達脈絡

首先，

when I was the same age as my eldest son,

當我像我大兒子這麼大時，

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

我所有的玩具都需要我自己來配音和做動作。

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

這玩意兒絕對會讓我驚掉下巴。

It even knows his name.

它甚至知道他的名字。

I'm pretending to be a horse.

我正在裝作一匹馬。

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

而且這還不是唯一能替你代勞的東西。

I mean,

我的意思是，

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

《貝貝熊去看牙醫》是挺不錯的，

but this this is progress.

但這才是時代的進步。

Number two,

第二點，

video games were,

電子遊戲在當年，

nostalgia filter aside, 表達脈絡

拋開懷舊濾鏡不談，

objectively worse.

客觀上確實更差。

And I was one of the lucky ones.

我還是算幸運的。

I had a Game Gear.

我有台Game Gear。

I mean,

我是說，

that thing had a color screen back in 1990.

那玩意兒在1990年就有彩螢幕了。

Just too bad it only stayed on for about 3 hours

只可惜它只能撐大概3個小時，

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

每次還得塞進去6顆3號電池。

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

這種操作大概會讓習慣了帶自動存檔功能的手遊世代

say very cringe,

覺得非常無言，

much old man technology.

太老掉牙的技術了。

If they even say that anymore.

如果他們現在還會這麼說的話。

Number three,

第三點，

movie content may have been similar or better.

電影內容可能差不多，甚至更好。

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

我隨時都能拿《返家十萬里》去跟《決殺令》之類的比。

But finding physical media?

但找實體光碟？

Realizing it's not rewound?

發現帶子沒倒回開頭？

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

我的孩子們甚至不會知道這些曾是創新。

To put it in context, 表達脈絡

打個比方，

I graduated high school when YouTube was invented,

YouTube發明的時候我剛好高中畢業，

and my kids will take for granted

而我的孩子們會認為，

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

想看任何影片只需點一下圖示是理所當然的。

Not to mention the constant interruptions. 表達脈絡

更別提還要經常被打斷了。

If the doorbell rang during my Saturday morning cartoons,

如果週六早上我看卡通時門鈴響了，

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

我得把屁股挪開去看看是誰。

which

結果

Okay,

好吧，

so nothing quite like that ever happened.

那種事其實從來沒發生過。

You can tell cuz I'm standing here today.

你看我現在好好的站在這裡就知道。

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

但這就是Sage智慧家庭系統最酷的一點。

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

你能透過畫中畫看到那個嚇人的傢伙。

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

所以你至少能搶先幾秒鐘躲進被窩裡。

Number four,

第四點，

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

雖然我很確定每一代人都覺得寫作業是個巨大的折磨，

trust me kids,

但相信我，孩子們，

it was worse when I was a kid.

我小的時候情況更糟。

I mean,

我是說，

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

那甚至是在CD-ROM上的Encarta百科全書出現之前。

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

那時我們必須親自去真正的圖書館借出真正的書，

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

由於學校經費的問題，裡面大部分書都過時得可怕。

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

至於筆，就更別提了。

I mean,

我想說，

between the backspace button and Wikipedia,

有了退格鍵和Wikipedia，

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

雖然它不完美，但絕對是個很好的起點，

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

新世代無知的唯一藉口就是純粹的懶惰。

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

這就很自然地引出了第五點。

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

冬天我已經縮進被窩裡卻想關燈時，

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

我必須爬起來去關牆上的開關。

Or if I was one of the cool kids,

或者如果我是個酷小孩，

I might have had a Clapper. 文化背景

我可能會有個聲控開關。

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

只要別把那些東西裝得太近就行。

Hey!

嘿！

By contrast, 表達脈絡

相比之下，

there is an entire generation of people

現在整整一代人，

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

完全無法想像不能用手機或智慧手錶控制燈光

is going to be completely unthinkable.

會是什麼樣。

Number six,

第六點，

communication was a completely different animal. 慣用語

以前的通訊方式完全是兩碼子事。

Thank you cards were written by hand.

感謝卡都是手寫的。

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

我敢肯定我兒子的Facebook上加了奶奶。

And for voice communication,

至於語音交流，

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

你真的得記住朋友的號碼或者去查電話簿。

Everyone just doesn't understand me,

大家都完全不理解我，

you know?

你懂嗎？

And even then,

即使那樣，

privacy was never a guarantee.

隱私也從來得不到保證。

Like if- if they would just listen,

比如如果——如果他們願意聽一聽，

then- then they would understand me better,

那——那他們就會更懂我，

you know?

你知道嗎？

Just a sec. 片語搭配

等一下。

Hey,

嘿，

is someone listening?

有人在偷聽嗎？

This,

這，

this is awesome.

這太棒了。

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

第七點則是當年看起來可能實際上更好的事情。

Coming home after school,

放學回家後，

there was pretty much no way for my parents to know

我父母基本上沒法知道

if I was actually practicing the piano or not.

我到底有沒有在練琴。

But from a parent's perspective, 表達脈絡

但從父母的角度來看，

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

能隨時查看家裡的情況，看看作業有沒有真做完，絕對是個大福利。

Number eight,

第八點，

music playback has definitely improved.

音樂播放體驗絕對提升了。

CDs brought improved audio quality and easy track skipping,

CD帶來了更好的音質和切歌的便利，

but even that improvement over cassette tapes sucks 用詞

但即使它比起卡帶有所改進，

compared to some subscription music services

要是跟現在的訂閱音樂服務比，也是弱爆了，

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

現在每年的訂閱費只抵得上以前買幾張專輯的錢，

especially when you factor in that 片語動詞

特別是當你考慮到

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

以前專輯裡大多數歌你甚至都不喜歡。

With that 表達脈絡

話雖

said, though,

如此，

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

你也可以說音樂本身的質量並沒有改變多少。

So thanks for watching,

那麼感謝大家的觀看，

guys.

夥計們。

If this video made you cringe,

如果這個影片讓你覺得尷尬，

you know what to do.

你知道該怎麼做。

But if it was awesome or,

但如果覺得還不錯，或者，

you know,

你知道，

got some of the nostalgia juices flowing, 慣用語

勾起了一些懷舊的情緒，

hit the like button,

按個讚吧，

get subscribed,

訂閱一下，

or even consider supporting

或者甚至考慮支持

us directly by using our affiliate code to shop at Amazon,

我們，直接用我們的聯盟代碼在Amazon購物，

instructions up there,

說明在上面，

by buying a cool shirt like this one,

或者買件像這樣的酷襯衫，

link down there,

連結在下面，

or with a direct monthly contribution through our community forum,

或者透過我們的社群論壇每月直接贊助，

which you can join for nothing, 用詞

順帶一提，你可以免費加入論壇，

by the way, 表達脈絡

對了，

and just ask questions,

在那裡提問，

answer questions,

回答問題，

and generally participate in discussion about technology. 片語搭配

並參與科技相關的討論。

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

做完所有這些事情後，

you're probably wondering what to watch next.

你可能會想接下來看什麼。

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

點擊右上角的小按鈕去看看我們在ChannelSuperFun的最新影片吧，

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

我們在那裡玩得很開心，還拍成了影片。

Also,

此外，

it goes on that channel.

該影片也會發布在那個頻道上。