實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話：Future Kids 下一代

Todd: OK, Simon, I was wondering you know, you have a newborn son and before you know it, he'll probably be 10 years old, 12 years old, and I wonder if his life will a lot different than it was for us when we were 10 or 12. Like for example, education, do you remember what school was like when you were 12.

托德：西蒙，你的兒子剛剛出生，他可能很快就長(zhǎng)到10歲、12歲，我想知道他的生活是否和我們10歲或12歲時(shí)有很大不同。從教育等角度來(lái)說(shuō)，你還記得你12歲時(shí)學(xué)校的情況嗎?

Simon: Yeah, sure I do. I think his education will be the same as mine. I don't think, like I had a classroom with maybe 15 or 20 students in it. He'll probably have a classroom with 15 or 20 students in it. Of course there will be a lot more technology in his classroom. I mean, I remember my first computer had green and white, green and black screen. He'll probably have 3-dimensional shapes with his computer screen.

西蒙：我當(dāng)然記得。我認(rèn)為他接受的教育可能和我的一樣。我記得當(dāng)時(shí)我們班上有15或20名學(xué)生。我覺(jué)得他所在的班級(jí)可能也會(huì)有15名或20名學(xué)生。當(dāng)然，教室里會(huì)有更多的科技設(shè)備。我記得我第一臺(tái)電腦是綠色和白色、綠色和黑色的屏幕，而他可能會(huì)使用能呈現(xiàn)三維立體形狀的電腦屏幕。

Todd: That will be amazing. What about sports? Do you think sports will be the same? That he'll play pick up games with his friends and go to the park and play soccer, whatever.

托德：那太不可思議了。體育運(yùn)動(dòng)呢?你認(rèn)為體育運(yùn)動(dòng)也是一樣的嗎?比如他會(huì)和朋友玩游戲，去公園踢足球之類的。

Simon: Sure. The only difference is for example, I played soccer when I was young. I played on grass. He'll probably play on artificial turf on the top of a building somewhere.

西蒙：當(dāng)然了。唯一的不同可能是，我小時(shí)候是在草地上踢足球的。他可能會(huì)在建筑物頂層的人工草坪上踢足球。

Todd: Right. Actually that kind of worried me about kids today. They don't play sports and freely as they did, you know, when I was 12. Cause when I was 12, we would always play pick-up basketball games or pick-up baseball games. I don't know if kids do that so much anymore.

托德：對(duì)。實(shí)際上這令我有些擔(dān)心現(xiàn)在的孩子們。他們不像我們12歲時(shí)那樣自由地進(jìn)行體育活動(dòng)。我12歲時(shí)，我們會(huì)進(jìn)行籃球比賽和棒球比賽。我不知道孩子們現(xiàn)在還玩不玩這些。

Simon: I think they probably do.

西蒙：我覺(jué)得他們會(huì)玩。

Todd: You think so. OK. Well what about entertainment?

托德：你這么想嗎?好，那娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)呢?

Simon: I think some things never change so when he is 12 years old he will do exactly what I don't want him to do, which is exactly what I did so those things might be different, like I would probably hang out with my friends and go skateboarding. He'll probably have a jet board instead.

西蒙：我覺(jué)得有些事是永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)變的，他12歲的時(shí)候一定會(huì)做些我不想讓他做的事情，就像我12歲時(shí)那樣，不過(guò)可能會(huì)有些不同，當(dāng)時(shí)我會(huì)和朋友們外出或是去玩滑板。而他可能會(huì)去玩噴射快艇。

Todd: A jet board. Right.

托德：噴射快艇。對(duì)。

Simon: Well, who knows. I don't know, but something, something new.

西蒙：誰(shuí)知道呢。我也不太清楚，反正是些新穎的事物。

Todd: Right. Right. OK, that's cool. Anything else you think might be different for your son, especially when you son is 30, in his 30's like you.

托德：對(duì)，沒(méi)錯(cuò)。這很酷。你覺(jué)得你兒子的生活還可能有其他的不同地方嗎?尤其是當(dāng)你兒子30歲的時(shí)候，就是你現(xiàn)在這個(gè)年紀(jì)的時(shí)候。

Simon: Yeah, but I guess technology, I think technology and overpopulation so he'll probably see a lot less natural sites or won't be able to experience nature as I did. I mean even now I don't see as much nature as I did 20 years ago.

西蒙：嗯，我認(rèn)為科技和人口過(guò)剩是主要因素，所以以后他可能不會(huì)看到這么多的自然景點(diǎn)，也不能像我一樣感受大自然。因?yàn)橄噍^于20年前，我現(xiàn)在看到的自然風(fēng)景就已經(jīng)沒(méi)有那么多了。

Todd: Right. Yeah, it's kind of a sad thing. OK, anyway, thanks a lot Simon.

托德：沒(méi)錯(cuò)。這真是一件遺憾的事情。不管怎么說(shuō)，非常謝謝你，西蒙。

Simon: Yeah, no problem.

西蒙：不客氣。