年出生的寶寶永遠不會知道的事
We've madehuge technology leaps since the new century began, which got me thinking about the difference today's technology will make in the lives of tomorrow's kids. 進入新世紀以來，科技突飛猛進，我不禁想，今天的這些科技會對明天孩子們的生活產生什麼影響呢？
Do you think kids born in 2011 will recognize any of the following? 你認爲2011年出生的孩子會認得下面這些事物中的任何一個嗎？
Video tape 錄影帶
Starting this year, the news stories we produce have all been shot, edited, and distributed to TV stations without ever being on any kind of tape. Not only that, the tape-less broadcast camera we use today offers much higher quality than anything that could have been imagined 10 years ago -- and cost less than thelenson the camera we were using previously. 從今年開始，我們的電視新聞從拍攝，到剪輯，再到傳輸到電視臺的整個過程都將不會使用任何形式的錄影帶。不僅如此，現在的數碼攝像機能夠提供我們十年前根本想象不到的高質量影像——而整個花費比我們從前用的攝影機的一個鏡頭還要少。
Movie rental stores 影碟出租店
You actually got in your car and drove someplace just to rent a movie? 曾經人們真的開着車到某個地方去租賃影碟嗎？
Books, magazines, and newspapers 書籍，雜誌和報紙
Like video tape, words written on dead trees are on their way out. Sure, there may be books -- but for those born today, stores that exist solely to sell them will be as numerous as record stores are now. 就像錄影帶一樣，把字印在死掉的樹造的紙上這種方式也正在成爲歷史。當然，書籍會繼續存在——但是對那些今天印刷出來的書而言，單純爲了銷售它們而存在的商店將會變得和如今的唱片商店一樣稀少。
Watches 手錶
Maybe as quaint jewelry, but the correct time is on your smartphone, which is pretty much always in your hand. 手錶也許會成爲一件古老而別緻的首飾，但正確的時間當然是在你的智能手機上——而它幾乎總是在你手裏。
Wired phones 有線電話
Why would you pay $35 every month to have a phone that plugs into a wall? For those born today, this will be a silly concept. 爲什麼要每個月花35刀去裝一架固定在牆上的電話呢？對那些今天出生的孩子們而言，這將是個無比愚蠢的想法。
Yellow and White Pages 電話黃頁
Why in the world would you need a 10-pound book just to find someone? 你們究竟是爲什麼需要去翻一本10磅重的書才能找到某個人呢？
Fax machines 傳真機
Can you say "scan," "" and "email?" 有一種方式叫做“掃描”，“轉換成PDF格式”，“發送”，懂？
The evening news 晚間新聞
The news is on 24/7. And if you're not home to watch it, that's OK -- it's on the smartphone in your pocket. 新聞隨時都可以看，不在家也沒關係——掏出你口袋裏的智能手機就好了。
Commercials on TV 電視廣告
They're terrifically expensive, easily avoided with DVRs, and inefficiently target mass audiences. Unless somebody comes up with a way to force you to watch them, who's going to pay for them? 它們巨貴無比，用一臺數字錄像機就能避開，而且沒有針對性。除非有人想出了強迫人們看電視廣告的方法，否則誰會買它的賬呢？
Film cameras 膠捲相機
For the purist, perhaps, but for kids born today, the word "film" will mean nothing. In fact, even digital cameras -- both video and still -- are in danger of extinction as our pocket computers take over that function too. 對於攝影發燒友來說也許是另一回事，但對今天出生的孩子們而言，“膠捲”這個詞完全是浮雲。事實上，即便數碼相機和數碼攝像機也瀕臨滅絕了——拍照攝影什麼的，一臺便攜電腦就可以統統搞定了。
Hand-written letters 手寫信件
For that matter, hand-written anything. When was the last time you wrote cursive? In fact, do you even know what the word "cursive" means? Kids born in 2011 won't -- but they'll put you to shame on a tiny keyboard. 確切地說，是一切手寫的東西。你上一次寫草書是什麼時候？或者應該問，你知道“草書”這個詞是啥意思不？2011年出生的孩子當然不會知道，但是他們能在鍵盤上把你打得落花流水。
Hiding 隱藏
Not long ago, if you didn't answer your home phone, that was that -- nobody knew if you were alive or dead, much less where you might be. Now your phone is not only in your pocket, it can potentially tell everyone -- including advertisers -- exactly where you are. 不久以前，如果你在家卻不接電話，就沒人知道你是不是還活着，更不用說找到你了。現在你口袋裏的手機就會把你的確切座標泄露給每個人——包括廣告商。
