英文原版对话1000个:1081 Techno Oh No!

 　　Rebecca: Alright, so today we're going to talk about kids and technology. So Gareth, you're a father. Do you have any opinions on when children should be introduced to technology?

 
　　Gareth: Yeah, I have a lot of opinions. I'm really interested in parenting, being a parent, and also technology, so it's interesting, and I often wonder whether or not I should let my kid play with computers and when I should start introducing these kinds of technologies like a cellphone and that kind of stuff 1.
 
　　Rebecca: So do you have any interesting stories about this and children?
 
　　Gareth: In the last two weeks, my sons -- we've -- his grandfather actually, they are in cahoots about it. They destroyed, nearly destroyed, my computer. So I have a laptop computer, an apple laptop computer, and I left it at home, and I went to work, then I received an e-mail from my wife saying, call me as soon as you can, and I panicked and I called her as soon as I could, and she said that her father-in-law 2 and my son were eating dinner and my father-in-law had glass of milk, and he spilled it all over the computer.
 
　　Rebecca: Oh, know.
 
　　Gareth: Yeah, so when I heard this I thought, "Oh, know, it's probably damaged, destroyed" I probably need to send it to apple care and get them to retrieve 3 my data, but luckily I got home and it works 4 fine. I haven't noticed any damage, so far, but because it's water and it's coming into contact with metal, I'm worried that it's gonna rust 5 over time, and start to damage it. So that's the kind of first story that I have about that. The second story, it happened today.
 
　　Rebecca: Today?
 
　　Gareth: Yeah, so yeah, I love apple products and I often want to buy the latest product, so I bought an iPad, and last night it came, so I downloaded some apps and I put some music on there, some photos on there and I found this really, really good app for my son, and it's about toy story, and he loves toy story, and it's a great app. It's like a book, but you can color the pictures and it reads the book to you, and you can record your own voice over the top of it, so I can later on get him to record his voice and act out some of the parts, so I've got this app loaded onto the iPad and I left it with him this morning when I came here, and my wife called me to say that he's already damaged to connector. Like he's bent 6 the connector, and I don't know if it's damaged the iPad. Hopefully it hasn't but I'll find out soon.
 
　　Rebecca: Oh, my goodness 7. So maybe trying to keep kids away from technology when they're young is better.
 
　　Gareth: That's what I've learned 8.
 
　　Rebecca: At least cheaper.
 
　　Gareth: Exactly. If you had asked me this question two weeks ago, I would have said yeah, give them technology. Let them play, but now no.