疯狂英语听力 The 80s

Born in the 80s

[00:00.94]生于80年代

[00:01.88]They were born at a time when the very culture was shifting to accommodate them-changing tables in restrooms,

[00:04.96]在他们出生的年代里，一种独特的文化正与他们相应地发生着变化——洗手间里出现活动桌板，

[00:08.05]BABY ON BOARD signs in minivans.Yet,as a group ,they led lives that are more "adult-free" than those of previous generations.

[00:12.08]出现了“车上有小孩”的警示标语以及小型面包车。然而同前几代人相比，生于80年代的人在生活上显得更自成一脉。

[00:16.12]When they are not with their friends,many live in a private,adult-free world of the web and video games.

[00:19.50]他们并非个个与朋友形影不离，他们生活在网络与电子游戏的世界里，这个世界是个人化的、不受成人干预的。

[00:22.88]Aminah Mckinnie,16,hopes to work in the computer industry.

[00:25.06]16岁的亚米娜·麦基妮向往以后到电脑公司工作。

[00:27.25]She doesn't "hand out",she says."I shop on the Internet and am looking for a job on the internet.

[00:30.43]她说她可没有“游手好闲。”“我上网购物、上网找工作。

[00:33.62]I do homework,research,e-mail and talk to my friends on the Intermet."

[00:36.09]我做功课、搞调查、写电子邮件、和朋友在网上聊天。”

[00:38.56]She is not unusual,Data released last year found that teens spend nine percent of their waking hours outside school with friends.

[00:42.78]她并非独特个例。据去年发布的数据来看，青少年在校外与朋友相处的时间占他们非睡觉时间的9％。

[00:46.99]They spend twenty percent of their waking  hours alone."Teens are isolated 1 to an extent that has never been possible before,"

[00:50.82]在20％非睡觉的时间里他们是独处的。“青少年被孤立的程度是前所未有的，”

[00:54.65]says Stanford's Damon."There is an ethic 3 among adults that says.'Kids want to be autonomous;don't get in their face'."

[00:58.93]斯坦福大学的达蒙说，“成人中流行一种观念，认为‘孩子希望自立，不要干涉他们。’”

[01:03.22]Meanwhile,this generation is strongly peer-driven."This is much more a team-playing generation,"says William Strauss,

[01:07.02]同时，生于80年代的人受同一圈子人物的影响很大。“这一代人更喜欢群聚，”威廉·斯特劳斯说。

[01:10.82]coauthor of the 1997 book "The Fourth Turning."Boomers may be bowling 4 alone,but Millennials are playing soccer in teams."

[01:14.91]1997年《第四转折》一书的合著作者，“如果说婴儿潮一代是独自玩保龄球，跨千年的一代则是结成队地踢足球。”

[01:18.99]That makes belonging so crucial that it can be a matter of life and death.

[01:21.07]有时这种团队归属感十分严峻以致生死攸关。

[01:23.15]In Littleton,a year ago,the two teenage,shooters stood apart,alienated from the jock culture that infused Columbine High School.

[01:26.84]一年前在小顿城的哥伦拜中学，同伴圈子的孤立将两名少年变为凶手。

[01:30.54]Yet in a landmark 5 study of 7,000 teens,researchers found that teensocial groups are as fluid and hard to pin down as a bead 6 of mercury.

[01:34.98]然而研究人士通过对7000名青少年的研究发现，青少年的交际圈就像水银珠子一样易变化、不稳定。

[01:39.42]Students often move from one group to another,and friendships change over a period of a few weeks or months."

[01:42.90]“学生们经常从一个圈子换到另一个圈子，友情每隔几星期或几个月发生变化。”

[01:46.37]As a group ,the generation is also infused with an optimism not seen among kids in decades.

[01:49.52]做为一个群体，生于80年代的人所具备的乐观精神在过去几十年中也是没有的。

[01:52.67]"I think a lot of adolescents now are being taught that they can make a difference,"

[01:54.94]“我认为，当今青少年们被教导为可以创新的一代，”

[01:57.21]says Sophie Mazuroski,15."Children of our generation want to ,I am very optimistic."

[02:01.17]15岁的索菲·马祖洛斯基说。“我们这一代人希望如此。我就十分乐观。”

[02:05.13]Coming of age in a time of interracial marriagers,many eschew 7 the old notions of race;

[02:08.03]随着一个跨种族婚姻时代的到来，许多人抛弃了旧式的种族观念；

[02:10.93]Maturing at Internet speed,they are more connected than any generation.Both may bode 8 well for tolerance 9.

[02:14.22]他们以互联网的速度成熟，比任何一代人更彼此紧联。也许这两者都预示着宽容之心。

[02:17.51]What do they want out of life? They are found the most occupationally and educationally ambitious generation ever.

[02:21.47]他们希望从生活中获得什么呢？他们被认为是历来“在职业与教育上最雄心万丈的一代。”

[02:25.42]Most plan to attend college ,and many aspire 10 to work as professionals.

[02:27.76]许多人计划上大学，许多人渴望做专业的工作。

[02:30.10]A majority identify "happiness" as a goal,along with love and a long and enjoyable life.

[02:33.26]大部分人给“幸福”所下的定义是：有目标、有爱、长时间的快乐生活。

[02:36.42]But many doubt than marriage and career will deliver that,so they channel their energies more broadly.

[02:39.45]不过也有许多人对婚姻与工作能否带来这种幸福表示质疑，因此他们将精力分配到更广阔的领域上。

[02:42.48]About half of teens perform community service once a month by ,for instance,delivering meals to the homeless or reading to the elderly.

[02:47.07]约半数青少年每月通过诸如给无家可归者送食物或给老人念书等形式来为社区服务。

[02:51.65]Some sociologists believe that each generation assumes the societal role of the generation that is dying,as if something in the Zeitgeist whispers to the young what is being lost,

[02:56.88]一些社会学家认为，每代人所担当起的社会角色是即将在下一代中消失的，犹如时代精神向年代人低语轻诉失去了什么，

[03:02.10]what role they can fill.Teens today,with their tattoos 11 and baggy 12 shorts,could not seem more  different from their grandparents.

[03:05.73]他们要履行什么职责一样。今天，青少年们刺着纹身、穿着袋袋裤，和他们的前辈有着迥异的面貌。

[03:09.36]But every generation has a chance at greatness.Let this one take its shot!

[03:11.73]不过每代人各有机遇创造非凡。这一代，且让我们拭目以待吧！

[03:14.09]Meet the most powerful economic force in the retail 13 marketplace.

[03:16.24]他们是零售业市场上最强大的经济动力。

[03:18.40]("These are sorta nerdy.")The giggly 14 girls at the sale rack..

[03:21.59]（“有点怪怪的。”）看看这些在折价货架旁乐滋滋的女孩吧。

[03:24.77]I can't help it .I always go shopping .Armed with debit 15 cards and shopping bags are keeping corporate 16 America up all night. Why?

[03:29.74]我喜欢购物，我总是去购物。带上借记卡，挽着购物袋，他们把整个美国变成一片不夜天。为什么呢？

[03:34.70]Generation Y.Kids today from preschool to high school make up the largest generation of young people in America ever.

[03:38.50]因为他们是Y一代。如今，从幼儿园到高中这一段的青少年形成了美国历来人数最多的年轻一代。

[03:42.30]And thanks to the Internet, they're also the most informed.

[03:44.05]互联网让他们成为也是资讯最灵通的一代。虽然现在还没有独立，

[03:45.80]Today's daycare crowd is expected to far out learn and out earn their baby boom parents and already the business world is taking notice.

[03:50.32]但预计他们的知识和收入水平都要高于他们婴儿潮一代的父母，商界已在对他们瞩目。

[03:54.84]I think that retailers 17 and basically everybody are finally realizing that the teenage market is very lucrative 18 one .In fact ,this current group of teenagers coming up is going to be the largest group of teenagers we've ever had in the history of this country .

[04:00.88]我认为零售商们，以至于人人都终于觉察到青少年市场是非常有利可图的。其实，现在的青少年群体将增长为美国有史以来最大的青少年群体。

[04:06.91]30 million teens to be exact out of a generation 79 million strong ,

[04:09.64]在约七千九百万的年轻人中，青少年就占据了三千万，

[04:12.37]but those numbers aren't the most impressive.Last year alone those teenagers spent$ 153 billion on clothing ,

[04:16.73]不过这些数字还不是最惊人的。单在去年，这些青少年花费高达1530亿美元，在服装

[04:21.09]food ,entertainment ,and technology.That's more than the entire national budget of Australia.

[04:24.05]食物、娱乐和科技产品上，比澳大利亚政府的国家预算开支还要多。

[04:27.00]The younger generation also influences $250 billion worth of purchases made by their parents.

[04:30.17]年轻一代对他们父母进行购买的总值影响高达2500亿美元之多。

[04:33.35]They have a lot of say in terms of what we buy.

[04:34.70]我们买什么东西，他们会发表很多看法。

[04:36.06]Because if they don't like it ,you hear it .And Generation Y is listening to and spending money on things we didn't have growing up :

[04:40.71]因为要是他们不喜欢的话，你准听到抱怨。而且Y一代人所听和花费的是我们的年代里没有的东西：

[04:45.36]CDs, MP3 players ,computers and electronics.

[04:47.50]CD、MP3播放机、电脑和各类电子产品。

[04:49.65]We try to specialize in the latest technology piece and really focus hard on that.

[04:52.18]我们以卖最新的科技产品为主，我们的确是努力以这方面的尝试为主。

[04:54.71]They usually know what it is before it comes out,

[04:56.14]他们在新产品出来前对大致情况都了然于胸并等候着产品上市。

[04:57.56]and they're waiting for it .They seem to have more money to throw around than I had when I was younger.

[04:59.70]比起我年轻的时候，他们的零用钱似乎是多得多了。

[05:01.84]Go to the shopping mall and you'll see the competition for teen dollars is furious.

[05:04.24]到购物商场去，你会发现争夺青少年顾客的竞争有多激烈。

[05:06.63]Store using music ,videos and the latest fashion to lure 19 in a crowd some store owners once wanted to ban.

[05:10.00]商家用播放音乐、录像、陈列时尚物品的种种手段来吸引买者，这些招数在过去是一些店主不想使用的。

[05:13.36]The mall rats of yesterday are today's hottest market .

[05:15.38]昨日不受欢迎的顾客如今成为运财童子。

[05:17.39]Retailers are aggressively targeting Generation Y's piggy banks and they're starting early.Ford 2 now markets cars to kids who are still in car seats.The automarker's sponsoring safety ads on the website for Blue's Clues, a cartoon popular with three-years -olds.

[05:25.46]零售商们先知先觉，把攻势目标对准了Y一代人的储钱罐。福特公司现在向仍坐在车椅上的小孩子们推销汽车。这家汽车制造厂商在布鲁斯·克鲁斯——一个三岁儿童喜爱的卡通角色——网站上赞助登载汽车安全广告。

[05:33.53]It's  a huge market which affords the opportunity for Ford to have a life long relationship with these buyers.

[05:37.01]这个市场非常巨大，给福特提供了与这些买家建立起长期关系的可能性。

[05:40.48]Young buyers whose spending habits show they are very concerned about how they look.

[05:42.88]年轻买家们的消费习惯表明他们十分注重自己的外表。

[05:45.29]I like to spend money on clothes and shoes.

[05:47.66]我喜欢买服装和鞋子。

[05:50.04]I just like wearing name brand clothes cause I see a lot of other people wear name brand clothes.

[05:52.42]我喜欢穿名牌，因为我发现许多人都穿名牌服装。

[05:54.80]The driving force behind our business is basically the young people .If they want to look stylish 20 from age 5 now .

[05:57.63]我们生意的驱使力基本上是来自年轻人。假如他们现在从五岁起就开始赶时髦的话，

[06:00.46]It's really , really exciting.

[06:01.27]那真是太令人激动了。

[06:02.08]To merchants maybe ,but parents worry that their children are constantly being groomed 21 to consume.

[06:04.97]商人或许会高兴，但父母们却要担忧孩子被过于鼓励去消费。

[06:07.86]I think it's a little overwhelming because myself as a parent,

[06:09.75]我觉得这现象不太好，因为我身为母亲，

[06:11.64]I get pressured into spending a lot more money to keep up with the fashions.

[06:14.66]为了赶潮流，花销加大了，这是有压力的。

[06:17.68]As far as my child is concerned because if she's not up with  the fashions , then the kids become start to tease her.

[06:21.15]我的孩子得要打扮入时，不然她就会被别的孩子嘲笑。

[06:24.63]They're more sophisticated .They're more independent .

[06:26.65]他们更老成，更独立，

[06:28.68]They 're more savvy 22.

[06:29.56]知识水准更高。

[06:30.45]In her book ,market researcher ,Sellia Goober says those traits are what make children fiercely brand loyal ane retailers so interested.

[06:34.75]市场研究员塞琳娜·古柏在她的书中说，那些特点使孩子们更热衷于名牌，也是商家对他们大感兴趣的原因。

[06:39.05]I think they're beginning to realize,"Get them while they're young."

[06:41.06]我认为零售商们都开始意识到，要趁早赚这些年轻人的钱。

[06:43.07]Journalist:Do you feel  like there's a lot of competition for your money?

[06:44.24]你觉不觉得有很多人在争着赚你的钱？

[06:45.42]Yeah,cause there're so many stores and so many ads and there's billboards 23 all over the place.With  that attention comes the new found respect that only money can buy .

[06:50.20]是的，因为很多商店，很多广告，到处都有宣传。伴随着新受到这种注意，他们找到了一种可以用钱买来的自尊。

[06:54.98]Girl:They pay attention to you now ,because they know that you have money in your pocket just like everybody else does.New earning power and potential that retailers are hoping to latch 24 on to .

[07:00.56]现在他们开始重视起你来，是因为他们知道你和其他人一样，口袋里有钱了。商人们希望能把握住这股新购买力与潜在的市场。