Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Nowadays, people are busy doing too many things at a time, so they cannot do anything well.
你是否同意以下觀點?如今,人們忙碌于太多的事情,以至于什么事都做不好。
I agree that many people are too busy, but I do not agree that they cannot do anything well.
我同意如今許多人都太過忙碌,但是我并不認為他們什么事情都做不好。
In this modern era in which communication by computer, cell phone, Skype, etc. is so easy and in which travel is so much faster, whether locally by private car, taxi, subway and bus or for greater distance by train and plane, people are better able to coordinate,consult, give guidance, ask for help, place orders, ship goods, etc. Thus it is obvious that they would be busier because they can now get much more done in their businesses by better coordination with those in distant places as in the review of computer downloads for new product designs, listening to proposed theme music for a new TV series via the net; learning more and learning it faster in education and research by use of on- line libraries, easier consultation with distant experts, attendance at conferences; and participating more in social activities as simple as having a pleasant conversation with a distant loved one via Skype, sending e一birthday cards, seeing instant pictures of new-born grandchildren, or booking at flight on line to go to see the child.
在這個現(xiàn)代社會,電腦、手機和網(wǎng)絡電話等方式使得交流變得十分便利;短途的私家車、出租車、地鐵、公交車和長途的火車和飛機使得旅行變得越來越快捷;人們能夠更好地相互協(xié)調(diào)、咨詢、給予指導、尋求幫助、下達命令、運輸物品等行為活動。所以很顯然他們變得越來越忙碌,因為他們能夠更好地通過電腦網(wǎng)絡進行遠程控制,例如下載新的產(chǎn)品設計,通過網(wǎng)絡聆聽為新電視劇創(chuàng)作的主題音樂,通過網(wǎng)上圖書館更多更快地學習和研究,通過網(wǎng)絡更簡潔地咨詢遠程專家,參加會議,參與更多社交活動,和愛人通過網(wǎng)絡電話甜蜜交談,發(fā)送電子生日賀卡,看新生的孫子孫女的照片,在線訂機票以去探望孩子。
Yes, life definitely has the potential to be much busier than for previous generations but obviously people are still “doing things well”。 Improved medical procedures such as face transplants are being regularly developed; great improvements in communication technology such as I-Pad, I-Pod, computer books, etc. are being announced almost daily;breakthroughs in space exploration such as the recently shown first-ever 3D view of the sun, the announcement of the discovery of more than 1,000 potentially inhabitable planets; and excellent, interesting and moving music, movies, books and works of art are still being created in great number.
是的,我們的生活的確有可能比上幾代人更為繁忙得多,但是我們顯然也能把事情都處理好。改良過的醫(yī)療程序例如臉部移植,一直在定期更新;通訊技術的進步成果例如蘋果平板電腦和蘋果音樂播放器、電子書等等,幾乎每日都被公布出來;還有太空探索的突破,比如近公布的有史以來首次太陽三維觀測,和1 000多個可能適于居住星球的發(fā)現(xiàn)公布;以及正在創(chuàng)作的大量出色的、有趣的和感人的音樂、電影、書籍和藝術作品。
Yes, people are busy, very busy, but people are obviously still doing things well, and from the looks of all the progress, people are doing it even better!
是的,人們很忙,非常的忙,但是人們?nèi)匀荒芴幚砗檬虑?。從人類發(fā)展進程全局來看,人們甚至比以前做得更好!