VOA慢速英语(翻译+字幕+讲解):青少年帮助老年人弥合科技代沟
日期:2014-10-28 09:00

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.

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When most people imagine a classroom, they think of older people teaching younger ones. But when it comes to learning about high-technology devices, the opposite can often be true. That is what is happening through a program in the eastern American city of Columbia, Maryland. The 50 Plus Center offers free technology classes for adults ages 50 and older. The teachers are often teenagers and even younger children.

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Myra Stafford is 73 years old. She signed up for the workshop to learn how to use her iPad.

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Ms. Stafford says she is learning quickly about the device. She adds that she enjoys learning from younger people.

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Eleven-year-old Zhion Perkins teaches Ms. Stafford. He says that patience is very important when working with older adults.

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"You have to be really, really patient, you know, because some of them might not know as well as others, so you have to be really patient."

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Meridy McCague is the director of the 50 Plus Center. She says the center offers many other kinds of workshops for older residents of Columbia. The activities include playing cards and physical exercise classes.

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Ms. McCague added the senior technology workshop last year. She acted after the center received several iPads from a local community organization. Since then, about 100 senior citizens have signed up for the workshop. Ms. McCague says the classes are necessary for seniors to connect with the world around them.

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Kerry Hannon is a career and retirement expert. She says teaching senior citizens about technology can prove helpful for the economy.

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"You have a huge growing population over 60 that's just expanding, and offers an incredible opportunity to buy online, to research products that they want to buy, maybe not online, but they research them online. About a third of the Internet users in general are over 50. As seniors get more excited about using the technology, they're going into the market place and buying it. So that's a boom for economy right there."

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Madison Lam is a 17-year-old teacher for the technology workshop. She says she also learns a lot from helping seniors.

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"I think I've learned a lot on how to connect with people and work with them because I'm usually a shy person so I'm not good at connecting with others besides my family and friends. So I've learned to be more outgoing."

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Safire Windley is head of the Youth and Teen Center that operates the program. She says young people like Madison gain more than just social skills from teaching older residents.

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"I find in this day and age, our younger people, they're trying to explore and find out how they do they add value to life, just trying to find their way. This is something where they're needed and their skill set is valued and it gives them purpose."

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And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.

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词汇解释

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1.patience n. 耐性,耐心;忍耐,容忍

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He doesn't have the patience to wait.
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2.workshop n. 车间;研讨会;工场;讲习班

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Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave ran a jazz workshop for young artists.
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3.outgoing adj. 对人友好的,开朗的;出发的,外出的;即将离职的;乐于助人的 n. 外出;流出;开支 v. 超过;优于(outgo的ing形式)

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She is such a gregarious and outgoing person.
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内容解析

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1.Since then, about 100 senior citizens have signed up for the workshop.

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sign up for 注册,选课;报名参加

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Can I sign up for this course in advance?
我能事先申请上这一课程吗?

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That sounds fantastic. Where do I go to sign up for that tour?
那听起来好极了,我到哪里去报名参加呢?

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参考译文

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这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道.tSkzaSA@WESS

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当大多数人想象到教室,就会想到年长者教育年幼者^)YkJgRwSG[ZLAu。但在学习高科技设备时,总是年轻人教给年长者v[I-NT)H-XnlK4QME。这就是美国马里兰州哥伦比亚市一个项目的内容,这个“50+中心”给年龄在50岁以上的成年人提供免费的科技课程,老师通常是青少年甚至更年轻的孩子们U(J=OYBdQLOD@k7ikbm

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米拉·斯塔福德今年73岁,她报名参加了这个学习班,来学习使用iPadC5*=ACLZh0mFe0(=j[H[

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斯塔福德说她学得很快,很喜欢从年轻人那里学习@8zO+IsG3%;2

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11岁的帕金斯教斯塔福德女士,他说和老年人相处时耐心很重要%8C3~p6k%2zL7RuG3

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“必须非常耐心,因为一些老年人可能没有其他人了解得多,所以必须得有耐心85h.abN;xRm!y&R,。”

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迈瑞迪·迈凯格是“50+中心”的主任,她说这个中心还给哥伦比亚市的老年居民提供了其他很多种学习班,包括打牌和身体锻炼课程QlI3YbJr&W&1

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迈凯格去年新增加了老年人科技学习班,在该中心从当地社区组织那里得到几台iPad后她就启动了这个项目B1D068Y_FNR0O~!LLgd2。自那时起,约有100多名老年人报名了这个学习班F0(W3zDdFp^。迈凯格说这种课程对于帮助老年人与周围世界联通是必要的KiUS|2~_HNIUPoyj9F

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凯瑞·汉侬是一位职业和退休问题专家,她说教老年人科技知识对经济也是有益的vMCwwa=eY.NKgH#L+9VZ

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“60岁以上人口不断增长,这就给网络购物以及研究他们希望购买的东西提供了很好的机会,也许不会在网上买,但他们会在网上研究下*o9lqxAR*4e^yvTypVM。约有三分之一的互联网用户在50岁以上,随着老年人越来越对科技感兴趣,他们就会进入市场然后购买这些产品,所以这就带来了经济繁荣)s;N|tLToSD^wz.15。”

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麦迪逊·林是科技学习班17岁的老师,她说帮助老年人也让她学到了很多东西llrkMk=rLE%iA64d

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“我想我学会了如何和老年人交往,如何与他们相处,因为我一向比较害羞,除了和家人朋友外,我不善于与人沟通,所以我现在变得外向了些7PVIPQ=7U#szFu。”

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萨菲尔·温德利是运营该项目的青少年中心的负责人,她说麦迪逊这样的年轻人通过教老年人可以受益很多,不只是社交技能.+nm1ru=CSTVB;P(!

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“我发现在这个时代,年轻人在努力探索,寻找给人生增加价值的办法,寻找自己的道路dmryB~gXE2S。而这个项目需要他们,他们技能的价值在这里得到体现,给他们提供了目标4zo)e[qSe,ox。”

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这就是美国之音慢速英语科技报道,我是乔纳森·伊万斯=yq8sG*-h(NvA3NTa

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重点单词
  • explorev. 探险,探测,探究
  • populationn. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数
  • expanding扩展的,扩充的
  • socialadj. 社会的,社交的 n. 社交聚会
  • gregariousadj. 群居的,爱社交的
  • opportunityn. 机会,时机
  • outgoingadj. 喜欢外出的,离开的,外向的 n. 外出,开支,
  • patiencen. 耐心,忍耐,毅力 n. 单人玩的牌戏
  • directorn. 董事,经理,主管,指导者,导演
  • fantasticadj. 极好的,难以置信的,奇异的,幻想的