Even apart from the increased competition, the kids enter a process that has been utterly transformed from the one baby boomers knew.
甚至除了日益激烈的竞争,孩子们还进入了一个完全不同于婴儿潮一代的进程当中。
Despite trade competition and outsourcing, American manufacturing still needs to replace tens of thousands of retiring boomers every year.
尽管存在贸易竞争和业务外包,但美国制造业每年仍需要更替数万名即将退休的婴儿潮一代的人。
But the Labor Department's latest jobs reports and other recent data reports present a strong case for crowning baby boomers as the greatest victims of the recession and its dreadful consequences.
但美国劳工部最新的就业报告和其他最新数据报告有力地证明了婴儿潮一代是经济衰退及其可怕后果的最大受害者。
Despite trade competition and outsourcing, American manufacturing still needs to replaces tens of thousands of retiring boomers every year.
尽管贸易竞争和业务外包现象依旧存在,美国的制造业每年仍需替换掉成千上万退休劳工的劳动力。
Age is naturally a factor—only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years.
年龄自然是一个因素,现在只有58%的 Y 世代的人们还时不时地用到座机,相比之下,有84%的婴儿潮世代的人们,家里的电话号码已经50年没有变了。
The baby boomers were one such bulge.
婴儿潮就是这类暴增的一例。
The baby boomers enjoyed an incredible spending binge.
婴儿潮这一代人无休止地享受高消费。
The baby boomers pulled back their spending in 2009.
2009年,婴儿潮一代人削减了开支。
The Findings: Boomers and Gen Y are Worlds Apart at Work
研究发现婴儿潮一代和Y一代是两个世界的人
The first wave of Baby Boomers turned 65 earlier this year.
今年早些时候,婴儿潮第一批出生的人已经达到了65岁的高龄。
Then the second effect kicks in: The boomers start to retire.
接着,第二个影响开始:婴儿潮出生的人开始退休。
We baby-boomers have grown up. We know there are limits to freedom.
我们这些婴儿潮时代的人已经长大了,我们知道自由也有限度。
To which we could also add that Baby Boomers got John Lennon's life.
对婴儿潮一代他们这代人,我们还可以加上约翰·列侬的一生。
Eventually, the last echoes of the global baby boomers will fade away.
最终,出生于全球婴儿潮中的那一批人将退下历史舞台。
Many boomers look after children and crumbling parents simultaneously.
许多婴儿潮一代的人同时照顾小孩和他们的父母。
We also know there's a baby bust generation following the baby boomers.
我们还知道,婴儿潮一代之后出生率骤然下降。
Who said Baby Boomers would never accept their parents' doctor's brand?
谁说婴儿潮时代出生的人将永远不可能接受其父母的医生所开汽车的品牌?
For the baby boomers' children, mass unemployment will be something new.
对于“婴儿潮时期出生的人”的子女,大量失业将是新鲜事。
At present the newspaper-loving baby-boomers are propping up circulation.
目前出生在婴儿潮期间爱读报纸的人是报纸发行的重要支撑力量。
Now that the boomers themselves are retiring, the cost is becoming clear.
由于婴儿潮时期出生的人现在也退休了,成本有多高已经很明显了。
“Life enhancement technology for boomers is a chicken-and-egg problem, ” he says.
“为老年潮生活质量提高的科技就是母鸡和鸡蛋的问题,”他说。
At the same time, however, the boomers' ageing will create problems for America.
但是,这一代人的变老同时会给美国带来问题。
It was beginning to look as if we could handle the baby boomers retirement after all.
这样看来,我们似乎有眉目解决婴儿潮这一代的退休问题了。
Remembering the good times, retiring baby boomers are nostalgic for the glorious past.
到了退休年龄的婴儿潮一代牢记着美好时光,对辉煌的过去念念不忘。
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