在上一代以前，人们认为这么小的新生儿是没法存活的。
A generation ago, it was thought that babies born this small could not survive.
上一代人几乎闻所未闻的打折已经成为许多企业的惯用手段——就像汽车旅馆房间里的彩电和航班上的免费咖啡一样普遍。
Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
与上一代相比，这是一个巨大的变化。
在上一代，我们失去了与土地的联系，而现在我们又失去了与我们赖以生存的机器的联系。
In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinery we depend on.
他们比上一代面临更多挑战吗？
受过高等教育的人的工资大幅上涨，而这些人在步入老年后仍能获得丰厚的回报，因为如今受过教育的老年人比上一代人生产力更高。
Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation.
尽管这款汽车比其上一代产品短2英寸，但它的行李箱大了20%。
Although the car is some 2 inches shorter than its predecessor, its boot is 20 percent larger.
正是在这种时候播下了不健康的愤怒之种。说着“不许哭”的父母只是在照搬上一代的行为，而上一代的父母很可能也是这么被教育过来的。
It's moments like those that plant the seeds of unhealthy anger. The "stop crying" parents are just doing what they were taught by their own parents, who were probably taught that by their parents on and on.
新一代年轻人比上一代人生活的好吗？
上一代将其知识遗留给下一代。
在上一代，少有外地人听说过泸沽湖或摩梭族。
A generation ago, few outsiders had ever heard of Lake Lugu or the Mosuo.
是否今天的经济学家的才华不及其上一代？
Are today's economists less talented than their immediate predecessors?
你将比上一代人更健康。
上一代人经历了严重且变化莫测的世界性通货膨胀。
A generation ago, inflation around the world was high and variable.
上一代iPhone的销售慢是因为价格太高。
Sales for previous generations of the iPhone were slow because of its high price.
我们的采访表明，影响青年人的广告媒体和上一代不同。
Our interviews suggest they are influenced by different advertising media than older generations.
在上一代，家庭教学并不常见，甚至在很多州还不合法。
They are far from alone. A generation ago, home-schooling was rare and, in many states, illegal.
结果是在很多重要的方面，他们的孩子并不比上一代强。
with the result that, in important ways, their children may not be better off than they are.
苹果表示，24吋的iMac提供了比上一代机器大30%的显示器。
Apple said the 24-inch iMac delivers a 30 percent larger display than the previous generation machines.
我的小女儿刚上牛津大学，在上一代，这是获得好工作的保险护照。
My younger daughter has just got a place at Oxford which, a generation ago, was a fail-safe passport to a decent job.
这种趋势在上一代人中已有苗头，如今是女性命运得以改变的一种表现。
The trend, which has taken place over the past generation, represents a reversal of fortune for women.
只有32%的男人和29%的女人认为他们这一代将比上一代有更幸福的婚姻。
32% of men and 29% of women think that their generation will have happier marriages than past generations.
于是目前的注意力转到下一个十年的任务：缓慢地偿还上一代人积欠的债务。
And now attention turns to the task of the next decade: slowly unwinding the debt that has built up over the past generation.
预计它对于目前一代的重要性就象SEI及其能力成熟度模型对上一代的重要性一样。
I predict that it will be as essential to the present generation as the SEI and its Capability Maturity Model were to the last.
沿用了上一代设计的LCD和正面玻璃层是连在一起的，这让屏幕碎裂的修理费更加昂贵
The LCD and glass -- a carryover from the previous generation -- are fused together, making cracked glass repair more costly.
同时，由于使用了非放射性技术，因此M4JCAD比上一代探测器更具优势。
It also benefits from the use of a non-radioactive technology compared with previous generations of detectors.
同时，由于使用了非放射性技术，因此M4JCAD比上一代探测器更具优势。
It also benefits from the use of a non-radioactive technology compared with previous generations of detectors.
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