We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity.
我们在书本、电脑、高速公路和手机的陪伴下长大，但现在我们生活在一个没有自来水和电的村庄。
In the past, doing the timetabling was quite simple but now we have a lot more courses and what's made it complicated is that many of them have options.
在过去，做时间表是很简单的，但现在我们有更多的课程，让这个过程变得复杂的是，当中许多课程还有不同选择。
We used to buy things in the shop but now we usually do it online.
我们以前在商店买东西，但现在我们通常在网上买。
We were always busy checking our mobile phones before, but now we enjoy communicating with our family.
以前我们总是忙着看手机，但现在我们喜欢和家人交流。
This village used to fight with water shortage, but now we have enough water because of him.
这个村子过去常与缺水作斗争，但现在因为他，我们有了足够的水源。
One thousand kilometers was quite a long way to the ancient, but now we can complete the journey in about one hour by air.
1000公里在古代是相当长的一段路，但现在我们坐一个小时左右内的飞机就能完成这样一段旅程。
But now we know that the outlook for the next couple years at least is slow growth.
但现在我们知道至少在接下来的两年，将会是缓慢增长的前景。
But now we see that it is turbulence and variance that really gives the richness to nature.
但现在，我们看到不稳定和矛盾确实让自然更加丰富。
People have always focused on maternal age, but now we know that paternal age matters, too.
人们总是关注母亲怀孕的年龄，但是现在我们知道父亲的年龄也是非常重要的。
It wasn't always smooth sailing but now we are very fortunate to have babies who love their sleep.
刚开始时并不是那么容易让孩子按时睡觉，但现在我们十分开心的看到两个儿子都爱上睡觉了。
But now we face the fact that a foreign tycoon wants to buy 300 square kilometers of Icelandic land.
但是现在我们面临的现实是一个外国大亨想要买下冰岛的300平方公里。
We can fill right up our table just like we did before, but now we have included our 2 p z orbital here.
我们可以像以前一样填充表格，但现在我们包括了2pz轨道。
People are very comfortable talking about individual photons, but now we can talk about waves of matter.
人们能轻松的，讨论单个光子，现在我们要说物质波了。
My parents contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past. But now we Call long distance at home.
从前，我父母与其他人联系主要是通过书信，但现在我们可以在家打长途了。
You may find that some records were recorded in error, but now we have a measurement system that is repeatable.
你会找出一些错误的纪录，但是我们现在有一个可重复的衡量系统。
And once my parents listened to the radio for news and other information. But now we get the news by watching TV.
以前我的父母都是听收音机来了解新闻和其他信息，但现在我们能观看电视新闻和其他节目了。
Before, we were somehow like shock absorbers between Serbs and Albanians, but now we have our backs to the walls.
以前，某种意义上我们就是塞尔维亚和阿尔巴尼亚的减震器(shock absorber)，但现在我们陷入绝境、走投无路了。
We always knew that factory farms were a scar on humanity's conscience - but now we know they are a scar on our health.
我们一直都知道，集约化动物农场是人类良知上的一道丑恶疤痕，现在我们也知道集约化动物农场还是人类健康上的一道伤疤。
Before (in our hometown) we used to make 3,000 yuan a month but now we make more than 10,000 yuan -- I'm very satisfied.
“以前，（在我们的家乡）我们每月赚3000元，但是现在我们要赚10000多元—我很满意”。
In the two months before the Spring festival, we were getting several hundred tonnes a day, but now we get only 30-40 tonnes.
在春节前两个月，我们每天收进几百公吨的粮食，现在却仅有三四十公吨。
It's taken some time for the world to catch up with his vision, but now we seem to have a tool fit for knowledge augmentation.
世界花了相当长的时间才赶上他的视野，不过我们现在似乎终于有了适合智力扩大化的工具了。
Until yesterday, we could only speculate about the origins of the current H1N1 virus killing human beings - but now we know more.
直到昨天，我们都只能猜测目前这种致人非命的猪流感病毒的成因，不过现在我们的认识更深一步。
Bringing people together and helping them understand each other was a big first step, but now we can also get them to do something.
让人们团结起来并相互理解是第一大步，但现在我们也可以让他们行动起来做些事情。
We had to do a lot of iterations until we got the method dispatching an the exception handling right, but now we are pretty close.
我们得做很多迭代，直到方法调度一个异常能正确处理，现在我们已经很接近了。
For decades, scientists have pondered why Mars has such a thin atmosphere, but now we wonder: why does it have not any atmosphere left at all?
数十年来，科学家一直都想弄清楚一个问题：火星的大气为何如此稀薄？不过现在人们想搞清楚的问题变成：为什么火星已经完全没有大气了？
For decades, scientists have pondered why Mars has such a thin atmosphere, but now we wonder: why does it have not any atmosphere left at all?
数十年来，科学家一直都想弄清楚一个问题：火星的大气为何如此稀薄？不过现在人们想搞清楚的问题变成：为什么火星已经完全没有大气了？
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