A generation ago, it was thought that babies born this small could not survive.

在上一代以前，人们认为这么小的新生儿是没法存活的。

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Or they drop out, as did many in Japan’s first “lost generation” a decade ago.

年轻人或者选择退出，就像日本“迷茫的一代”十年前干的事一样。

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Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.

每一代人都要经历一系列类似的事。

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But to a new generation of high-speed communicators, a tweet describes a message sent through a popular new service.

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Comes to mind, what happened, even foot-binding, that was something very common practice, basically erased within a generation.

突然想到了缠足这件事，这曾经是很常见的事情，而随着时代的变迁，它也已经淡出历史了。

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Anyway, that shows that I think probability theory does have a long history, but-- it not being an intellectual discipline-- it didn't really inform a generation of finance theory.

不管怎样,这个故事表明概率论,确实有很悠久的历史,但,那时它并非以学科形式存在,也没有对金融理论的产生有过指导意义

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Today, we want to get reactions from another generation - a group of 20-somethings.

NPR: Roundtable: College Students Debate Pew Poll on Race

Sustainable forms of energy can also play a key role in income generation - a primary path out of poverty for the millions who do not have access to reliable grid-distributed electricity.

BBC: Powering our way out of poverty

Bopara is the role-model for the next generation - a boy who scrambled 10 team-mates together from his inner London state school to enter a Capital Kids competition run by the Lord's Taverners, which they won.

BBC: Bopara in need of Ashes impact