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Out with the Old, In with the New
舊的不去，新的不來
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Have you ever used a Walkman to listen to music?
你曾用過隨身聽聽音樂嗎？
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Are you still using a typewriter to do your reports?
你還在用打字機打報告嗎？
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For many teenagers, the answer is no.
對許多青少年而言，答案都是否定的。
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In the past, different technology was used to make people's lives easier.
在過去，不同的科技被使用來讓人們的生活更便利。
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For example, more than twenty years ago,
例如，二十多年前，
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beepers were a popular choice for people to get in touch with each other.
人們彼此間要聯絡時，呼叫器是個熱門的選擇。
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Once they noticed their beepers going off,
一旦他們注意到自己的呼叫器發出聲響，
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they would go and find a phone to call the number back.
他們會去找個電話回撥該電話號碼。
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In the 1990s, beepers were used by millions of people in Taiwan,
在 1990 年代，呼叫器在臺灣被數百萬人所使用，
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but now they are a thing of the past.
但現在它們已經過時了。
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Now, more and more people use smartphones instead.
如今，取而代之的是越來越多人使用智慧型手機。
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They simply pick up their phones, touch the screens, and talk.
他們只要拿起手機、觸碰螢幕，就可以通話了。
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With smartphones, they can also use different forms of social media to reach people.
有了智慧型手機，他們還可以用不同形式的社群媒體來聯絡人們。
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Without a doubt, smartphones are very popular now.
毫無疑問，現在智慧型手機非常熱門。
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However, will they still be used to reach others in the future?
然而，在未來它們仍然會被使用來聯絡他人嗎？
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Some watches are able to do this now,
現在有些手錶可以做得到，
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so maybe in the near future,
所以也許不久的將來，
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your glasses can do the job, too.
你的眼鏡也可以辦得到。
