怀特先生眼中的今昔变迁

Mr. White is sixty years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and often says that life used to be better than nowadays.
怀特先生六十岁了。他总是抱怨事物变化得太快，还常说过去的生活比现在好。

Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars, so parking is becoming a big problem. The traffic in some cities is getting worse and worse, too. Car drivers drive so fast that there are more traffic accidents.
如今城市里到处都是汽车。有些家庭甚至拥有两辆或更多汽车，因此停车成了大问题。一些城市的交通状况也越来越糟。司机们开车太快，导致交通事故增多。

More and more people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. Mr. White often sees people in the restaurant eating face to face while looking at their own mobile phones. He thinks it is strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun chatting with others on the phone.
越来越多的人总是低着头看手机。怀特先生经常在餐馆看到人们面对面吃饭时却各自盯着自己的手机。他觉得奇怪的是，他们在用餐时不与对面的人交谈。有些人甚至在电话里和别人聊天聊得很开心。

Most families own computers now. A study found that children use the Internet more and more. The number of children using the Internet has grown by three times in the past three years. Mr. White’s grandson is a middle school student. He often stays up late playing computer games on the Internet. He falls asleep in the early hours of the morning and spends less time doing homework. His teacher told Mr. White that his grandson failed another test. Mr. White got very angry with him.
现在大多数家庭都拥有电脑。一项研究发现，儿童使用互联网的情况越来越多。过去三年中，使用互联网的儿童数量增长了三倍。怀特先生的孙子是一名中学生。他经常熬夜在网上玩电脑游戏，凌晨才入睡，做作业的时间也变少了。他的老师告诉怀特先生，他的孙子又一次考试不及格。怀特先生对他非常生气。

Mr. White thinks that life used to be simple and happy, but now it has changed a lot.
怀特先生认为过去的生活简单而快乐，但现在已发生了很大变化。