翻译2(new).ppt

我倾向于同意儿童每天在电脑上花费太多时间会对他们产生负面的影响。 I tend to /am inclined to agree that young children can be negatively affected by too much time spent on the computer every day. 产生负面的影响 Produce/have/exert negative effects on sb 修改前：I am inclined to agree that the children spend too much time on their computer everyday will have a negative effect on their life. 修改后：I am inclined to agree that children’s spending too much time on their computer everyday will have a negative effect on their life. 其部分原因是不论儿童为何使用电脑，长时间坐在电脑屏幕前，都会对儿童的视力和坐姿有害。 This is partly because sitting in front of a screen for too long can be damaging to both the eyes and the physical posture of a young child, regardless of what they are using the computer for. 人们主要关心的与吸引儿童的电脑活动的类别有关。这些通常是电子游戏，它们往往非常激烈甚至暴力。 The main concern is about the type of computer activities that attract children. These are often electronic games that tend to be very intense and rather violent. 并且玩家通常是游戏中的“英雄”，过多接触这类游戏会促使孩子变得以自我为中心，且对他人不敏感。 The player is usually the “hero” of the game and too much exposure can encourage children to be self-centered and insensitive to others. 过多接触这类游戏会促使孩子变得以自我为中心，且对他人不敏感 If children contact these games too much, they will become self-centered and not sensitive to others. → Contact: to write to sb or talk to them on the phone 后两个并列的形容词要一致。 Not sensitive= insensitive 即使孩子是为了别的目的用电脑，如得到信息或发送电子邮件给朋友，电脑也不能取代人际交往。Even when children use a computer for other purposes, such as getting information or emailing friends, it is no substitute for human interaction. 与其他孩子待在一起并分享经历，是孩子成长发展的重要组成部分，这是电脑无法提供的。 Spending time with other children and sharing experiences is an important part of a child’s development that cannot be provided by a computer. such as get information or send emails to friends → Such as getting information or emailing friends 电脑也不能取代人际交往 Computer can’t instead interpersonal communication Can’t- cannot Instead是副词, 改为 replace/displace It will take days by car, so let’s fly instead. Let’s play car