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I'm a journalist, so I like to look for the untold stories, the lives that quietly play out under the scream of headlines.
我是一名記者，因此我樂于探尋那些鮮為人知的故事，那些夸張頭條背后的平靜生活。
I've also been going about the business of putting down roots, choosing a partner, making babies.
同時我也安家落戶，結(jié)婚生子。
So for the last few years, I've been trying to understand what constitutes the 21st-century good life,
因此在過去的幾年中，我一直試圖理解是什么構(gòu)成了21世紀(jì)的美好生活
both because I'm fascinated by the moral and philosophical implications,
因?yàn)槲覍ζ涞赖乱约罢軐W(xué)上的含義非常感興趣
but also because I'm in desperate need of answers myself. We live in tenuous times.
并且我自己也迫切的想要知道答案。我們處于脆弱的年代。
In fact, for the first time in American history, the majority of parents do not think that their kids will be better off than they were.
事實(shí)上，大部分父母都不認(rèn)為自己孩子的未來生活會更好。這在美國歷史上還是第一次。
This is true of rich and poor, men and women. Now, some of you might hear this and feel sad.
不論貧富、性別，都是如此?？赡苡行┤寺牭竭@種說法后感到難過。
After all, America is deeply invested in this idea of economic transcendence,
畢竟，美國正致力于實(shí)現(xiàn)經(jīng)濟(jì)超越，
that every generation kind of leapfrogs the one before it, earning more, buying more, being more.
讓每一代都超越上一代，收入更多、支出更多、工作更好。
We've exported this dream all over the world, so kids in Brazil and China and even Kenya inherit our insatiable expectation for more.
這一夢想也走向世界，于是巴西、中國、甚至肯尼亞的兒童也逐漸變得難以滿足。
But when I read this historic poll for the first time, it didn't actually make me feel sad.
但是，當(dāng)我第一次看到這個歷史性的調(diào)查結(jié)果，我沒有感到難過。
It felt like a provocation. "Better off" -- based on whose standards?
而是有些憤怒?！吧畎惨荨币辉~，究竟是根據(jù)什么標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來定的？
