PBS高端访谈:进步的科技 消失的旧岗

Hari Sreenivasan: This past week was May Day, when many countries pause to honor workers. This year, photographers from Agence France-Presse took a look at those around the world whose jobs have become increasingly rare thanks to advances in technology. The series is called "The Disappearing Jobs of Yesterday."

Eric Badarat: The idea was to show the jobs that have been part of our lives for decades and are slowly disappearing around the world.

Reporter: Eric Badarat is A.F.P.'s photo editor for North America.

Eric Badarat: The first idea originally was to find jobs that are disappearing because of the Internet revolution, because of the digital revolution. But then, there were so many ideas and so many nice portraits coming that we kind of broadened a little bit the idea and maybe just simply as disappearing jobs.

Reporter: A.F.P.'s photographers captured a wide range of jobs, from one of the last gas lamp lighters¹ in London to a bookbinder in Bulgaria, a key maker² on the streets of Beijing and a sewing machine repairman in Belgrade. The project even highlighted photographers themselves.

Eric Badarat: The, you know, the film photography, the street portrait photographers on touristy places and everything, iphone and selfies are killing³ those jobs. So, it was kind of an immediate⁴ reflex for photographers to talk about photographers.

Reporter: And in Rio, Brazil, there's at least one video rental⁵ store remaining.

Eric Badarat: It's true that the idea that DVD or video rental is totally disappearing. It was a big thing in the '90s or the '80s, and now totally gone. So, when you have a frame that is consistent everywhere in the world, you can show a moment in life everywhere the same way, and people, you know, will buy that a lot.

They are very interested.

哈里·斯雷尼瓦桑：上周是五一劳动节，许多国家放假以表达对工人的敬意。今年，法新社的摄影师们打开全球视角，探寻那些因科技进步而越发稀少的工作。这个系列节目名为“正在消失的旧岗”。

埃里克·巴达拉特：我们做此事的初衷是为了向人们展现那些在过去几十年里相伴我们左右的工作，现在正逐渐消失在我们的视野。

记者：埃里克·巴达拉特是A.F.P.北美部分的摄影编辑。

埃里克·巴达拉特：最初的想法只是寻找那些因为互联网革命，数字革命而消失的工作。但是，后来各种想法纷纷涌现，各种肖像精妙绝伦，于是我们稍稍扩大了一点想法，也许我们就可以做“消失的旧岗”。

记者：A.F.P.的摄影师用镜头捕捉了各行各业的工作，从伦敦最后几位煤气灯掌灯人到保加利亚的一个装订工人，从北京一个配钥匙小贩到贝尔格莱德的一个缝纫机修理工。这个项目甚至也对摄影师们自己进行了展现。

埃里克·巴达拉特：你知道，对于胶片摄影，旅游景点摄影以及街头肖像摄影，iPhone和自拍工具也在取代那些工作。所以，摄影师们会马上想到谈摄影师。

记者：在巴西里约热内卢，至少还有一家视频音像出租店。

埃里克·巴达拉特：DVD或视频租赁真的正在走向彻底消失。上世纪90年代或80年代，DVD或视频租赁还很火，但现在已经完全销声匿迹了。所以，如果在世界各地，你捕捉到的镜头都折射出了同一问题，你就可以以同样的方式去展现生活，你知道，人们会相当受用。他们很感兴趣。

1 lighters   

n.打火机，点火器( lighter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The cargo is being discharged into lighters. 正在往驳船里卸货。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Babies'bootees and cheap cigarette lighters were displayed in unlikely juxtaposition. 儿童的短靴和廉价的打火机很不相称地陈列在一起。 来自辞典例句

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。