ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ሰላም፡ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ English Together ብድሓን መጻእኩም። ኣብዚ መደብ’ዚ ብዛዕባ እዋናዊ ኣርእስቲ ክንመያየጥ ኢና። ብእኡ ኣቢልና ድማ ብዛዕብኡ ንምዝራብ ዘኽእል ቋንቋ ከነስንቐኩም ኢና። ኣነ ተኽልማርያም በኪት’የ።ምሳናውን ሳምን ቶምን ኣለዉ።

Sam
Hi, I'm Sam.

Tom
And I'm Tom. Hello everybody! Welcome to today's programme.

Sam
So, I heard a new term on the news today: the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Either of you know what that is?

Tom
I think that it has something to do with the internet and other technological breakthroughs.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Yes, Tom. ብዛዕባ 'technological breakthrough' ማለት ሓደሽቲ ምህዞታት ተክኖሎጂ፡ ከም በዓል ‘AI’ ኣርተፊሻል ኢንተሊጀንስ፡ '3D printing'; ሰለስተ ጎድኒ ዝሓትም ማሕተም 'self-driving car' ብዘይ መራሒ መኪና ዝነቀሳቀሳ መካይን ማለት እዩ።

ካልኦት ሓደሽቲ ምህዞታ’ውን ኣለዉ፡ ከም በዓል 'scientific breakthrough' ማለት ሓዲሽ ስነ ፍልጠት ወይ ድማ 'medical breakthrough' ሓደሽቲ ስነ ጠዕዕናዊ ምህዞታት ማለት ኢዩ።

Sam
Oh, so it’s about technological breakthroughs that will change the way we live our lives, basically.

Tom
Yes! I vaguely remember learning about the First Industrial Revolution when I was at school.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
And that's actually what today’s quiz question is about. ኣብ መውዳእታ 1700 ዓ.ም፡ ምጅማር  ኢንዳስትርያዊ ሰውራ፡ ካብ ብኢድ ዝሰርሑ ነገራት ናብ ብማሽንት ዝስርሑ  ነገራት ዝታታተውሉ እዩ ነይሩ።  እብዚ እዋን እዚ ዓለም ካብ ብሓይሊ ሰብ ዝሰፍሐ ምህርቲ ካብ ሓደሽቲ መሳርሒታትን ፋብሪካታትን ክትረክብ ጀሚራ።

ንምኳኑ እዚ ኢንዳስትርያዊ ሰውራ ኣብይ እዩ ጀሚሩ?

ሀ፡ ሕቡራት ምግስታት ኣመሪካ

ለ፡ ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ

ሐ፡ ፈረንሳ

Sam
Interesting that the First Industrial Revolution started in one place, because it sounds like the Fourth Industrial Revolution is happening everywhere!

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
Yes! ነዚ ብዓል ሞያ ብዛዕባ ራብዓይ እንዳስትርያዊ ሰውራ ኣብ ቢቢሲ ዎልድ ሰርፊስ ዝዛረብ ዘሎ ጽን ኢልና ንስማዕ።

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A very important feature of, uhm, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is connectivity or connectedness, as you put it, eh. So anybody with a smartphone that basically allows them to be online is really part of it. So we’ve seen recently, for example, what happens with social media, there's lots of data around every interaction that you're making on social media that's being collected and is being used to create a profile on you... So, really, whether we know it or not, very many of us are participating quite actively in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Sam
Wow, so if anyone with a smartphone is part of the revolution, this really is a global phenomenon.

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
'A global phenomenon' ሓድሽ ዓለማዊ ተርእዮ ማለት እዩ። Anyone with a smartphone or anyone with internet access!

Tom
And a social media account! They're all connected – I think one global phenomenon is helping the development of another.

Sam
It's a little scary, though, isn't it? There is one new wave of technological breakthroughs after another at the moment, but do we really know what consequences they're having?

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
'A new wave of something' ሓድሽ ተርእዮ ማለት እዩ። ነዛ ዘረባ ድማ ብዛዕባ ሓድሽ ኩነታት ክንዛረብ ምስእንደሊ ንጥቀመላ። Like social media!

Tom
Yeah, I know what you mean, Sam. I think it takes a long time for consequences to become clear when there’s a new wave of technological products coming into the world. But, generally, I think the consequences are positive.

Sam
I don't know! Five years ago, I didn't have a smartphone. Now I can't imagine life without it.

Tom
Yeah, exactly! So these new products are shaping the way we live our lives, usually for the better!

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
'To shape the way we do something' ንገብሮ ዝነበርና ኣገባብ ምቅያር ማለት እዩ። Like the First Industrial Revolution shaped the way we made products. Shall we give you the answer to the quiz? እታ ሕቶ እንዳስትሪያዊ ሰውራ፡ ኣበይ ጀሚሩ እያ ትብል’ያ ነይራ? እታ መልሲ ድማ ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ እያ።

Sam
So, the summary of today's programme is that technology is shaping the way we live our lives and we have no power to stop it.

Tom
But you do have some power, Sam, don't you? Do you want to stop it? I mean, you could stop using your smartphone, and social media, and the internet…

Sam
Ah, no, thank you!

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
I guess we’re all part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution after all!

ቅድሚ ምዝዛምና፡ ክንዘራረበልን ዝወዓልና ቃላት ተመሊስና ንርአ። 'a technological breakthrough' ሓደሽቲ ምህዞታት ተክኖሎጂ 'a global phenomenon' ሓድሽ ዓለማዊ ተርእዮ 'a new wave of something' ሓድሽ ተርእዮ 'to shape the way we do something' ንገብሮ ዝነበርና ኣገባብ ምቅያር ማለት እዩ።

ምሳና ብምጽናሕኩም እናኣመስገና፡ ኣብ ዝመጽእ እዋን ብኻልእ ትሕዝቶ English Together ክሳብ እንራኸብ ድሓን ቀንዩ።