While cars themselves are losing their place in teen culture, the freedoms and pleasures that they once brought to young people now often seem to be won through other means. The smartphone is the most obvious replacement, offering a virtual liberation from the constraints of family that the car once provided physically.

思考题：

Cars now are disappearing gradually from young people’s life due to the use of smartphones

第一句：

While cars themselves are losing their place in teen culture, the freedoms and pleasures that they once brought to young people now often seem to be won through other means. 

词汇突破：

While:虽然

Win through other means:通过其他手段获得

切分：

1.While cars themselves are losing their place in teen culture, 

2.the freedoms and pleasures now often seem to be won through other means. 

3.that they once brought to young people

参考译文：虽然汽车本身正在失去他们在青少年文化中的位置，但他们曾经带给年轻人的自由和快乐现在似乎可以通过其他方式获得。

第二句：

The smartphone is the most obvious replacement, offering a virtual liberation from the constraints of family that the car once provided physically.

词汇突破：

Virtual：虚拟的，实际的，（到底什么意思，那就要看语境了）

        Virtual reality 虚拟现实

        Virtual increase：实际增长。

这里的virtual对应的就是physical（生理的，身体上的）

Constraint：限制，束缚

切分：

1.The smartphone is the most obvious replacement, 

2.offering a virtual liberation from the constraints of family 

3.that the car once provided physically.

（that=liberation）

参考译文：智能手机是最明显的替代品，它为人们提供了一个从家庭约束中(解脱的)虚拟的解放，而汽车曾经从生理上提供了解放。

（以前是开着车去远方，现在是刷着抖音周游世界。）

思考题：

Cars now are disappearing gradually from young people’s life due to the use of smartphones.

汽车从青少年生活中的逐渐消失，并不是因为智能手机的使用。

而是智能手机帮着青少年填补了汽车消失后的空缺。

所以这个说法是不对的。

明天的句子：

“Virtually everyone I spoke with, from the FBI to academic researchers, told me it’s nearly impossible to stop a determined shooter; they’re always one creative step ahead,” Hagerty writes. Niv Bavarsky mentions “The Futility of Trying to Prevent More School Shootings in America.”

思考题：

The idea mentioned by Hagerty is identified with that of Niv Bavarsky.