VOA常速英语:Mixed Future Awaits Hyper-Connected Youth

refer to参考；涉及；指的是；适用于
例句：He never referred to his sisters in his letters.
他在信里从未提到过他的姊妹。

2. Now the buzzword is “millennials,” since many of our teenagers and young adults were born in the years just before and right after the turn of the century - which also happened to be the beginning of a new thousand-year millennium.

happen to碰巧
例句：I happened to sit by her in the cinema.
在电影院我碰巧坐在她旁边。

3. It’s based on a survey of more than 1,000 tech experts, scholars, and educators.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

4. These abilities could lead to important breakthroughs that will benefit the country.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

5. They predict that the “always-on” generation will, in the report’s words, “exhibit a thirst for instant gratification and quick fixes, a loss of patience, and a lack of deep thinking ability,” due to what one expert called “fast-twitch wiring.”

due to由于，因为
例句：Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。