新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解Unit3.docx

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新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解Unit3

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Journeythroughtheodysseyyears

1Mostofusknowaboutthephasesoflifewhichwelabeltoparalleldifferent

agegroupsandlifestages:

childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andold

age.Wethinkofinfancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,with

eachuniquephasebringingitsownpeculiarsetofchallenges.These

challengescanbeovercomebyacquaintingourselveswiththem,suchasthe

child'sneedtolearn,theadult'sneedtofindtherightcareerandbuildafamily,

andthesenior'sneedforsupportandgoodhealthcare.

2Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging.

3Inprevioustimes,peopledidn'thaveasolidideaofchildhoodasbeing

separatefromadulthood.Ahundredyearsago,noonethoughtof

adolescence.Untilrecentlyitwasunderstoodasanormthattheirinductionto

adulthoodwascompletedassoonastheygraduatedfromcollege.Theywould

nowfindasensiblejobwhichwouldleadtoacareer.Thenduringthiscareer

theywouldstartafamily,idealybeforetheyturned30.

4Todaywehaveanequivalentneedtorecognizeanewphaseoflifethat

comesafterhighschoolgraduation,continuesthroughcollege,andthenleads

tostartingafamilyandhavingacareer,theso-caledodysseyyears.Recent

trendsshowradicalchangesasyoungpeoplearefolowinga

differentagenda.Theytakebreaksfromschool,livewithfriendsandoften

returntolivingwiththeirparents.Similarly,theyfallinandoutoflove,quitone

jobandtryanotherorevenshifttoanewcareer.So,weneedtorecognizethis

newstage,theodysseyyears,whichmanynowconsidertobeanunavoidable

stageinreachingadulthood.

5Peoplewhowerebornpriortothe60sor70sinthelastcenturytended

toframetheirconceptofadulthoodbaseduponachievingcertain

accomplishments:

movingawayfromhome,becomingfinancialyindependent,

findingtherightspouseandstartingafamily.Butthatemphasisonstabilitydid

notremainstatic.Today,youngpeopleareunlikelytodothesame.Duringthe

odysseyyears,ahighproportionofyoungpeoplearedelayingmarriage,child

bearing,andevenemployment.

6Theodysseyyearscansaddleyoungpeoplewithenormouspressureto

moveforwardquickly.Asthesoleheirandfocusoftheirparents'expectations,

hopesanddreams,somereactwithrebelliousandpridefulattitudesand

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behaviortowardtheirparents.Theyoftenresentthepressurethey'refeeling

andkeepadistancefromtheirparentsorevenrunawayfromhome.Their

confusioncomesfromthedifficultiestomakeparentsunderstandthemand

thefluidjourneyofdiscoverytheyneedinthisphaseoftheirlives.Togetaway

fromthisconfusionandupset,manyyoungpeopleresorttocomputergames,

iPods,iPhones,oriPads,tohelpdistractthemfromtheirpainandstress.

7Likewise,theirparentsarefeelingmoreanxious.Theymay

makeallowancesforatransitionphasefromstudentlifetoadultlife,butthey

getupsetwhentheyseethetransitionoftheirgrownchildren'slivesmoving

awayfromtheirexpectationsandstretchingfiveyearstosevenyears,and

beyond.Theparentsdon'tevendetectaclearsenseofdirectionintheir

children'slives.Theylookatthemandseethethingsthatarebeingdelayed.

8It'shardtopredictwhat'snext.Newguidelineshaven'tbeenestablishedyet,

andeverythingseemstogivewaytoalesspermanentversionof

itself.There'sbeenashiftinthestatusandbalanceofpowerbetweenthe

genders,too.Morewomenaregettingdegreesthanmen.Malewageshave

remainedstableoverthepastdecades,whilefemalewageshaveboomed.

9Apartfromanythingelse,thishashadanimpliciteffecton

courtship.Educatedwomencangetmanyofthethingstheywant,suchas

security,accomplishment,andidentitywithoutmarriage.However,both

gendersarehavingahardertimefindingsuitablematestobuildtheirlives

with.Consideringallofthis,it'sbeneficialtoknowthateventhoughgraduates

aredelayingmanythingsaftercollege,surveysshowtheystillholdhighly

traditionalaspirations.Forexample,thiscontemporarygenerationrates

parenthoodevenmorehighlythanpreviousgenerationsdid!

10Thisnewphasewilllikelygrowmorepronouncedinthecoming

years.Nationsaroundtheworldhavewitnessedsimilartrendstowarddelaying

marriageandspendingmoreyearsthanevershiftingbetweenhigher

educationandsettlingdownwithacareerandfamily.

11Nevertheless,graduatesshouldn'tbedeceivedintothinkingtheycanback

offsimplybecausethingshavebecomemoredifficult.Alargenumberof

peoplechasingrelativelyfeweropportunitiescancreatestrongcompetitive

pressure.So,fromtheoutset,keepyourresumeprofessionalandup-to-date.

12Toreinforcethisessentialmessage,successmovingthroughtheodyssey

yearswillco