Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage
Text A
Ex.1
1. Because people in different life stages are confronted with different problems and setbacks and each group of people in a particular time period have their particular worries and pains.
2.The norm refers to the general consensus that as soon as students graduated from college, they would enter adulthood and be able to find an ideal job leading to their career.
3. They are recognized as a new life stage that comes after high school graduation, continues through college and leads to starting a family and having a career.
4. Because nowadays so many young people are following this new lifestyle that it has become a trend. As long as the economic situation continues its long slide, this new stage is unavoidable.
5. Unlike their parents, a large number of young people are now delaying marriage, child bearing, and even employment during their odyssey years.
6. They often resent the pressure they’re feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home. Many also resort to computer games, iPods, iPhones, or iPads.
7. Their parents feel more anxious and upset seeing their children’s odyssey years continue to stretch without a clear direction.
8. The author thinks as people are getting to know the odyssey years better, both parents and their children can tackle this phase better. For parents, they can understand their children more; for children, they can explore and discover themselves with a positive attitude.
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Ex.3
1. peculiar????????? 2. radical????????? 3. phase????????? 4. sensible????? 5. predict
6. labeled?????????? 7. resent????????? 8. witnessed?????? 9. equivalent??? 10. parallels
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Ex.4
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Chaotic???????????? dramatic????????????? academy
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Depression?????????? detection?????????? erosion
Classification???????? confuse???????????? cooperate??? ??????dictate
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Rightist????????????? journal?????????????????
Ex.5
1. journal???? 2. chaotic???? 3. cooperate???? 4. erosion????? 5. dramatic???? 6. confuse
7. academy?? 8. rightists?? 9. depression??? 10. dictate??? 11. detection??? 12. classification
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Ex. 6
K E A C L?????????????? I G N H O
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Ex.7
1. saddled with????????? 2. back off?????? 3. gives way to??????? 4. resorted to????
5. make allowances for?? 6. wonder at?????? 7. prior to??????????? 8. based upon/on
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Ex.8
The odyssey years are certainly a very complicated phase of life for young people. Not only do these young people need to overcome many difficulties, they also have to face many challenges from their parents. The differences between parents and children can be well observed in their completely different attitudes and views.
First, they differ in their attitude toward life. Parents always wonder what has gone wrong with the new generation. They feel that during their time, young boys and girls were better behaved, more obedient and had greater respect for elders. Young people, on the other hand, feel that they are capable enough to learn on their own rather than lean heavily on the older generation for guidance. Young people do not like to be spoon-fed by their parents.
The differences also appear in the way the two generations look at things. For example, the parents’ generation never understood Elvis and the Beatles. Because they couldn’t understand what was going on, they were frequently opposed to them and saw rock as “the devil’s music”. Young people, however, are crazy about the modern music and would love to listen to it for a hundred times a day. Wherever they go, they’ll have their iPod with them.
In conclusion, it’s very difficult for parents and their youngsters to get along due to their distinctive attitudes and the way they view things. To fill this gap, both parents and their grown children need to be more understanding to each other.
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Ex.9
作為美國文化價值體系的一個重要組成部分，“個人主義”受到大多數(shù)美國人的推崇。?美國人認為家庭作為一個群體，其主要目的是促進家庭各成員的幸福。與許多其他文化相比，?美國家庭成員的主要職責，不是在社會上或經濟上提高整個家庭的地位。?人們通常認為，什么是對個人最好的要比什么是對家庭最好的更為重要。與自由相伴而來的是照顧自己的責任，因為所選擇的自由承載了責任，即必須接受自己的選擇所帶來的后果。許多美國人給他們的孩子很多的自由，因為他們希望孩子們能夠獨立和自力更生。在美國人強調個人自由的同時，父母與孩子間平等的信念也對美國家庭產生了巨大的影響。
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Ex. 10
??? Filial piety is the basic code of ethics in the ancient Chinese society. Chinese people consider filial piety as the essence of a person’s integrity, family harmony, and the nation’s well-being. With filial piety being the core of Confucian ethics, it has been the moral standard for the Chinese society to maintain the family relationship for thousands of years. It’s undoubtedly a traditional Chinese virtue. The culture of filial piety is a complex concept, rich in content and wide in range. It concludes not only cultural ideas but also institutional etiquettes. Generally speaking, it refers to the obligation of children to their parents required by the society, including respect, care, support for the elderly and so forth. Filial piety is fundamental to the ancient “Oriental civilization”.
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Keys to Unit 3 Text B
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Understanding the text? 2
1. A? 2. C? 3. D? 4. A? 5. B? 6. D? 7. D? 8. C
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Words in use? 4
1. hollow? 2. restless? 3. demonstrate? 4. exiled? 5. miserable
6. commercial? 7. hesitated? 8. erupt? 9. refine? 10. Feasible
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Expression in use? 5
1. are tired of? 2 fall into? 3 be strict with? 4 not amount to much
5 drifted off? 6 bonded with? 7 resign himself to? 8 surrender themselves to
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Sentence structure? 6
1. The man walked slowly, with one hand pulling with effort at his coat and the other holding tightly on to his trousers.
2. With more and more students joining it, the new club soon expanded and became the largest one on the campus.
3. With the Internet becoming increasingly popular for young people to connect with their friends, letter writing is becoming less and less common.
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1. With the traditional values in their heads, most parents found it hard to accept their children’s thinking.
2. With this kind of jeans out of fashion, young people do not like to wear them any more now.
3. With the differences in their skills and abilities, the young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds..
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Collocation 8
1 fluid? 2 contemporary? 3 radical? 4 enormous? 5 prideful? 6 competitive
7 rebellious? 8 transition? 9 unavoidable? 10 traditional? 11 unique? 12 peculiar
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Keys to Unit 3 Text B
Understanding the text? 2
1. A? 2. C? 3. D? 4. A? 5. B? 6. D? 7. D? 8. C
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Words in use? 4
1. hollow? 2. restless? 3. demonstrate? 4. exiled? 5. miserable
6. commercial? 7. hesitated? 8. erupt? 9. refine? 10. Feasible
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Expression in use? 5
1. are tired of? 2 fall into? 3 be strict with? 4 not amount to much
5 drifted off? 6 bonded with? 7 resign himself to? 8 surrender themselves to
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Sentence structure? 6
1. The man walked slowly, with one hand pulling with effort at his coat and the other holding tightly on to his trousers.
2. With more and more students joining it, the new club soon expanded and became the largest one on the campus.
3. With the Internet becoming increasingly popular for young people to connect with their friends, letter writing is becoming less and less common.
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1. With the traditional values in their heads, most parents found it hard to accept their children’s thinking.
2. With this kind of jeans out of fashion, young people do not like to wear them any more now.
3. With the differences in their skills and abilities, the young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds..
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Collocation 8
1 fluid? 2 contemporary? 3 radical? 4 enormous? 5 prideful? 6 competitive
7 rebellious? 8 transition? 9 unavoidable? 10 traditional? 11 unique? 12 peculiar
