VOA标准英语2010年-Graybeards and Teens Rub Elbows on the
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(七)月
Someone - specifically the father-daughter team of Larry and Meagan Johnson of Phoenix 1, Arizona - has figured out that on some American job sites, five generations are working side by side.
And while such an age disparity adds a lot of texture 2 and an assortment 3 of life experiences, it can also bring tensions and conflicts.
The Johnsons are human-resource trainers and public speakers. Dad Larry is a former health-care executive; daughter Meagan is a onetime corporate 4 saleswoman.
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If this were a billboard 5 showing today's workers at today's US companies, you'd see many more kinds of hose and toes.
Here are the oldest and youngest of the five generations they identify:
They call the oldest group Traditionals, born before 1945. They were heavily influenced by the stern lessons of the Great Depression and World War Two. They respect authority, set a high standard of workmanship, and communicate easily and confidently. But they're also stubbornly independent. They want their opinions heard.
At the other extreme are what the Johnsons call Linksters, born after 1995 into today's more chaotic 6, media-saturated world. They live and breathe technology and are often social activists 7.
You won't find many 15 year olds in corporate offices except as interns 8, of course, but quite old and quite young workers do come together in retail 9 environments like bike shops and ice-cream stands.
Amacom Press
The Johnsons, Larry and Meagan, represent a generational discrepancy 10 themselves in their work with jobsite issues.
The Johnsons' point is that as the average lifespan continues to rise and retirement 11 dates get postponed 12 because of the tight economy, people of different generations are working side by side, bringing with them very different ideas about company loyalty 13 and work ethic 14.
The five generations are heavily influenced by quite-different events, social trends, and cultural phenomena 15 of their times. Their experiences shape their behavior and make it difficult, sometimes, for managers to achieve a cohesive 16 mission at the workplace.
Larry and Meagan Johnson discuss all this in greater detail in a new book, "Getting the Most from an Age-Diverse Workforce," published by Amacom Press.
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
- We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
- Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
- This shop has a good assortment of goods to choose from.该店各色货物俱全，任君选择。
- She was wearing an odd assortment of clothes.她穿着奇装异服。
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
- Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
- The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our interns also greet our guests when they arrive in our studios. 我们的实习生也会在嘉宾抵达演播室的时候向他们致以问候。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
- The interns work alongside experienced civil engineers and receive training in the different work sectors. 实习生陪同有经验的国内工程师工作，接受不同工作部门的相关培训。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
- In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
- These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
- The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
- There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
- I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
- She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
- His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
- They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
- The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。
- Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
- The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。