57.New Asian Generation p.388
时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄中级美国英语
In the past, the children of Asia had very few choices. A son would usually follow in his father'sfootsteps and do the same kind of job as his father. But now, young people have higher education whichopens doors to new kinds of jobs. TV exposes kids to new ideas from other countries.
So, the younger generations of Asians are doing things their parents never dreamed of. They're investingin stocks 1 or dying 2 their hair purple. Unfortunately, some are also getting into trouble with sex and drugs.
Asian parents whose children are doing all this do have a reason to be worried.
generation gap 3 代沟
The generation gap seems very large today, because children today are very independent.
In the past people walked to work, because they had no cars. in the past 可以用 uesd to do 代替
accountant 4 会计师
official 文官 officer 武官
My neighbor bought the same kind of car as my father.
lousy
Don't expose yourself to too much sun in the summer.
TV 电视节目 the TV 电视机
I dreamed of Peter last night. It was awful. dream of 梦想,梦见
That's the trend 5. 潮流,时髦
creative 创意的
get into trouble with 惹上麻烦
- The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse. 经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They want to unload the stocks on the market. 他们想把股票在市场上抛售掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
- She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子,那里有一个垂死的人。
- We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
- There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。
- I'm an accountant at a foreign bank.我在一家外资银行做会计。
- He was satisfied with his earnings as an accountant.他对自己会计师的收入很满意。