L57/58-New Asian Generation 亚洲新
【积累】
1. generation 代,同时代的人 ; 代沟 generation gap
年轻/年老的一代 the younger / older generation
2. 效法某人,步某人的后尘 follow in one's footsteps
3. 高等教育 higher education
中等教育 secondary education
初等/基本教育 elementary education
4. 开启……之门,为……提供机会 open doors to……
Learning a foreign language will open doors to more interesting.
5. 使A接触到B expose A to B
TV exposes kids to new ideas from other countries.
6. 有其父必有其子 Like father, like son.
7.思想开明的,心胸宽的 open-minded
8.厌烦,受够了 be fed up with……
Your behavior reflects you upbringing.
9. live by… 按照……(原则)做人处事
live on… 以……为生
The man doesn't live by what he preaches. 这个男人言行不一
A man with a family can't live on such a small salary. 一个有家的男人无法靠这点微薄的薪水维持生活。
10.好个疯子 What a nut !
11. 辱骂某人 call someone names: call my dad names
12.无论如何 No matter what / Anyway, he is still my dad.
13.过去10年多来 in the past ten years / over the last ten years
14.他甚至还买50年代样式的衣服给我。
He even buys clothes for me, the styles of which belong to the fifties.
【语法 | 句子 | 仿写】
》the same +名词+ as… 和……相同的
as 可视为准关系代词,即可做连词亦可做关系代词。换言之,as可视为关系代词,在所引导的定语从句中做主语,宾语或表语。即 = as +前面的名词+ 关系代词(who whom which that)
1.做主语: I have exactly the same car as was described in the magazine.
2.做宾语:I have the same book as you do.
3.做be动词后面的表语(通常省略be):
He is not the same man as he used to (be).
》关系代词所有格whose, 不管先行词是人/物,关系代词所有格一律用whose
1.whose前要有先行词。
2.whose之后的名词在whoes引导的定语从句中做主语。宾语。否则要将whose前的介词移至定语从句句尾。
I try to be friendly to Tom, whose sister I would like to make friends with.
【Simin 的转述】
Today, I learn about the lives of the older generation in the past century. And I thank my good lucky stars because I was born in the new era.
In the past, the children had very few choice. They would usually follow in their father's footsteps and do the same kind of job as their father. But now, young people have higher education which opens doors to new kinds of jobs and TV exposes us to ideas form other cultures. Obviously, our life is more colorful and we can do many things that our parents never dreamed of. We can invest in stocks or dye our hair purple. But there are some young people who are getting into trouble with sex and drugs. If your children are doing all this, you have a reason to be worried.