一、聽獨白

• Monologue: The following monologue is about some causes of the generation gap（代溝）.

• <strong>One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity（機會、時機 ）that young people have to choose their own life-styles.

• that young people have 為定語從句，先行詞為opportunity；to choose their own life-styles為不定式短語作定語，修飾opportunity。

• 本句容易錯誤理解為have to choose their own life-styles

• <strong>In traditional societies（傳統社會）, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and approve of （贊成，批准）, and often to continue the family occupation（職業）.

• Expect sb to do sth 期盼……做……，to do sth 為不定式做賓語補語，其被結構為：be expected to do.

• to live , to marry ,to continue 為平行結構，都是做expect的賓語補語，其中to marry 的賓語people後面還帶了一個定語從句。

•<strong> In our society, however, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out （搬出）of the family home at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.

• 本句中travel，move out ，marry or live，choose為平行結構，當有幾個並列成分時，前面幾個可以用逗號連接，最後一個用and連接。

• whom their parents have never met為定語從句，先行詞為people。

•<strong> In our upwardly（上升的） mobile（移動的） society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do.

<strong>• Often, however, the ambitions（抱負） that parents have for their children （定從）are another cause of the division（分歧） between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with （與……相同）each other. Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society （定從）is another cause of the generation gap.

<strong>• In a traditional culture（文化）, elderly（上了年紀的）people are valued for their wisdom（智慧）, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete（過時的） overnight（一夜之間的，形容很快的）. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated（分開） by different skills and abilities（技能）. No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature（特色） of American life for some time to come.

二、填空練習

One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose 1 (they) own life-styles. In traditional societies, when children grow up, they 2 (expect) to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and often to continue the family occupation. In our society, however, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry or live with people 3 their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from 4 of their parents.

In our society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were 5 (able) to do. Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the 6 (divide) between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.

Finally, the speed 7 which changes take place in our society is another cause of the generation gap. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their 8

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