100篇短文突破高考英语词汇word文档及朗读MP3（26-30篇）.docVIP

第26篇 The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held(普遍认为的)image(印象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious(和谐的) than it has ever been in the past. We were surprised by just how positive todays young people seem to be about their families, said one member of the research team Theyre expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well Theres more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They dont want to rock the boat. So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30years ago to treat their children as friends. 揗y parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,?says 17-year-old Daniel. 揑 always tell them when Im going out to a club. As long as they know what Im doing, they抮e fine with it. ?Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. Looking back on the last lo years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation For example, as long as Id done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I assume my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that. Maybe this positive view of family Life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as diverse beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time