新视野第三版第二册Unit 3.ppt

Language focus: P5 People who were born prior to the 60s or 70s in the last century tended to frame their concept of adulthood based on upon achieving certain accomplishments… Question: What items in your life can be named after “frame”? Photo frame frame of glasses frame of window frame of a bicycle Meaning: People born before the 1960s or 70s were likely to define the term adulthood according to certain accomplishments such as… Language focus: P5 But that emphasis on stability did not remain static. Today, young people are unlikely to do the same. stability n. 稳固，稳定 A situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes. 翻译： 为了实现繁荣昌盛，一个国家必须在政治、经济和社会上保持稳定。 In order to prosper, a country must have political, economic and social stability. Language focus: P5 But that emphasis on stability did not remain static. Today, young people are unlikely to do the same. static adj. 不变化的；不发展的；静止的 not moving, changing, or developing. 翻译： Although oil prices never remain static, they have, at least, been stable for the last few months. 虽然油价不会保持不变，但是至少在过去的几个月里是一直保持稳定的。 Meaning: However, stability didn’t stay the same forever since young people today are doing things differently from their parents . Implication: young people today are unlikely to behave the same way at one time considered as the norm, such as moving away fro home, becoming financially independent, finding the right spouse and starting a family right after they graduated from college . Characteristics of odyssey years Now young people react with rebellious behaviors toward their parents under enormous pressure. (P6) On the other hand, their parents feel more anxious and upset.(P7) New guidelines for this particular phase haven’t been established, so changes remain temporary.(P8) Young people delay marriage. However, they still hold traditional aspirations for parenthood.(P9) Summary: the outcomes of this phase will be more noticeable and characteristics of t