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The aims about writing this article In this article, the author discuss the responsibilities of both generations. From a son’s point of view, he points out that young people should understand the importance of their past, they should have more interest and respect for what their parents stand for. From a father’s point of view, he also advices old people to show understanding to young people’s great interest in the future, and warns them not to keep lecture the young starting with the expression of “in my day”. * B T L E W Word Study 1. stir v. a. to move food around in a dish using a spoon or other objects搅动 b. to make sb. feel upset, or enthusiastic激怒 c. to move or be moved slightly by wind摇动，晃动 Examples: Please stir the soup before tasting it. The murder has stirred (up) a lot of ill feeling in the community. The soft breeze stirs the leaves. 柔和的微风摇动着树叶 Lesson 13 - In My Day Text Analysis It is one of the reasons why there is generation gap between parents and children. The parents always like to talk about their past to the children because that was once their “future” they dreamed of and struggled for. But for the children, they are indifferent to the parents’ “future” because it is past for them. They are now dreaming for their future. This is the dispute of time. The end of General Analysis. Lesson 13- In My Day Question: What does the author mean by “a dispute about time”? (53) ? Sentence Paraphrase 10 If a parent does lift the curtain a bit, it is often only to stun the young with some exemplary tale of how much harder life was in the old days. (46) a moral lesson If a parent does tell his children a little bit about the past, he/she will usually just say how much harder life was in the old days. Metaphor: lift the curtain of life and let you see a story serving as a model go to 11 Lesson 13- In My Day Sentence Paraphrase 11 It irritated me that their childhood should be, as I thought, so easy when my