中英双语 纽约时报 千禧一代并不如“雪花一样脆弱”.docxVIP

What everyone gets wrong about millennial snowflakes千禧一代并不如“雪花一样脆弱”I know the ultimate millennial. She owns a bicycle in lieu of a car, goes to yoga class at least twice a week, grows her own bean sprouts and works side-gigs instead of for a full-time employer – she left a budding career as an economist to pursue her dream of being a comedian.我认识一个超级千禧一代。她用自行车来代替汽车，她每周至少上两次瑜伽课，她还会自己发豆芽，她没有全职工作，只是四处打打零工——她放弃了经济学家这份刚刚崭露头角的职业，梦想着成为一名喜剧演员。The problem is, shes not a millennial. She’s a baby boomer in her late 50s.问题是，她其实不是千禧一代，而是婴儿潮一代，现在已经快60岁了。It’s true that each generation is shaped by demographics, historic events and economic forces. Like, of course, the Great Recession: worldwide, young adults now earn up to 20% below their average compatriot; 30 years ago, they earned more. Or education trends: in the US, Gen Y is more likely to have gone to university – but, as the cost of education has skyrocketed, also to be in massive student debt.没错，每一代人都会因为人口状况、历史事件和经济环境被赋予不同的特质。例如大萧条：从全球范围来看，现在年轻成年人的收入最多比其他年龄段人口少20%；而在30年前，年轻成年人的收入反而高于平均水平。再比如教育趋势：在美国，Y世代上大学的比例更高——但随着大学教育费用飙升，他们的学生贷款债务也大幅增加。But when it comes to millennials, these analyses often go haywire. Before we know it, we’re not talking about how certain trends are squeezing all of society – and some groups in different ways than others. We’re talking about how millennials are lazy, entitled and really just need to work harder. (Even though, confusingly, they’re also workaholics).不过，针对千禧一代的分析往往杂乱无章。转眼之间，我们已经不再探讨某些趋势对整个社会的挤压作用——以及对某些群体与其他群体之间的差异，而是讨论千禧一代是如何懒惰，如何没有教养，认为他们需要更加努力地工作。（但令人困惑的是，他们其实也是工作狂）。Millennials – defined as those born between 1980 and either the mid- to late 1990s – are the generation that’s fun to hate. And whether it’s a silly trend piece about doorbells or a “generation snowflake” take-down that’s a bit more vicious, there’s often a pattern to the articles written about them.千禧一代指的是1980年到20世纪90年代中后期出生的人，他们经常成为人们憎恨的对象。无论是关于千禧一代不愿使用门铃的愚蠢分析，还是更加充满鄙视意味的雪花一代的剖析文章，往往都会遵循一套既定模式。Step one: take bad data (or n