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新概念英语第四册：Youth青年

Firstlistenandthenanswerthefollowingquestion:

听录音，然后答复以下问题。

Howdoesthewriterliketotreatyoungpeople?

Peoplearealwaystalkingabout”theproblemofyouth”.If

thereisone--whichItakeleavetodoubt--thenitisolderpeople

whocreateit,nottheyoungthemselves.Letusgetdownto

fundamentalsandagreethattheyoungareafterallhumanbeings

--peoplejustliketheirelders.Thereisonlyonedifference

betweenanoldmanandayoungone:theyoungmanhasaglorious

futurebeforehimandtheoldonehasasplendidfuturebehindhim:

andmaybethatiswheretherubis.

WhenIwasateenager,IfeltthatIwasjustyounganduncertain

--thatIwasanewboyinahugeschool,andIwouldhavebeenvery

pleasedtoberegardedassomethingsointerestingasaproblem.

Foronething,beingaproblemgivesyouacertainidentity,and

thatisoneofthethingstheyoungarebusilyengagedinseeking.

Ifindyoungpeopleexciting.Theyhaveanairoffreedom,and

theynotadrearycommitmenttomeanambitionsorloveofcomfort.

Theyarenotanxioussocialclimbers,andtheyhavenodevotionto

materialthings.Allthisseemstometolinkthemwithlife,and

theoriginsofthings.It”sasiftheywere,insomesense,cosmic

beingsinviolentandlovelycontrastwithussuburbancreatures.

AllthatisinmymindwhenImeetayoungperson.Hemaybeconceited,

ill-mannered,presumptuousorfatuous,butIdonotturnfor

protectiontodrearyclichesaboutrespectofelders--asifmere

agewereareasonforrespect.Iacceptthatweareequals,andI

willarguewithhim,asanequal,ifIthinkheiswrong.

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