全新版大学进阶英语视听说教程第3册--Unit 8 文本 .pdf

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PartIILISTENINGANDSPEAKING

LessonAMillennials

Listening

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Track8-1

TheMillennialGenerationincludespeoplebornroughlybetweentheearlynineteeneighties

andtheyeartwothousand.Thesepeopleareintheirteensandtwentiestoday,andtheyare

differentfromearliergenerationsinsomeimportantways.

Firstly,they’remoreurban.Intheearly1990s,onlyabout40percentofallpeoplelivedin

citiesworldwide.Today,duetomoreworkandeducationalopportunitiesincities,morethan50

ManyMillennialsarealsobettereducatedthanpeopleinearliergenerations.Wealth

worldwideisincreasing.Sofamilieshavemoremoneytospendoneducatingtheirchildren.In

themid1990s,forexample,Chinahadonlythreemillioncollegestudents;todaytherearemore

than25millionandthatnumberisincreasing.

Unlikeearliergenerations,manyMillennialssaytheyaremoreopentodatingormarrying

someonefromadifferentbackground,ingreatpartbecauseitseasytolearnaboutothercultures

viatheInternetandsocialmedia.IntheU.S.,arecentstudydonebythePewResearchCenter

showedthatover85%ofMillennialssaytheywoulddateormarrysomeonefromadifferent

ethnicorculturalbackground;thatnumberdroppedto55%forAmericansaged55to64yearsold.

age25;today,manywomenaremarryingatage30.Formen,thatnumberjumpedfromage28to

32.Whatscausingthischange?Forsome,theyarewaitingtomarryuntiltheyhaveagood

job—

theiridealmanorwoman.

1.beintheirteensandtwenties：十几岁、二十几岁

2.dueto：由于

3.inthemid1990s：二十世纪九十年代中期

4.ingreatpart：在很大程度上

5.thePewResearchCenter：皮尤研究中心，美国的一间独立性民调机构

Conversation

Track8–2

A:Inthepast,fewerpeopleusedtoliveincities.Todaymanymoredo.

B:That’sabigchange,andIdefinitelythinkit’sanimprovement.

A:Why’sthat?

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