2016考研英語閱讀真題:考研英語(二)第4篇
Against a backdrop of drastic changes in economy and population structure,
younger Americans are drawing a new 21st-century road map to success, a latest poll has found.
Across generational lines, Americans continue to prize many of the same traditional milestones of a successful life,
including getting married, having children, owning a home, and retiring in their sixties.
But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life,
they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.
Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work,
to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs,
to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life,
to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children,
and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found.
From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession,
those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life,
from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.
Young and old converge on one key point:
Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations.
Whlie younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospects for those starting out today,
big majorities in both groups believe those "just getting started in life"
face a tougher a good-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.
Pete Schneider considers the climb tougher today.
Schneider, a 27-yaear-old auto technician from the Chicago suburbs says he struggled to find a job after graduating from college.
Even now that he is working steadily, he said."
I can't afford to pay ma monthly mortgage payments on my own, so I have to rent rooms out to people to mark that happen."
Looking back, he is struck that his parents could provide a comfortable life for their children even though neither had completed college when he was young."
I still grew up in an upper middle-class home with parents who didn't have college degrees,"Schneider said.
"I don't think people are capable of that anymore."
一項最新的民意調查發(fā)現(xiàn),面對經(jīng)濟和人口結構的巨大變化,
年輕的美國人正在尋找21世紀的成功之道。
縱觀歷代美國人,他們仍然推崇很多不變的成功生活的傳統(tǒng)里程碑,
包括結婚、生子、安家落戶和在60多歲的時候退休。
盡管年輕人和老年人通常對于什么構成了充實人生的終點持相同意見,
但他們就實現(xiàn)充實人生的方式有著截然不同的看法。
該調查發(fā)現(xiàn),比起老年人,那些仍然處在生活起跑線的年輕人更加推崇他們在工作中的個人成就,
更加認同通過定期換工作來推進職業(yè)生涯,
更喜歡具備更多公共服務的社區(qū)和更加快節(jié)奏的生活,
更堅信夫妻在結婚或者撫育孩子之前應該有經(jīng)濟上的保障,
更主張父母雙方都在外工作才可給孩子提供最好的生活。
從職業(yè)到社區(qū)到家庭,這些鮮明的對比表明,在嚴重的經(jīng)濟大蕭條的余波之后,
那些人生剛剛起步的人正在明確需要優(yōu)先處理的重要事項和期望,它們幾乎會逐漸延伸至美國生活的方方面面,
小到消費者喜好到住房模式,大到政治。
年輕人和老年人在關鍵的一點上見解相同:
兩個陣營的絕大多數(shù)人都認為,比起前幾代人,今天年輕人的人生起步更加艱難。
盡管相比他們的長輩,對于現(xiàn)在處于起步階段的人的前景,在某種程度上年輕人更加樂觀一些,
但兩個陣營的多數(shù)人都認為,相比之前的幾代人,“人生剛剛起步”的人在獲得諸如
擁有薪酬豐厚的工作、成家、管理債務以及找到經(jīng)濟適用的住房等標志性成就上會更加困難。
皮特·施耐德認為,現(xiàn)今這段攀登之路更加艱難。
施耐德是一位來自芝加哥郊區(qū)的27歲的汽車技師。他說自己從大學畢業(yè)后就努力找工作。
即使現(xiàn)在他工作穩(wěn)定,
他說:“我自己負擔不起每月的住房貸款,所以我不得不把房子出租給別人,這樣才能支付月供?!?/P>
回首以前,他感到不可思議:在他年輕的時候,他的父母居然有能力給他們的孩子提供一個舒適的生活,即使他們沒有一個上過大學。
施耐德說:“我的父母沒有大學文憑,但我依舊能成長在一個中產(chǎn)階級偏上的家庭,
我認為現(xiàn)在的人們再也無法做到了。”
重點單詞
affordable[?'f?:d?bl]adj. 支付得起的,不太昂貴的
mortgage['m?:gid?]n. 按揭,抵押貸款
vt. 抵押
spread[spred]v. 伸展,展開,傳播,散布,鋪開,涂撒
community[k?'mju:niti]n. 社區(qū),社會,團體,共同體,公眾,[生]群落
survey[s?:'vei]v. 調查,檢查,測量,勘定,縱覽,環(huán)視
capable['keip?bl]adj. 有能力的,足以勝任的,有 ... 傾向的
prospectsn. 預期;前景;潛在顧客;遠景展望
overwhelming['?uv?'welmi?]adj. 勢不可擋的,壓倒的
retiring[ri'tai?ri?]adj. 靦腆的,隱居的,不喜社交的 動詞retire的
fulfillment[ful'film?nt]n. 滿足,完成,履行
小編說:時間從來都是很快的流逝,尤其是對于忙碌的人,今天的你如果感覺天黑來的很快,那么請慶幸你的忙碌,這樣的忙碌帶來不僅是成績的提升,還同時在提升你的個人能力,讓你在將來比其他人更快的步入財務相對自由的狀態(tài),高學歷不僅是成績的印證,更是能力的代表??!改變,就從你加入秋季集訓營開始!2018考研大綱發(fā)布 新增考點名師解讀 秋季集訓 提升成績 更提升個人能力
秋季提升需注意 | ||
重點關注 | 金九銀十 精準擇校 | 讀懂院校招簡,復習不跑偏 |
考研報名流程注意事項全解析 | 考研名師帶著走 視頻免費666 | |
2018考研知識“秋季提升”大作戰(zhàn) | 不得不知的考研大綱解讀 | 2018年考研報名注意事項問答專欄 |
2022考研初復試已經(jīng)接近尾聲,考研學子全面進入2023屆備考,跨考為23考研的考生準備了10大課包全程準備、全年復習備考計劃、目標院校專業(yè)輔導、全真復試模擬練習和全程針對性指導;2023考研的小伙伴針也已經(jīng)開始擇校和復習了,跨考考研暢學5.0版本全新升級,無論你在校在家都可以更自如的完成你的考研復習,暑假集訓營帶來了院校專業(yè)初步選擇,明確方向;考研備考全年規(guī)劃,核心知識點入門;個性化制定備考方案,助你贏在起跑線,早出發(fā)一點離成功就更近一點!
考研院校專業(yè)選擇和考研復習計劃 | |||
2023備考學習 | 2023線上線下隨時學習 | 34所自劃線院??佳袕驮嚪謹?shù)線匯總 | |
2022考研復試最全信息整理 | 全國各招生院校考研復試分數(shù)線匯總 | ||
2023全日制封閉訓練 | 全國各招生院??佳姓{劑信息匯總 | ||
2023考研先知 | 考研考試科目有哪些? | 如何正確看待考研分數(shù)線? | |
不同院校相同專業(yè)如何選擇更適合自己的 | 從就業(yè)說考研如何擇專業(yè)? | ||
手把手教你如何選專業(yè)? | 高校研究生教育各學科門類排行榜 |
相關推薦
跨考考研課程
班型 | 定向班型 | 開班時間 | 高定班 | 標準班 | 課程介紹 | 咨詢 |
秋季集訓 | 沖刺班 | 9.10-12.20 | 168000 | 24800起 | 小班面授+專業(yè)課1對1+專業(yè)課定向輔導+協(xié)議加強課程(高定班)+專屬規(guī)劃答疑(高定班)+精細化答疑+復試資源(高定班)+復試課包(高定班)+復試指導(高定班)+復試班主任1v1服務(高定班)+復試面授密訓(高定班)+復試1v1(高定班) | |
2023集訓暢學 | 非定向(政英班/數(shù)政英班) | 每月20日 | 22800起(協(xié)議班) | 13800起 | 先行階在線課程+基礎階在線課程+強化階在線課程+真題階在線課程+沖刺階在線課程+專業(yè)課針對性一對一課程+班主任全程督學服務+全程規(guī)劃體系+全程測試體系+全程精細化答疑+擇校擇專業(yè)能力定位體系+全年關鍵環(huán)節(jié)指導體系+初試加強課+初試專屬服務+復試全科標準班服務 |