新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解 Unit3.pdfVIP

新视野三版 读写B2 U3 Text A Journeythroughtheodysseyyears 1Mostof usknowaboutthe phasesof lifewhich we labelto paralleldifferent age groups and life stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.Wethinkof infancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,with each unique phase bringing its own peculiar set of challenges. These challengescan beovercome byacquaintingourselveswith them, suchasthe childsneedtolearn,theadultsneedtofindtherightcareerandbuildafamily, andtheseniorsneedforsupportandgoodhealthcare. Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging. 3 In previous times, people didnt have a solid idea of childhood as being separate from adulthood. A hundred years ago, no one thought of adolescence. Untilrecentlyitwas understoodasa normthattheir inductionto adulthoodwascompletedassoonastheygraduatedfromcollege.Theywould nowfind a sensiblejob which would leadto a career.Then duringthis career theywouldstartafamily, ideallybeforetheyturned30. 4 Today we have an equivalent need to recognize a new phase of life that comesafterhighschoolgraduation,continuesthroughcollege,andthen leads to starting afamily and havinga career,the so-called odysseyyears. Recent trends show radical changes as young people are following a different agenda. They take breaks from school, live with friends and often returnto livingwiththeir parents.Similarly,theyfall inandoutoflove,quitone job andtryanotherorevenshifttoanewcareer.So,we needtorecognizethis newstage,theodysseyyears,which manynowconsidertobeanunavoidable stageinreachingadulthood. 5 People who were born prior to the 60s or 70s in the last century tended to frame their concept of adulthood based upon achieving certain accomplishments:movingawayfromhome,becomingfinanciallyindependent, findingtherightspouseandstartingafamily. Butthatemphasisonstabilitydid notremainstatic.Today,young peopleareunlikelytodothesame.Duringthe odysseyyears, a highproportionofyoung peoplearedelaying marriage,child bearing,