Unit6YouthAspirations(最新整理)

1、unit 6 youth aspirationspart itape scriptsmarket researchers estimate that the average teenager spends about$82 of their own money a week on clothing, food, and entertainment. but not all kids have time to go shopping. as a matter of fact, the amount of free time that children have has dropped about

2、 16 percent over the last several years. many call it the over-scheduled syndrome.theres been a real cultural shift in this country in the past few years. it used to be that children could participate in ballet, or gymnastics, or football in a very casual way. now theres a real emphasis and a real s

3、tress on these kids to be experts. the children are expected to become prodigies in whatever extracurricular activity it is that they choose.is it all necessary if the goal is simply to get into a selective college?administration officers at harvard university say, no.” only one-third of the student

4、s they select are academic or extracurricular prodigies. the rest are quote well- rounded and well-grounded. what were finding is that many parents now are starting to say” enough is enough, and theyre cutting back. weve found parents who are pulling their children out of all of their activities. it

5、s just too much stress on the children, too much time away from homework, time away from sleeping, time away from eating and enough, and a lot of parents now, were saying stop!tape scriptsvandalism, that is, the senseless destruction of other peoples property, seems to have become part of modern lif

6、e, and, at the same time, we have come to accept mugging, in other words, robbery with violence in our streets, as a common danger.it is interesting to note that, during the second world war when london was blacked out every night, vandalism and mugging were virtually unknown. people walked the stre

7、ets in complete darkness without fear of being attacked or robbed on their way home. there were, of course, other and more terrible dangers, and obviously petty thieves and criminals were still around. but young people did not bash up a telephone box just for the hell of it, terrorize old ladies or

8、deliberately desecrate public buildings or grounds.unit 6 step by step 3000, book iv7destruction as the result of air raids stared everyone in the face and the danger of renewed bombing was ever-present. nevertheless there was in a sense full employment. most people, with the exception of the very y

9、oung, the old and the sick, were either serving in one of the armed forces, working in factories, or otherwise engaged in helping the war effort. no one needed to be idle and there wasnt much sympathy for those who were.perhaps it is true to say that in our modern progressive society vandalism and m

10、ugging express revolt against idleness, the despair of young people who have no purpose in life and who face unemployment from the moment they leave school. statistics show that acts of this kind are mostly committed by young people, often teenagers, who seem to have come to the conclusion that soci

11、ety does not want them because theyre poorly educated, or a different race or color, or, at the very simplest, there is no outlet for their energy and high spirits.before condemning their behavior, we must realize that, as so-called responsible citizens, we have a lot to answer for. our society is g

12、eared toa living standard which these young people have little hope of achieving unless they are helped to do so. it is our job to make sure that they feel wanted, useful, and necessary to the society they live in.part ii tape scripts- what scares me most about my future is not known what i want to

13、door where i am going.- not having any money.- not being able to do things i want to do.- young people are witty, young people are creative.- i think the old ways are possibly changing and the kids who can cope with change are going to be the kids that succeed.- i think they need a hand. i think som

14、ebody needs to understand them a bit better.- they seem a lot more open-minded, they dont seem to be able to be led as much today as maybe kids of my age group - the sixties and seventies.- young people need more than anything an opportunity these days.they need a chance to take on personal challeng

15、es.b tape scriptsthe word teenager came into use in britain in the 1950s when the young began to invent and adopt their own fashions, magazines, music and style. this was the birth of what we now know as youth culture.it reached its heyday in the 60s with the advent of . swinging, london bands like

16、the beatles, the rolling stones, and of course mini-skirt. through the 70s there was flower power, hippies, teenyboppers and punk. the r980s brought the new romantics, dance music - and we also started to think about the future, ecology and all that . . . what about the future where do they see them

17、selves going. how do they feel about living in the britain of today?tape scripts- what scares me most about my future is not knowing what i want to do or where i am going.- not having any money.- not being able to do things i want to do .- young people are witty, young people are creative.- i think

18、the old ways are possibly changing and the kids who can cape with change are going to be the kids that succeed.- i think they need a hand. i think somebody needs to understand them a bit better.the word teenager came into use in britain in the 1950s when the young began to invent and adopt their own

19、 fashions, magazines, music and style. this was the birth of what we now know as youth culture.it reached its heyday in the 60s with the advent of “swinging london, “bands like the beatles, the rolling stones, and of course themini-skirt. through the 70s there was flower power, hippies, teenyboppers

20、 and punk. the i9b0s brought the new romantics, dance music - and we also started to think about the future, ecology and all that . . . what about the future? where do they see themselves going! how do they feel about living in the britain of today!when you think about young people, you might pictur

21、e dancing, clubs, music, fashion and fun. but there is an equally well-known dark side: fights, trouble, hooliganism, drugs and anarchy. is this a true picture or is there another more positive side that the media do not show?i think the young of today are having a hard time. first of all, throughou

22、t the ages back since the 40s, the 50s, young people have been portrayed very badly by the press. the press say the young . . . dont believe in anything, they dont want to do anything, they dont want to work, they dont want to get a job, they dont want to provide any help for anybody else. this, im

23、afraid, is absolute rubbish, but young people are reading this all the time.we visited the city of newcastle in the northeast of england where there is a large multi-racial community. there we met a young man of asian extraction.whats it like being a young asian person in britain today in comparison

24、 to a few years ago? is it some easier to keep separated cultural identity yet at the same time to be accepted?it didnt ten years ago or something, but gradually just started accepting it. its probably because there are more and more people from different culture backgrounds coming to this countryso

25、 people in this country are accepting it . . .these days many young people find that one of the best options open to them is to set up their own business. how can they do this especially if they have no money of their own?there is an organization in britain, which was set up specifically to help peo

26、ple in this situation. it was established to give advice to and help raise finance and provide support for new business ventures.chief executive jeremy white told us about it:“what we do is. . . we have over five and half thousand volunteers from all over the country. we attach a volunteer to each b

27、usiness, not to run the business or interfere with it but just to help the young person through that process. learning how to deal with the vat, how to negotiate with your bank manager, for example. and we give advice on how to do marketing and those skills that you need when youre starting up a bus

28、iness.this year, well start up about3,700 businesses, for example , the window cleaners. four young men from birmingham, i mean they are just embarking and that business may grow or it might just keep them in employment, but thats a great success in itself.they seem a lot more open-minded, they dont

29、 seem to be able to be led as much today as maybe kids of my age group the sixties and seventies.young people need more than anything an opportunity these days. they need a chance to take on personal challenges.part iiithe united states is in the midst of a boom in new business creations, one that i

30、s being carried out primarily by entrepreneurs in their teens, twenties and thirties. never before have so many young people started so many businesses.technology is changing everything, says kate ohalloran, who helps run a graduate entrepreneur program at babson college in wellesley, massachusetts.

31、 and no one, she says, is more tuned in to the latest technology than young people. add to that the unusually long recent period of national prosperity, mrs. ohalloran says, and you have a youthful generation with a unique outlook on life. this new generation of twenty and thirty something have neve

32、r really seen a war, theyve never really had an economic depression. they are absolutely willing and able to take more financial risks, social risks. the stigma of having a start-up that has failed is almost a badge of honor, which is certainly unique to this country and very, very different than in

33、 years past.business historian rita david agrees theres never been a period in american history where so many young people have started businesses that have made them so wealthy so quickly. but, she says, there have been periods which share some of todays characteristics. she points to the turn of t

34、he last century, the late 1800s and early 1900s as an example. it was a time of huge technological change, and youve always had tremendous opportunity when youve had tremendous change in technology. you had a huge influx of immigrants into the country, really following the notion of the american dre

35、am, which is that america was the land of infinite opportunity. it was then rita david said that scottish immigrant andrew carnegie founded a steel plant that would eventually make him the richest man in the world. it was in that period, she says, thatbanker j. p. morgan provided venture capital for such new firms as intern