新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)Unit+5+文本(課文單詞)

Unit5Journeythroughtheodysseyyears

odysseyn.艱難歷程；漫長(zhǎng)的歷險(xiǎn)旅程

phasen.階段；時(shí)期

labelvt.貼標(biāo)簽于；用標(biāo)簽標(biāo)明

parallelvt.與…相當(dāng)或相似；與…平行

adolescencen.青春期

peculiara.為某人/某地/某事物所特有的；奇怪的；異常的

acquaintvt.介紹；使認(rèn)識(shí)；使了解

previousa.以前的；先前的

inductionn.就職；入門；就職儀式

sensiblea.合理的；切合實(shí)際的；明智的

equivalenta.等值的；同等的；相當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

n.等價(jià)物；等同物；對(duì)應(yīng)物

so-calleda.如此稱呼的；號(hào)稱的

radicala.（改變或方式）徹底的，根本的；激進(jìn)的；前衛(wèi)的

agendan.日常工作事項(xiàng)

quitV.離開(kāi)（工作崗位、學(xué)校等）；離任；離校

shiftV.（使）移動(dòng)；（使）轉(zhuǎn)移（地點(diǎn)或位置）

n.（想法、做法等的）改變

priora.先前的；之前的；事先的

framevt.（小心措辭以）表達(dá)

n.框架；邊框

spousen.配偶

stabilityn.穩(wěn)固；穩(wěn)定

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statica.不動(dòng)的；不變化的；不發(fā)展的；靜（止）的

proportionn.部分；份額

saddlev,給（馬）裝鞍具；裝上馬鞍

n.馬鞍；（自行車、摩托車等的）車座

heirn.繼承人

rebeln.造反者；反叛者

vi.造反；反抗（權(quán)威或常規(guī)）

rebelliousa.叛逆的；反叛的；反抗的

resentvt.對(duì)…感到憤恨（不滿）

fluida.不固定的；易變的

n.液（體）

resortvi.訴諸（不好的事物）

n.度假勝地

distractvt.分散，轉(zhuǎn)移（注意力）

allowancen.體諒；原諒；定期補(bǔ)貼；津貼

transitionn.過(guò)渡；轉(zhuǎn)變；變遷

predictvt.預(yù)言；預(yù)料；預(yù)測(cè)

guidelinen.指導(dǎo)方針；指導(dǎo)原則

versionn.版本；改編形式；（根據(jù)個(gè)人的觀點(diǎn)對(duì)事件的）描述，說(shuō)法

statusn.社會(huì)地位（尤指與其他人相比）

stablea.穩(wěn)定的；不變的

boomvi.（國(guó)家、地區(qū)或行業(yè)）繁榮，迅速發(fā)展

apartad.（空間、時(shí)間方面）成距離，相間隔

a.分離的；分隔的

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implicita.隱含其中的；不明言的

consideringprep&conj.考慮到；鑒于

contemporarya.當(dāng)代的

witnessvt.是發(fā)生（某事件）的時(shí)間或地點(diǎn)；目擊，親眼看見(jiàn)

deceivevt,欺騙

outsetn.從開(kāi)頭時(shí)；從一開(kāi)始

resumen.個(gè)人簡(jiǎn)歷

up-to-datea.包含最新信息的

reinforcevt.加強(qiáng)，強(qiáng)化（觀點(diǎn)、思想或感覺(jué)）

Phrasesandexpressions:

acquaintoneselfwithsth.使自己了解某事；使自己知悉某事

priortosth.在某事之前；先于某事

baseupon/on以…為基礎(chǔ)；以…為根據(jù)

saddlesb.withsth.使某人承擔(dān)苦差事；使某人負(fù)重?fù)?dān)

keepadistancefrom保持距離

runawayfrom（尤指）秘密地逃跑；出逃

getawayfrom擺脫（困難或不愉快的事，或某種限制）

distractsb.fromsth.分散（某人的）注意力；使（某人）分心

givewayto被…取代

apartfrom除…之外；此外

haveaneffecton對(duì)…產(chǎn)生作用

odoingsth.欺騙某人做某事

backoff放棄；退出

wonderat對(duì)…感到驚訝

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Journeythroughtheodysseyyears

1.Mostofusknowaboutthephasesoflifewhichwelabeltoparalleldifferentage

groupsandlifestages:childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andoldage.Wethinkof

infancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,witheachuniquephase

bringingitsownpeculiarsetofchallenges.Thesechallengescanbeovercomeby

acquaintingourselveswiththem,suchasthechild'sneedtolearn,theadult'sneedto

findtherightcareerandbuildafamily,andthesenior\needforsupportandgood

healthcare.

2.Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging.

3.Inprevioustimes,peopledidn'thaveasolidideaofchildhoodasbeingseparate

fromadulthood.Ahundredyearsago,noonethoughtofadolescence.Untilrecentlyit

wasunderstoodasanormthattheirinductiontoadulthoodwascompletedassoonas

theygraduatedfromcollege.Theywouldnowfindasensiblejobwhichwouldleadto

acareer.Thenduringthiscareertheywouldstartafamily,ideallybeforetheyturned

30.

4.Todaywehaveanequivalentneedtorecognizeanewphaseoflifethatcomesafter

highschoolgraduation,continuesthroughcollege,andthenleadstostartingafamily

andhavingacareer,theso-calledodysseyyears.Recenttrendsshowradicalchanges

asyoungpeoplearefollowingadifferentagenda.Theytakebreaksfromschool,live

withfriendsandoftenreturntolivingwiththeirparents.Similarly,theyfallinandout

oflove,quitonejobandtryanotherorevenshifttoanewcareer.So,weneedto

recognizethisnewstage,theodysseyyears,whichmanynowconsidertobean

unavoidablestageinreachingadulthood.

5.Peoplewhowerebompriortothe60sor70sinthelastcenturytendedtoframe

theirconceptofadulthoodbaseduponachievingcertainaccomplishments:moving

awayfromhome,becomingfinanciallyindependent,findingtherightspouseand

startingafamily.Butthatemphasisonstabilitydidnotremainstatic.Today,young

peopleareunlikelytodothesame.Duringtheodysseyyears,ahighproportionof

youngpeoplearedelayingmamage,childbearing,andevenemployment.

6.Theodysseyyearscansaddleyoungpeoplewithenormouspressuretomove

forwardquickly.Asthesoleheirandfocusoftheirparents9expectations,hopesand

dreams,somereactwithrebelliousandpridefulattitudesandbehaviortowardtheir

parents.Theyoftenresentthepressuretheyarefeelingandkeepadistancefromtheir

parentsorevenrunawayfromhome.Theirconfusioncomesfromthedifficultiesto

makeparentsunderstandthemandthefluidjourneyofdiscoverytheyneedinthis

phaseoftheirlives.Togetawayfromthisconfusionandupset,manyyoungpeople

resorttocomputergames,iPods,iPhones,oriPads,tohelpdistractthemfromtheir

painandstress.

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7.Likewise,theirparentsarefeelingmoreanxious.Theymaymakeallowancesfora

transitionphasefromstudentlifetoadultlife,buttheygetupsetwhentheyseethe

transitionoftheirgrownchildren9slivesmovingawayfromtheirexpectationsand

stretchingfiveyearstosevenyears,andbeyond.Theparentsdon'tevendetectaclear

senseofdirectionintheirchildren'slives.Theylookatthemandseethethingsthat

arebeingdelayed.

8.It'shardtopredictwhat'snext.Newguidelineshaven'tbeenestablishedyet,and

everythingseemstogivewaytoalesspermanentversionofitself.There9sbeena

shiftinthestatusandbalanceofpowerbetweenthegenders,too.Morewomenare

gettingdegreesthanmen.Malewageshaveremainedstableoverthepastdecades,

whilefemalewageshaveboomed.

9.Apartfromanythingelse,thishashadanimpliciteffectoncourtship.Educated

womencangetmanyofthethingstheywant,suchassecurity,accomplishment,and

identitywithoutmarriage.However,bothgendersarehavingahardertimefinding

suitablematestobuildtheirliveswith.Consideringallofthis,it'sbeneficialtoknow

thateventhoughgraduatesaredelayingmanythingsaftercollege,surveysshowthey

stillholdhighlytraditionalaspirations.Forexample,thiscontemporarygeneration

ratesparenthoodevenmorehighlythanpreviousgenerationsdid!

10.Thisnewphasewilllikelygrowmorepronouncedinthecomingyears.Nations

aroundtheworldhavewitnessedsimilartrendstowarddelayingmarriageand

spendingmoreyearsthanevershiftingbetweenhighereducationa