公共英语三级课文第二章

2021年1月22日发(作者：邰丽华)
天行健，君子以自强不息；地势坤，君子以厚德载物。






















































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Unit 2

Home and Family
Monologue


One
important
cause
of
the
generation
gap
is
the
opportunity
that
young
people
have
to
choose their own life-styles. In traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to
live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and
often to continue the family occupation. In our society, however, young people often travel great
distances
for
their
education,
move
out
of
the
family
home
at
an
early
age,
marry
or
live
with
people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their
parents. In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they
did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do.
Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division
between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other. Finally,
the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the generation gap. In a
traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of
a
lifetime
may
become
obsolete
overnight.
The
young
and
the
old
seem
to
live
in
two
very
different
worlds,
separated
by
different
skills
and
abilities.
No
doubt,
the
generation
gap
will
continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come.

Passage
Enjoy the Round

My old man was the original Silver Lining Guy. As a teenager I called him Opti the Mystic
because
of
his
crazy
optimism
and
his
imperturbable
ability
for
seeing
any
crisis
as
“
an
opportunity for growth
”
.

For 30 years my father had been a senior representative for one of the world
’
s largest firms.
To Opti, hard work was a form of play because work involved solving problems. This life view fit
the philosophy of his favorite game-golf.

He first put a club in my hand when I was ten. I was in such a rush to be good that he would
urge me to
“
relax and enjoy the round. The game ends far too soon.
”
I didn
’
t have a clue what he
meant.

Eventually when I grew up, golf became much more than a game between Dad and
me. It
acted as a means of seeing who this funny, oddball philosopher really was, and who I needed to
become.

Dad was pushing 80. But he always laughed off my concerns. Now the cancer came back. He
had a month, two at most, he said, and merely asked me to save my strength for the golf course.

We played a course near the English village of Freckleton. During World War
Ⅱ

my father
had served in an army on the outskirts of the village.

A local told us,
“
There was quite a memorial service because of the bomber.
”


I glanced at Dad.
“
Do you know the bomber?
”


His complexion had turned pale.
“
Yes. Come with me.
”


I followed him to a burying ground at the rear of a church.

“
How did these folks die?
”
I asked.
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