life in the future（reference for teaching）

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1、Lifeinthefuture（ReferenceforTeaching）ReferenceforTeaching　　I．异域风情　　l.AmericanTeenagers　　Therearemorethan35millionAmeri-cansbetweentheagesof13and19．Theyarethenationsteenagers．Theyexpressthem-selveswiththeirownmusic．clothesandlan-guage．Theyhavetheemotionsofachildinthebodyofanadult．Theywantto

2、befreeandindependent，Yettheyalsowanttobetakencareof．Manyteenagersdisagreewiththeirparentsabouthowmuchfreedomtheyshouldhave．Somedisobeytheirparents．Theysaytheirparentsdonotunderstandthem．　　TheNEWYORKTIMESnewspapersays1956wastheyearoftheteenager．ThatwaswhentheworldTEENAGEwasfirstusedtoidenti

3、fythecultureofyoungAmeri-cans．Inthe1950s，teenagersbeganrebellingagainstadults．Teenagersdidnotwanttobe　　liketheirparents．Theywantedtolistentotheirownmusic，rock-and-roll．Theywantedtoweardifferentkindofclothes．Theywantedtousedifferentexpressionstocom-municatewitheachother．　　Manymoviesshowedth

4、isrebellingbyteenagers．OneofthemostfamouswasREB—ELWITHOUTACAUSE．ItstaredJamesDeanasatroubleteenager．Onepopularplayshowedteenagersinafunnyway．ItwascalledBYEBYEBIRDlE．ThismusicwasproducedonBroadwayinNewYorkin1960．Lateritwasmadeintoamovie．BYEBYEBIRDlEtellswhathappenstoanAmericanfamilywhenafam

5、ousrock-and-rollsingervisitstheirtown．Thefatherofthefamilydoesnotunderstandteenagers．　　TodayAmericanteenagersspentalotofmoneybuyingrecords，clothesandelectronicdevices．Theyalsospendalotonentertain-ment．Lastyearteenagersspentalmost100thousandmilliondollars．TheNEWYORKTIMESsaysthatwasmorethant

6、heirpar-entsspentonthosethings．WheredoAmeri-canteenagersgetallthismoney?Manyofthemhavepart-timejobs．Sometakecareofchildren．Othersworkatfastfoodrestau-rants．Theyearnabout4dollarsanhour．　　Manyteenagersdonothavejobs．Instead,theyreceivemoneyfromtheirparents．They　　mightgetasmuchas20dollarsaweek

7、．TheyarepermittedtospendthiSanywaytheychoose．　　ThelivesofmostAmericanteenagerstodayareorganizedaroundtheexperienceofhighschool．Studentsusuallybeginwithschoolattheageof13or14．Someleaveattheageof16．Butmostcompletethe4-yearhighschoolprogram．Theydonotgettheirfirst