How to bridge the generation gap英语作文汇总.doc

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1、Howtobridgethegenerationgap（一）Wecanseethatthere'retwopointsinthisdefinition.First,difference.Whatkindofdifferenceisit?Betweengenerationswecanfinddifferencesinculture,differencesintherolesofthesoci-ety;differencesinlivingstyles.Theoldliketraditionalculturewhil

2、etheyounglongforrenewal.Theoldwanttheirchildrentoactastheywishwhiletheyoungwanttowalktheirownways.Theoldarefondofrecollectingwhiletheyoungarelookingfor-wardtothefuture.Theoldliveatraditionalseriouslifewhiletheyoungpreferamodernstyle.Therearesomanydifferencesb

3、etweengenerationsbecauseeachhasadifferentdepositofcultureandexperiences.Tosomeextentgenerationgaphasbecomeasocialproblem.Yetwefinditabsolutelydifficulttosolvebecausethere'snowaytosmoothawaythesedifferences.Manypeoplethinkthatgenerationgapisamodernphrase.Butth

4、egreatphilosopherSocratesthreethousandyearsagoal-readygavehisdescriptionoftheyounginhissociety.Hesaid,"Theyhavenomannersatall.Theydespiseontheauthority,con-tradicttheirparentsandbeattheirteachers.Theydevourthefoodravenouslyandtalkonandonleavingnochancefortheo

5、thertospeak."Thusitcanbeseenthatthegenerationgaphasamuchlongerhistorythanwethought.ButIthinkwestillhaveawaytobridgeit.Doyourememberthesecondpointofitsdefinition?Generationgapdoesn'tcomefromdifferencesbetweengenerations,butresultsfromlackofun-derstandingbetwee

6、nthem,andmutualunderstandingdependsonhowwelltwogenerationscommunicate.It'sapitythatwedon'thaveenoughcommunicationnow.ButIthinkthemostterriblethingisnotthisbutourignoranceofcommunicating.AndIcantakeourdailylifeforinstance.Ontheonehand,manyparentstrytoprovidego

7、odlivingenvironmentfortheirchildren.Buttheyonlywanttheirchildrentostudywellandseldomwanttoknowwhatthey'rethinkingabout.Ontheotherhand,thechildrenarealwayscomplainingabouttheirparentsbutneitherdotheywanttounderstandtheirparents.Doyouthinkcommunicatingbetweenge

8、nerationsisdiffi-cult?Idon'tthinkso.Rememberhowyoumadeyourfirstfriend?Openyourmouththestrangerswillbecomefriends.Useyourtonguewe'llknoweachotherbetter.Andinthiswaythegenerationgapcanbebri