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新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文Journey through the
odyssey ye
新视野三版 读写 B2 U3 Text A
Journey through the odyssey years
1 Most of us know about the phases of life which we label to parallel
different age groups and life stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old
age. We think of infancy before childhood and middle age before old age,
with each unique phase bringing its own peculiar set of challenges. These
challenges can be overcome by acquainting ourselves with them, such as the
child's need to learn, the adult's need to find the right career and build a family,
and the senior's need for support and good health care. 2 Interestingly, ideas
about the stages of life are changing.
3 In previous times, people didn't have a solid idea of childhood as being
separate from adulthood. A hundred years ago, no one thought of
adolescence. Until recently it was understood as a norm that their induction
to adulthood was completed as soon as they graduated from college. They would
now find a sensible job which would lead to a career. Then during this career they
would start a family, ideal y before they turned 30.
4 Today we have an equivalent need to recognize a new phase of life that
comes after high school graduation, continues through college, and then leads to
starting a family and having a career, the so-cal ed odyssey years. Recent trends
show radical changes as young people are fol owing a
different agenda. They take breaks from school, live with friends and often
return to living with their parents. Similarly, they fall in and out of love, quit
one job and try another or even shift to a new career. So, we need to recognize
this new stage, the odyssey years, which many now consider to be an
unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood.
5 People who were born prior to the 60s or 70s in the last century tended to
frame their concept of adulthood based upon achieving certain
accomplishments: moving away from home, becoming financial y
independent, finding the right spouse and starting a family. But that emphasis on
stability did not remain static. Today, young people are unlikely to do the same.
During the odyssey years, a high proportion of young people are delaying
marriage, child bearing, and even employment.
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