东北大学《大学英语》课件-unit03talking about families.pdf

Text C Living at Home Is a New Trend in US Mairam Mansy is 22 and quickly reaching adulthood.She will get a diploma from the University this summer and launch a career in sales.That may be due,in part,to worries that they will not get a job in todays tough economy.Fifty-three per cent of respondents in that survey said they did not expect to have any job offers by the time they graduate.Yet she is not totally ready to live on her own like an adult.In fact,a recent online survey found that 61 per cent of college seniors at 1,350 colleges across the US intend to move home for some time following graduation.Text C Frank Furstenberg,a sociology professor,believes the phenomenon of 20-somethings living at home is part of a much larger shift in society that has been going on for almost 50 years.In the middle of the last century,people went into marriage and set up their own household.Today,education has become a lengthier process.People cannot just enter the labor force and form a family in their late teens or early 20s.It requires more skills and more material resources than was the case a half century ago,Furstenberg said.However,fear of joblessness is not the only factor that sends graduates back home.Debt,divorce or simply an attachment to the comforts of a ready-made home and a large savings account are other factors.Text C Its so time-consuming if you dont live with your parents and you have to do your own laundry and cooking and cleaning.Staying at home allows you to save up money,said Bob Hayes,25,who has lived at home throughout college and two years of graduate school.Another factor that keeps many young adults at home is their dislike for the alternative.House-sharing can bring problems of co-tenants not paying for their share of the rent and putting up with others living habits.Some critics counter by saying that haggling over the rent and struggling to make ends meet in a shabby apartment are necessary steps in the growing-up ladder.Text C However,young adults who stay at home disagree.I feel its possible to establish yourself even with your parents,said Hayes.In fact,Hayes and most of the live-at-home young adults in the US are sharing the expense as well as household chores with their parents.And Hayes goes so far as to say staying at home will make him more successful as an adult.Besides the ready-made-home convenience,he has also had more opportunities to seek advice on his chosen career,electrical engineering,from his father,who is a professional in the field.This live-at-home trend is sometimes viewed as a sign of laziness or a lack of self-reliance among the young.Furstenberg disagrees.It is a sign that theyre at home doing what they should be doing,but they simply dont have the financial means by which they can live independently,he says.(491 words)trend n.general direction in which sth.tends to move 倾向；趋向 In the modern society there is a growing trend towards smaller families.In some factories,the replacement of human workers by robots seems to be a trend.adulthood n.the period during which a person or animal is fully grown 成人期 The transition from childhood to adulthood is always a critical time for everybody.In the passage of human life,middle age is the phase that follows young adulthood and precedes old age.diploma n.a document issued by an educational institution 文凭；毕业证书 Failure in a required subject may result in the denial of a diploma.Firm belief in God stands at 74 percent among Canadians without a high-school diploma and at 60 percent among those with university degrees.totally adv.entirely;completely 完全地；彻底地 It is wrong to regard our work as totally good or as completely bad.Living on my own is a totally different experience for three main reasons:being more responsible,more decisive and more creative.online adj.directly connected so that a computer immediately receives an input from or sends an output to a peripheral process 在线的；联机的 Though faced with many difficulties,he would not give up online learning.How someone imagines an online friend is often quite different from the real person.survey n.an investigation of public opinion 调查 A new survey has revealed that over 87 percent of 11 to 16 year-olds use a mobile phone.According to a recent survey,employees in many companies today work longer hours than employees did in 1979.tough adj.demanding or troubling;difficult 费力的；困难的 American football has a reputation for being a tough and dangerous game.Anne is having a tough time giving up a habit she has had since getting married at the age of 15.economy n.a condition or system of a communitys wealth creation 经济；经济体系 Experts of all kinds offered new ideas on how to improve the local economy.Some bankers had even begun to fear that the economy was growing too fast.respondent n.one who gives an answer 答复者 Only 62 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with their current standard of living.A respondent is a person who answers a questionnaire or a request for information of some ki