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MonologueOne 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.代沟的一个重要原因是年轻人有选择自己生活方式的机会。

在传统的社会里，当孩子长大后，他们将生活在同一地区，由于他们的父母，结婚的人，他们的父母认识并认可，而且经常继续家庭的职业。

然而，在我们的社会里，年轻人经常到很远的地方去上学，离开家，在早期的年龄，结婚或生活与父母从未见过面的人，选择不同于他们父母的职业。

在我们向上流动的社会，父母总是盼望着孩子能比他们做得更好：找到更好的工作，赚更多的钱，并尽一切，他们不能做的事情。

通常，然而，父母对孩子的野心的另一个原因是他们之间分歧。

通常，他们发现有非常小的共同之处。

最后，在我们社会中变化发生的速度是另一个原因代沟。

在传统文化中，老年人的价值在于他们的智慧，但在我们的社会知识的一生可能在一夜之间就过时了。

年轻人和老年人似乎生活在两个不同的世界，不同的技能和能力的分离。

毫无疑问，代沟将会继续一段时间来美国生活的一个特征。

PassageEnjoy the RoundMy 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”.我父亲是原银李宁的家伙。

作为一个少年，我称他为“老乐天因为他疯狂的乐观，他看到任何危机的“成长”的能力的一个机会。

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.30年来，我爸爸有一个世界上最大的公司是一个高级代表。

对他来说，艰苦的工作就是娱乐，因为涉及的工作解决问题。

这种人生观适合他的最喜欢的高尔夫比赛的哲学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.他第一次把高尔夫球放在我手里的是我十岁的时候。

我急急忙忙的就好了，他总是劝我“放松和享受的圆。

比赛结束得太快了。

“我不知道他是什么意思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.当我终于长大，高尔夫就比爸爸和我之间的游戏。

它作为一种手段，看谁这滑稽古怪的哲学家，真的，和我将要成为的那种人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.父亲是推80。

但他总是嘲笑我的关注。

现在癌症回来。

他有一个月，最多两个，他说，仅仅让我保存我的实力为高尔夫球场。

We played a course near the English village of Freckleton. During World War Ⅱmy father had served in an army on the outskirts of the village.我们踢了一场在近弗莱可顿英语村。

第一次世界大战期间，Ⅱ我父亲曾在军队对村庄的郊外。

A local told us, “There was quite a memorial service because of the bomber.”当地人告诉我们，“有相当的追悼会因为轰炸机。

I glanced at Dad. “Do you know the bomber?”His complexion had turned pale. “Yes. Come with me.”看他脸色变得苍白。

“是的。

跟我来。

”I followed him to a burying ground at the rear of a church.“How did these folks die?” I asked.人们的附属形式“They weren’t folks. They were children. Four and five-year-olds. Thirty-eight in all. One of our bombers crashed into the school.”He shut his eyes. “God, what a sight ! I remember pulling away pieces of the plane, bricks and all these precious kids inside…”他们不是人。

他们的孩子。

四和五岁的孩子。

三零八在所有。

我们的轰炸机坠毁在学校。

”他闭上眼睛。

“上帝，那景象！我记得我们搬开飞机残骸，砖和所有这些珍贵的孩子里面I saw tears gathering in my father’s eyes, “There was one girl who was always laughing. I called her Lady Sunshine. A week after the crash, I found a note on the base of bulletin board from her parents. They wondered if anybody had taken a photograph of her. I took them all the photos I had. We sat in their front parlor and cried. I’ve never experienced anything so sad.”我看见泪水在我父亲的眼睛，“那是一个女孩，总是笑。

我叫她阳光小姐。

爆炸后的一个星期，我从她的父母告示板的发现。