新视野大学英语Unit+5+文本(课文单词)

Unit5Journeythroughtheodysseyyears

odysseyn.艰难历程；漫长的历险旅程

phasen.阶段；时期

labelvt.贴标签于；用标签标明

parallelvt.与…相当或相似；与…平行

adolescencen.青春期

peculiara.为某人/某地/某事物所特有的；奇怪的；异常的

acquaintvt.介绍；使认识；使了解

previousa.以前的；先前的

inductionn.就职；入门；就职仪式

sensiblea.合理的；切合实际的；明智的

equivalenta.等值的；同等的；相当的

n.等价物；等同物；对应物

so-calleda.如此称呼的；号称的

radicala.（改变或方式）彻底的，根本的；激进的；前卫的

agendan.日常工作事项

quitV.离开（工作岗位、学校等）；离任；离校

shiftV.（使）移动；（使）转移（地点或位置）

n.（想法、做法等的）改变

priora.先前的；之前的；事先的

framevt.（小心措辞以）表达

n.框架；边框

spousen.配偶

stabilityn.稳固；稳定

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statica.不动的；不变化的；不发展的；静（止）的

proportionn.部分；份额

saddlev,给（马）装鞍具；装上马鞍

n.马鞍；（自行车、摩托车等的）车座

heirn.继承人

rebeln.造反者；反叛者

vi.造反；反抗（权威或常规）

rebelliousa.叛逆的；反叛的；反抗的

resentvt.对…感到愤恨（不满）

fluida.不固定的；易变的

n.液（体）

resortvi.诉诸（不好的事物）

n.度假胜地

distractvt.分散，转移（注意力）

allowancen.体谅；原谅；定期补贴；津贴

transitionn.过渡；转变；变迁

predictvt.预言；预料；预测

guidelinen.指导方针；指导原则

versionn.版本；改编形式；（根据个人的观点对事件的）描述，说法

statusn.社会地位（尤指与其他人相比）

stablea.稳定的；不变的

boomvi.（国家、地区或行业）繁荣，迅速发展

apartad.（空间、时间方面）成距离，相间隔

a.分离的；分隔的

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implicita.隐含其中的；不明言的

consideringprep&conj.考虑到；鉴于

contemporarya.当代的

witnessvt.是发生（某事件）的时间或地点；目击，亲眼看见

deceivevt,欺骗

outsetn.从开头时；从一开始

resumen.个人简历

up-to-datea.包含最新信息的

reinforcevt.加强，强化（观点、思想或感觉）

Phrasesandexpressions:

acquaintoneselfwithsth.使自己了解某事；使自己知悉某事

priortosth.在某事之前；先于某事

baseupon/on以…为基础；以…为根据

saddlesb.withsth.使某人承担苦差事；使某人负重担

keepadistancefrom保持距离

runawayfrom（尤指）秘密地逃跑；出逃

getawayfrom摆脱（困难或不愉快的事，或某种限制）

distractsb.fromsth.分散（某人的）注意力；使（某人）分心

givewayto被…取代

apartfrom除…之外；此外

haveaneffecton对…产生作用

odoingsth.欺骗某人做某事

backoff放弃；退出

wonderat对…感到惊讶

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Journeythroughtheodysseyyears

1.Mostofusknowaboutthephasesoflifewhichwelabeltoparalleldifferentage

groupsandlifestages:childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andoldage.Wethinkof

infancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,witheachuniquephase

bringingitsownpeculiarsetofchallenges.Thesechallengescanbeovercomeby

acquaintingourselveswiththem,suchasthechild'sneedtolearn,theadult'sneedto

findtherightcareerandbuildafamily,andthesenior\needforsupportandgood

healthcare.

2.Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging.

3.Inprevioustimes,peopledidn'thaveasolidideaofchildhoodasbeingseparate

fromadulthood.Ahundredyearsago,noonethoughtofadolescence.Untilrecentlyit

wasunderstoodasanormthattheirinductiontoadulthoodwascompletedassoonas

theygraduatedfromcollege.Theywouldnowfindasensiblejobwhichwouldleadto

acareer.Thenduringthiscareertheywouldstartafamily,ideallybeforetheyturned

30.

4.Todaywehaveanequivalentneedtorecognizeanewphaseoflifethatcomesafter

highschoolgraduation,continuesthroughcollege,andthenleadstostartingafamily

andhavingacareer,theso-calledodysseyyears.Recenttrendsshowradicalchanges

asyoungpeoplearefollowingadifferentagenda.Theytakebreaksfromschool,live

withfriendsandoftenreturntolivingwiththeirparents.Similarly,theyfallinandout

oflove,quitonejobandtryanotherorevenshifttoanewcareer.So,weneedto

recognizethisnewstage,theodysseyyears,whichmanynowconsidertobean

unavoidablestageinreachingadulthood.

5.Peoplewhowerebompriortothe60sor70sinthelastcenturytendedtoframe

theirconceptofadulthoodbaseduponachievingcertainaccomplishments:moving

awayfromhome,becomingfinanciallyindependent,findingtherightspouseand

startingafamily.Butthatemphasisonstabilitydidnotremainstatic.Today,young

peopleareunlikelytodothesame.Duringtheodysseyyears,ahighproportionof

youngpeoplearedelayingmamage,childbearing,andevenemployment.

6.Theodysseyyearscansaddleyoungpeoplewithenormouspressuretomove

forwardquickly.Asthesoleheirandfocusoftheirparents9expectations,hopesand

dreams,somereactwithrebelliousandpridefulattitudesandbehaviortowardtheir

parents.Theyoftenresentthepressuretheyarefeelingandkeepadistancefromtheir

parentsorevenrunawayfromhome.Theirconfusioncomesfromthedifficultiesto

makeparentsunderstandthemandthefluidjourneyofdiscoverytheyneedinthis

phaseoftheirlives.Togetawayfromthisconfusionandupset,manyyoungpeople

resorttocomputergames,iPods,iPhones,oriPads,tohelpdistractthemfromtheir

painandstress.

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7.Likewise,theirparentsarefeelingmoreanxious.Theymaymakeallowancesfora

transitionphasefromstudentlifetoadultlife,buttheygetupsetwhentheyseethe

transitionoftheirgrownchildren9slivesmovingawayfromtheirexpectationsand

stretchingfiveyearstosevenyears,andbeyond.Theparentsdon'tevendetectaclear

senseofdirectionintheirchildren'slives.Theylookatthemandseethethingsthat

arebeingdelayed.

8.It'shardtopredictwhat'snext.Newguidelineshaven'tbeenestablishedyet,and

everythingseemstogivewaytoalesspermanentversionofitself.There9sbeena

shiftinthestatusandbalanceofpowerbetweenthegenders,too.Morewomenare

gettingdegreesthanmen.Malewageshaveremainedstableoverthepastdecades,

whilefemalewageshaveboomed.

9.Apartfromanythingelse,thishashadanimpliciteffectoncourtship.Educated

womencangetmanyofthethingstheywant,suchassecurity,accomplishment,and

identitywithoutmarriage.However,bothgendersarehavingahardertimefinding

suitablematestobuildtheirliveswith.Consideringallofthis,it'sbeneficialtoknow

thateventhoughgraduatesaredelayingmanythingsaftercollege,surveysshowthey

stillholdhighlytraditionalaspirations.Forexample,thiscontemporarygeneration

ratesparenthoodevenmorehighlythanpreviousgenerationsdid!

10.Thisnewphasewilllikelygrowmorepronouncedinthecomingyears.Nations

aroundtheworldhavewitnessedsimilartrendstowarddelayingmarriageand

spendingmoreyearsthanevershiftingbetweenhighereducationa