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1Unit5Journeythroughtheodysseyyearsodysseyn.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2statica.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3implicita.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deceivesb.intodoingsth.欺骗某人做某事backoff放弃；退出wonderat对...感到惊讶4Journeythroughtheodysseyyears1.Mostofusknowaboutthephasesoflifewhichwelabeltoparalleldifferentagegroupsandlifestages:childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andoldage.Wethinkofinfancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,witheachuniquephasebringingitsownpeculiarsetofchallenges.Thesechallengescanbeovercomebyacquaintingourselveswiththem,suchasthechild’sneedtolearn,theadult’sneedtofindtherightcareerandbuildafamily,andthesenior’sneedforsupportandgoodhealthcare.2.Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging.3.Inprevioustimes,peopledidn’thaveasolidideaofchildhoodasbeingseparatefromadulthood.Ahundredyearsago,noonethoughtofadolescence.Untilrecentlyitwasunderstoodasanormthattheirinductiontoadulthoodwascompletedassoonastheygraduatedfromcollege.Theywouldnowfindasensiblejobwhichwouldleadtoacareer.Thenduringthiscareertheywouldstartafamily,ideallybeforetheyturned30.4.Todaywehaveanequivalentneedtorecognizeanewphaseoflifethatcomesafterhighschoolgraduation,continuesthroughcollege,andthenleadstostartingafamilyandhavingacareer,theso-calledodysseyyears.Recenttrendsshowradicalchangesasyoungpeoplearefollowingadifferentagenda.Theytakebreaksfromschool,livewithfriendsandoftenreturntolivingwiththeirparents.Similarly,theyfallinandoutoflove,quitonejobandtryanotherorevenshifttoanewcareer.So,weneedtorecognizethisnewstage,theodysseyyears,whichmanynowconsidertobeanunavoidablestageinreachingadulthood.5.Peoplewhowerebornpriortothe60sor70sinthelastcenturytendedtoframetheirconceptofadulthoodbaseduponachievingcertainaccomplishments:movingawayfromhome,becomingfinanciallyindependent,findingtherightspouseandstartingafamily.Butthatemphasisonstabilitydidnotremainstatic.Today,youngpeopleareunlikelytodothesame.Duringtheodysseyyears,ahighproportionofyoungpeoplearedelayingmarriage,childbearing,andevenemployment.6.Theodysseyyearscansaddleyoungpeoplewithenormouspressuretomoveforwardquickly.Asthesoleheirandfocusoftheirparents’expectations,hopesanddreams,somereactwithrebelliousandpridefulattitudesandbehaviortowardtheirparents.Theyoftenresentthepressuretheyarefeelingandkeepadistancefromtheirparentsorevenrunawayfromhome.Theirconfusioncomesfromthedifficultiestomakeparentsunderstandthemandthefluidjourneyofdiscoverytheyneedinthisphaseoftheirlives.Togetawayfromthisconfusionandupset,manyyoungpeopleresorttocomputergames,iPods,iPhones,oriPads,tohelpdistractthemfromtheirpainandstress.57.Likewise,theirparentsarefeelingmoreanxious.Theymaymakeallowancesforatransitionphasefromstudentlifetoadultlife,buttheygetupsetwhentheyseethetransitionoftheirgrownchildren’slivesmovingawayfromtheirexpectationsandstretchingfiveyearstosevenyears,andbeyond.Theparentsdon’tevendetectaclearsenseofdirectionintheirchildren'slives.Theylookatthemandseethethingsthatarebeingdelayed.8.It’shardtopredictwhat’snext.Newguidelineshaven’tbeenestablishedyet,andeverythingseemstogivewaytoalesspermanentversionofitself.There’sbeenashiftinthestatusandbalanceofpowerbetweenthegenders,too.Morewomenaregettingdegreesthanmen.Malewageshaveremainedstableoverthepastdecades,whilefemalewageshaveboomed.9.Apartfromanythingelse,thishashadanimpliciteffectoncourtship.Educatedwomencangetmanyofthethingstheywant,suchassecurity,accomplishment,andidentitywithoutmarriage.However,bothgendersarehavingahardertimefindingsuitablematestobuildtheirliveswith.Consideringallofthis,it’sbeneficialtoknowthateventhoughgraduatesaredelayingmanythingsaftercollege,surveysshowtheystillholdhighlytraditionalaspirations.Forexample,thiscontemporarygenerationratesparenthoodevenmorehighlythanpreviousgenerationsdid!10.This