1、QuestionsuDo you often make decisions by yourself?Do you often make decisions by yourself?uDo your parents interfere with your Do your parents interfere with your affairs because of different ideas?affairs because of different ideas?uDo you sometimes feel difficult to Do you sometimes feel difficult

2、 to communicate with elderly people, communicate with elderly people, e.g. your parents, uncles, etc.? e.g. your parents, uncles, etc.?Generation Gap in Communication Dont limit your child to your own circle, Dont limit your child to your own circle, because they are living in different because they

3、 are living in different timestimes. .What?Different interests?Different idols?Different notions of some words?Different lifestyles?Different ways of communication?Different dreams?Different attitudes?Different interests:Different interests:Different idols:Different idols:Different lifestyles:Why?So

4、cial background?Economic status?Living environment?National policy?Various GenerationsGI Generation - high achievershigh achievers fearless but not reckless fearless but not reckless patriotic patriotic idealistic idealistic morally conscientious morally conscientious doers & believers doers & belie

5、versKennedy & Bush Various GenerationsSilent Generation - cautiouscautious unadventurous unadventurous unimaginative unimaginative withdrawn withdrawn silent silent conformity conformityVarious GenerationsBabyboom Generation - hard-workinghard-working anti-tradition anti-tradition no self-sacrifice

6、no self-sacrifice high self-esteem high self-esteem high self-indulgence high self-indulgence questioning everything questioning everythingSandwich Generation Various GenerationsLost Generation - pessimisticpessimistic mental blankness mental blankness creative in literature creative in literature H

7、eimingwayVarious GenerationsGeneration X - irresponsibleirresponsible reckless reckless uneducated uneducated violent violent children without a childhood children without a childhood lonely lonely13 ERs GenerationVarious GenerationsMillennial Generation - preciousprecious away from drugs, alcohol a

8、way from drugs, alcohol quality education quality education abstinence abstinence generation of hope generation of hopeMe GenerationVarious GenerationsGeneration EGeneration EGeneration Y (Why)Generation Y (Why)Generation NasdaqGeneration NasdaqBeat GenerationBeat GenerationWireless GenerationWirele

9、ss GenerationReasonsDifferent life goals (Chairman Mao)Different life goals (Chairman Mao)Different living environments (TV & Internet)Different living environments (TV & Internet)Different understandingsDifferent understandings (independence, bf or gf (independence, bf or gf, sex, sex) )Different c

10、oncepts of equalityDifferent concepts of equality“80后、90后”80后后“我字當頭我字當頭” “80后后”小夫妻小夫妻“閃婚閃婚”“”“閃離閃離” 成離婚高發人成離婚高發人群群 “80后后”父親與孩子爭風吃醋患上產后抑郁癥父親與孩子爭風吃醋患上產后抑郁癥 老公買錯牛奶牌子老公買錯牛奶牌子 80后小夫妻鬧離婚后小夫妻鬧離婚 “80后后”年輕夫妻為逃避刷洗買年輕夫妻為逃避刷洗買16口鍋備用口鍋備用 “80后后”媽媽命令女兒喊媽媽命令女兒喊“姐姐姐姐” “80后、90后”90后后“非常非常61” 處在幻想中的一代 靠父母給錢的孩子 靠父母給錢卻還拿

11、出來炫耀 1 1成多的學生抽過煙或喝過酒成多的學生抽過煙或喝過酒 近近2 2成的學生有兩種以上化妝品成的學生有兩種以上化妝品超過超過4 4成的學生有成的學生有4-64-6個要好朋友近個要好朋友近3 3成的學生能玩一種以成的學生能玩一種以上樂器上樂器近近5 5成的學生通過網絡來了解新聞成的學生通過網絡來了解新聞 近近6 6成的學生最欣賞崇拜影視類明星成的學生最欣賞崇拜影視類明星近近7 7成學生認為自己的生活充實而開心成學生認為自己的生活充實而開心 Comparison of “70后、后、80后、后、90后后”Attitude toward workClothingHobbiesDrinking

12、HollidayMaking friendsCase Study1. Young Chinese-American.2. Case 1 on P190.camaraderieCloseness: similar enjoyment in clothing, hairstyles, similar enjoyment in clothing, hairstyles, activities, expectations.activities, expectations. Shrinking gapchild-centeredbusy/less discipliningindependencenegl

13、ecting valuesneglecting teaching opportunitiesneglecting the relationshipDownside: diminishing respectdiminishing respect less power less power over-indulgence over-indulgence Shrinking gapConclusion Communication between people Communication between people born and brought up at different born and

14、brought up at different times is very much the same kind of times is very much the same kind of problem as communication between problem as communication between people born and brought up in people born and brought up in different places. It is actually a different places. It is actually a form of

15、intercultural form of intercultural munication.Conclusion Every generation is a “melting pot” Every generation is a “melting pot” of different kinds of people.of different kinds of people. Many generations have been Many generations have been labeled with a name reflecting their labeled with a name

16、reflecting their attitudes and actions.attitudes and actions.BrainstormingWhile travellingWhile travelling on a train in China, Jane on a train in China, Jane meets a young American couple who seem meets a young American couple who seem to be in their early thirties. As they chat, to be in their ear

17、ly thirties. As they chat, Jane asks how long they have been married. Jane asks how long they have been married. They reply they are not married, but have They reply they are not married, but have been living together for a little over 2 years. been living together for a little over 2 years. Jane pursues the issue by asking if they are Jane pursues the issue by asking if they are planning to get married, but they say they planning to get married, but they say they havent decided whether or not to get havent deci