The Generation Gap

Every new gener ation is differ ent f rom the one that pr eceded it . Today the differ ence is ve ry marked indeed .

Old people ar e always saying that the young are not wha t they wer e . The same comment is made f rom gener ation to gener ation and it is always true . I t has never been t rue r than it is today . The young ar e better educated . They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more f reedom . They grow up quickly and ar e not so dependent on their parents . T hey think more of themselves and do not blindly accept the idea of their elders . Events which the older gener ation remembe rs vividly ar e nothing more than past history .

Just look a t the teenage gir ls who scr eam hysterically over the pop star s and the teenage boys who copy the sta rs and grow their hair long and a re no longer ashamed of wearing “ pret ty”clothes , a re simply breaking through the Chinese tr aditional reserve and fea r of s howing their feelings . Wha t is more, nowadays most boys and girls are good companions and some of them even fall in“puppy love .”A lot of olde r people sigh and say ,“We did not use to do like this .”

Do you think the older people’s criticism stems f rom jealousy just becau se they could not or did not behave in the same way when they were young ?

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CET6六级作文结构分析：

· Paragraph 1 — T hematic sentences
· Paragraph 2 — Comments on the young from the old
gener ation
· Paragraph 3 — How the young conduct themselves in
the eyes of the old people
· Paragraph 4 — A question for reade rs to think about

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CET6六级作文内容分析：

本文是一篇议论文。“ 代沟”是人们谈论得很多的话题, 本文就这一话题发表一些议论。第一段引言即是全文的主题, 第二段写出了老一代对年轻一代的看法, 第三段主要议论年轻人的种种“ 反传统”的表现, 结尾段提出了一个悬念性的问题, 这样的结尾使人有别开生面之感, 也是一种很好的写作手法。

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CET6六级作文万能句型：

precede v . 在⋯⋯之前, 先于
ma rked a . 明显的
The young a re not what they we re . 年轻人变了
It has never been truer than it is today . 从未如今天这么正确
dependent on 依赖
vividly a d . 活生生地, 生动地
nothing more than past history 不过是过去的历史
scream v . 尖叫
hysterically a d . 神经质地
copy v . 模仿
grow their hair long 留长发
be ashamed of 感到难为情
the Chinese t raditional rese rve and fea r of s howing their
feelings 中国人传统的含蓄和羞于流露感情
puppy love 早恋
sigh v . 叹气
did not use to do like that 过去不是这样做的
criticism n . 批评
stem f rom 根源于
jealousy n . 忌妒