外國人最想和你聊的文化話題：代溝

     Nowadays, many young people are complaining that their parents can not understand them very well. They say that their parents take care of every aspect of their lives, leaving them unable to have their private space.
     現(xiàn)在，許多年輕人抱怨他們的父母不太了解他們，他們認為父母對他們生活的各個方面干涉太多，使得他們沒有自己的空間。
     Yet, parents are worried that their children don't show any respect to them and never give them any trust.
     然而，父母卻擔心孩子對他們不夠尊重和信任。
     Consequently, the household phrases spreading.
     這種現(xiàn)象的結果使得"代溝"一詞廣為流傳。
     I think we should first admit that there are indeed some differences between parents and children. Then, we should try to take some time to communicate with each other frequently.
     首先我們應該承認父母與孩子之間的確存在著差異。然后，我們應該經常花時間去溝通。
     Only by their joint efforts can the parents and children bridge the generation gap between them.
     只有通過他們的共同努力，父母和孩子才能拉近彼此的距離。
     Workers aren't bridging the generation gap because 20-something employees rarely chat to those in their 50s and 60s, according to a new survey.
     一項最新調查顯示，員工之間也有"代溝"，20多歲的員工很少與五六十歲的員工交流。
     The lack of communication could create a shortage of US skilled labor because retiring baby boomers aren't passing on their knowledge and experience.
     年輕員工與年長員工之間缺乏交流會導致熟練勞動力的短缺，因為將要退休的"嬰兒潮一代"無法將他們在工作中積累的經驗和知識傳授給年輕員工。
     The different generations of employees do not have the same expectations of work and values of employment, which is a difficult gap to bridge.
     不同年代員工的職業(yè)期望和就業(yè)價值觀不同，這是一個難以彌合的鴻溝。
     We often hear about the "generation gap" that occurs between parents and children when it comes to music, morals, fashion and a host of other things.
     我們總能聽到父母和孩子之間存在"代溝"，在音樂、道德準則、時尚以及很多事情上雙方看法都不同。
     Now there is a generation lap, the tendency for young people to be increasingly more technically savvy than their parents or elders.
     如今，又出現(xiàn)了一個"代圈"，指年輕人在技術應用方面的能力正逐步超過他們父輩。
     This gap exists in the use of technology where the young generation has become the authority, effectively flipping the typical parental and professional hierarchy on its head in many respects.
     年輕人已經成為主導的技術應用領域，這種差距已普遍存在，并且已經在很多方面顛覆了傳統(tǒng)的由父輩掌控一切的局面。
     They're not just ahead of their parents in the way they use technology, they've lapped their parents and are working at a whole new level.
     在技術應用方面，這一代年輕人不只是超過了父輩，而且是已經遠遠領先在前，到了一個全新的工作層面。
     That's why there is an unbelievable example from Finland where the government has hand-selected 5000 Net Generations to train the country's teachers how to use computers. The students are the teachers and the teachers will be the students.
     所以芬蘭才會有這樣讓人不可思議的一個舉動，政府精心挑選出5000名新生代網(wǎng)絡達人，讓他們教本國教師使用電腦。學生變身為老師，而老師則變身為學生。
     There are so many differences between generations because each has a different deposit of culture and experiences.
     代與代之間有很多的差異，這是因為不同代人之間有不同的文化底蘊以及經驗。
     To some extent generation gap has become a social problem.
     在一定程度上而言，代溝已經成為一個社會問題。
     Yet we find it absolutely difficult to solve because there's no way to smooth away these differences.
     找到消除代溝的辦法是非常困難的，因為幾乎沒有方法能完全抹平差異。
     Many people think that generation gap is a modern phrase.
     很多人認為代溝現(xiàn)象是個現(xiàn)代課題。
     But the great philosopher Socrates three thousand years ago already gave his description of the young in his society. He said, "They have no manners at all. They despise on the authority, con-tradict their parents and beat their teachers. They devour the food ravenously and talk on and on leaving no chance for the other to speak. "
     但是，三千年前，偉大的哲學家蘇格拉底已經給出了他所在社會的年輕人的描述。"他們一點都不懂禮儀。他們藐視權力，和他們的父母背向而行，還打他們的老師。他們狼吞虎咽地吃食物，一直說話，不讓人有插嘴的機會"。
     Thus it can be seen that the generation gap has a much longer history than we thought.
     所以可以看出來，代溝有著比我們所認為的還要長的歷史。
     Generation gap doesn't come from differences between generations, but results from lack of understanding between them, and mutual understanding depends on how well two generations communicate.
     代溝并不是來自代與代之間的差異，而是因為他們之間缺少理解，而互相理解是以兩代人的互相溝通為前提的。
     Generation gap can be bridged as long as both parents and children are willing to make efforts.
     代溝是可以縮小的，只要父母和孩子都愿意努力。
     With the change of the world over decades, the attitude of the young has altered too.
     隨著這些年世界的不斷變化，年輕人的態(tài)度也變化了。