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Old people are always saying that the young are not
what they were. The same comment is {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
{{/U}}from generation to generation and it is always true. It has {{U}}
{{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}been truer than it is today. The young are
better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom.
They grow up more quickly and are not so {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}}
{{/U}}on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}accept the ideals of their elders. Events which
of older generation remembers {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}are
nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is
different from the one that{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}it. Today
the difference is very {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}}
{{/U}}indeed. The old always assume that they know best for the
simple {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}that they have been around a
bit longer. 'They don't like to feel that their {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely
{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}the .young are doing. They are
questioning the assumptions of their elders and {{U}} {{U}} 11
{{/U}} {{/U}}their complacency (自满). Office hours, for instance, are
nothing more than {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}slavery. Wouldn't
people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? Who
said that all the men in the world should wear dull grey suits and convict
haircuts? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their
problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt- ridden in their personal lives, so
{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}with mean ambitions and the desire
to amass (积累) more and more material{{U}} {{U}} 14
{{/U}} {{/U}}? These are not questions the older generation
can shrug {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}lightly. Traditionally,
the young have turned to their elders for {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}. Today, the situation might be {{U}} {{U}} 17
{{/U}} {{/U}}The old-if they are prepared to admit it-could learn a thing or
two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that
enjoyment is not "{{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}". Enjoyment
is a principle one could apply to all {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}}
{{/U}}of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy' your work and enjoy your leisure,
to .{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}restricting inhibitions.