5 Generation X, Generation Xer, Generation Y 的背景知识

2021高考英语全国乙卷(即全国卷I)的阅读理解B中出现了 Generation X, Generation Xer, Generation Y等词语,查词典查到:

Generation Xthe group of people in the U.S. who were born during the late 1960s and the 1970s  X一代(指美国20世纪60年代末至70年代出生的人)

Generation Ythe group of people who were born between the early 1980s and the end of the 1990s, who are mainly the children of the baby boomers and who are regarded as being very familiar with computers and electronic technology  Y一代(20 世纪 80 年代初至 90 年代末出生的人,被认为对电脑和电子技术非常熟悉)

哪位专家老师可以介绍一下 Generation X, Generation Xer, Generation Y 有关的背景知识吗?非常感谢!

 

附:2021高考英语全国乙卷(即全国卷I)的阅读理解B如下:

When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)?

These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.

Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey (调查). Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket—19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.

More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor (因素)—only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of your household.

Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).

How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?

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最佳答案 2021-06-28 10:59

Generation XX一代:1965-1980

这一代人通常指出生在20世纪60年代中期至70年代末的一代人。美国从1776年建国至20世纪60年代共经历了13代人,因此60年代至70年代末出生的这代人亦被称为The Thirteenth Generation

X代”或“X代人”一语首创于加拿大作家道格拉斯•库普兰(Douglas Coupland)所著《X代:加速文化的故事》(1991)(Generation XTales for Accelerated Culture)一书的书名。作者在书中着力描述刻画了这代人(“X代人”大致出生于19651980这个年代)的处世态度。因他们对前途无法预定,又不愿从事、采取已适应于他们父辈的职业和生活方式。这样,他们的人生品质便成了“未知”或“虚无”的。为此,作者便冠以这代人为“X代人”这一称谓了(X表示“未知数”)

在美国,“X一代”这批人中不乏有人学有专长,在高新技术领域举足轻重。他们崇尚个人意志,锐意进取,富有创见。他们中的很多人已脱颖而出,成为国家和社会的中坚。这一代中有很多人为谋生存,毕业后不久就投资购买股票、发展基金、债券等,因此也号称是 Generation Nasdaq (纳斯达克一代)。

Generation Y (Y一代:1981-1995

这一代人指20世纪80年代后至本世纪初出生的美国年轻人。“Y一代”乐观自信,执着坦率,有主见,知识面广。对“Y一代”而言,自主创业已成了他们生存的安全网,他们借助互联网成长。

Y代人”为“X代人”的子女,按“XY”字母顺序,现为25岁以下(1980年后出生)的人便为:“Y代”或"Y代人”了。就20世纪80年代出生的“Y代” (25岁以下的)群体而言,其共性为:极具乐观态度和特权感。这代人压根就不知道何为艰难岁月,大学一毕业就指望拥有一份既有意思、薪水又高、并富有刺激性的工作,在通向财富、个人享受的大道上一路顺风并长久幸福。

就我国80年代后出生的人而言,他们伴随着“计划生育”、经济特区、麦当劳、可口可乐、家庭“中心”等极具变化和高水准的生活环境中发育生长,得到过于充足的“关照”。

他们具有:天生的优越感、专心和注重个人化、自我意识特强(就连言谈话语中也少不了“我”)、收入高、花钱如流水的特点。同时,信息技术的迅猛发展并广泛而深入地扎根于这个时代。

因此,“Y代人”满脑子的 e-mailQQICQMSN(也有人称这代人为“E代人”)。他们对前辈所处的没有手机、互联网、电脑、电子游戏机、收音机、音响等家用电器的时代难以想像。(相反,“X代人”对“Y代人”为何能在电脑前一坐就是一整天也不理解。)

但人们普遍认为,“Y代人”由于生长在现代信息、高科技时代,他们有丰富的技术知识、有超越前辈的领悟能力。因此,我们有理由相信“Y代人”定会用他们的聪明才智使世界变得更精彩。

Generation ZZ一代:1996-2012

通常指那些在1996年以后出生的孩子,也就是生于60年代中期至70年代末的“X一代”的儿女。“Z一代”尚未出生就成了网络注册用户,他们常手拿电子玩具蹒跚学步。

Z世代更关心的是“体验”,同时也更节俭:他们尝试去挖掘最好的价值和服务。Z世代的青少年影响他们父母的消费,远大于千禧一代曾经的影响力:有较高的生活费用且其偏好能显著影响家庭购买决策。

——来自网络https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/194364788

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简单地说,Gen X 60后和70后,这一代人叫Generation Xers er表示人。这一代的人的孩子为Gen. Y Gen Z ,Gen. Y也叫千禧一代,即90后和00后。对此,维基百科有着详细的解释和背景介绍,内容很多,需要自己去看。链接如下:

 Generation X     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X     

Generation Y      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials

Generation Z     https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z

高考阅读文章原文出自澳大利亚一网站:

https://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/4823750/when-will-aussies-retire-their-home-phone/?cs=723 


 

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GENERATION X (1965-1980)

That comment in The Observer was in reference to a then-recently published book called Generation X by Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett. A few years later, Joan Broad bought a copy at a garage sale, her son found it, and he fell in love with the name.

That son was Billy Idol, and according to his memoir, Dancing with Myself, “We immediately thought it could be a great name for this new band, since we both felt part of a youth movement bereft of a future, that we were completely misunderstood by and detached from the present social and cultural spectrum. We also felt the name projected the many possibilities that came with presenting our generation’s feelings and thoughts.” The band Generation X would begin Billy Idol’s career.

But the name Generation X wouldn’t become associated with a wide group of people until 1991. That's the year Douglas Coupland’s Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture was released. The book became a sensation for its ability to capture early '90s culture and, although it didn’t coin the words, helped popularize a range of terms as diverse as McJob and pamphleting—and a name for an entire generation.

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