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Americans like to give names to generations. We call those who lived through World War II, the “Greatest Generation;” those who came of age reading the beatnik poets of the 1950s, the “Beat Generation;” those for whom the reckless investors in the 1970s were role models, the “Me Generation;” and those who grew up disaffected and cynical at the end of the 20th Century, “Generation X.”
美国人喜欢给世代取名字。我们称那些经历第二次世界大战的世代是“最伟大一代”,称那些在1950年代读着另类诗的人为“反传统一代”,称那些在1970年代视鲁莽投资者为榜样的人为“我世代”,还称那些在20世纪末长大的冷漠和愤世嫉俗的人为“X世代”.....