托福作文T174：你和你父母有代沟吗

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【托福作文185篇真题范文专项练习】
　　Topic174：你和你父母一代有什么不同吗？
　　Topic174 Every generation of people is different in important ways. How is your generation different from your parents generation? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.

［参考提纲］
174、我们这一代与上一代的不同在于：
（1）我们都接受了比较好的教育，而父母则很多没有
（2）我们喜欢流行音乐和计算机等等，父母不喜欢
（3）我们的生活压力比较大，而父母的并不大

［托福参看范文］Topic: 174

The principal differences between my generation and my parents generation are in how they relate to others. My generation is more tolerant of other peoples choices, less concerned about what others think, and more self-centered.

My parents generation has stricter standards about what kinds of behavior are acceptable. They sometimes have a hard time accepting the fact that other people may have different ideas about whats right and whats wrong. My generation thinks people should have a lot of choices. For example, they choose whom they want to live with, whether or not to have children, whether or not to practice a particular religion, and what to do for a living.

My parents (generation is much more concerned about what other people think of them. Many grew up in tightly knit communities where people knew each others families. Fitting in meant that you had to act a certain way. Many of my generation grew up in loosely knit communities, where we only knew about our closest neighbors. We didnt care what the rest of the community thought of us. Also, we were a very rebellious generation and often did things just to shock people.

Wherever we grew up, most of my generation didnt have to worry about having enough to eat or a roof over our heads. My parents generation did. They grew up during the Great Depression, when many people were poor. For this reason, my parents didnt have time to analyze their feelings or think about their inner selves. They were too busy trying to get by. Children of my generation were well taken care of by their parents. Because of that, we had time to think about ourselves and our place in the universe. As adults, many of us have continued to be self-absorbed. We join health clubs to be perfect in body and go into therapy to be perfect in mind.
When I think about our actions, it seems that my parents generation is more "outer" directed and my generation is more "inner directed."