研究生英语系列教程多维教程探索课后答案(7)

and conflict have had a negative effect on their value and self-worth.

3) Many feel their chances of finding the job and salary they want are bleak

4. They will spend more time with their kids and care about them more.

5. No. Because they want to save their money so that they can live better when they

do leave.

6. The parents' attitude:

loyalty and commitment to the workplace

slave away and show their dedication to the company

The youth's attitude:

They don't want to wait around and pay their dues when there is no long-term

commitment from the top.

There is life after work.

They will often leave a job at the hint of a better position.

7. Generation X'ers watched their grandparents slave away only to receive a gold watch

and pension upon retirement. Their parents' dedication to the company has been repaid

with downsizing and layoffs. They feel there is no such thing as job security. They

don't want to commit themselves to their work when there is no long-term commitment

from the top. There is more to life than work.

8. They will have better family values, get things done quickly, shorten the workweek, and create systems that will allow "intrapreneurs."

9. No. Because technology will enable people to be more productive. In addition,

X'ers' dislike of bureaucracy and a desire to solve problems will quickly improve

productivity.

10. He intends to tell us about X'ers' potential entrepreneurship.

11. D. Because Generation X has evolved in dramatically different ways from previous

generations and may have dramatically different ways to improve society.

B

1. negative view of the world

less loyalty and commitment

keep options open

stay at home longer

eager to get noticed

unrealistic and materialistic views

gett/ng things done fast

better family values

shorter work week

greater entrepreneurship

2. Becoming successful socially and financially or moving into the upper social

echelon.

3. It is implied that their thirty years' dedication to their company was not acknowledged and cherished. In fact, they were dismissed without anything.

4. Because they were neglected in their families and classrooms.

5. Because they would like their world to be filled with good-looking people, dressed