Long Live the Understanding
When we teenagers are rocking our bodies with the beat of rock music,
when we are enjoying a glass of coke, when we are surfing on the Internet,
our parents always show their disapproval. In parents’ points of view, we
teenagers always go astray and do not pay enough attention to our studies.
We teenagers, however, always want to lead our own ways of life. That’s
why there are so many disagreements between parents and us. On the other
hand, we teenagers are always treated as kids, even though we are already
“young adults”. We have to accept their points of view on the world, for
they want to protect us from making any mistakes. This kind of appearance
is what we called the generation gap.
There are a number of teenagers in our real society are annoyed at the
generation gap between our parents and us. Why do we have these
disagreements? In my opinion, what really matters is that communication or
trust between some parents and their children prove to be difficult.
In fact, there are always many things difficult to judge whether they
are right or not. Can we say that classical music is absolutely better
than rock? Can we say that coke is better than any other drinks? What is
more, Surfing on the Internet does not mean that we are going to overlook
our lessons, because internet can be a useful tool to enrich our knowledge
and improve our studies. If we build up more trust and understanding by
communicating with our parents, if our parents can learn to understand the
way we think and do things, or meet us half way at the right time, the
generation gap may be narrowed. What is also important is that we should
be contained to make mistakes, which we can learn much from. As the saying
goes, mistakes are the nutrient for growing up.
All in all, I’d like to say, let us work towards a better communication,
trust and understanding.
Long live the understanding!
Thanks for your attention.
理解万岁
当我们青少年随着摇滚乐的节奏摆动身体的时候，当我们享受着一杯可乐的时候，当我们上网冲浪的时候，我们的父母总是显出不耐烦的神色。在父母的眼睛里，我们青少年总是“离经叛道”，并且不把学习当一回事，而我们自己又总是想按自己的方式生活，于是，家长与孩子之间就产生了分歧。另一方面，在一些父母的眼里，孩子是永远长不大的，为了防止我们犯错误，父母会强迫我们接受他们的世界观。人们把这样的现象称之为代沟。
现实社会中，有很多青少年都为自己与家长之间的代沟而苦恼。为什么会有这样的分歧呢？在我看来，产生这些问题的真正原因是一些家长和孩子之间的交流和信任越来越少。
实际上，有许多事情难以分出对错。我们能说古典音乐就一定比摇滚乐好吗？我们能说可口可乐比其他饮料更好吗？而且上网冲浪并不意味着我们会轻视功课，因为网络本身也可以成为扩展知识，提高学习成绩的途径。如果我们的家长和孩子之间能够多一些理解、信任和沟通，如果家长能够学习理解孩子们的想法和做法，并且在适当的时候做出让步，代沟也许能够被缩小。同样重要的是，如果家长能够容忍我们犯一些错误，我们可以得到一定的经验教训。俗话说的好：错误是使人成长的营养。
总之，我想说，让我们向着更好的交流、信任和理解而努力。
理解万岁！