如何讓彌合代溝？How to Bridge the Generation Gap?

The generation gap is unavoidable in almost everyfamily, which brings about a number of conflicts in a family. In my opinion, tolimit the bad effects of the generation gap, each family should use thefollowing three methods:

大部分的家庭免不了存在代溝，代溝給一個(gè)家庭帶來(lái)很多沖突。我認(rèn)為，為了控制代溝的不良影響，每個(gè)家庭都應(yīng)該嘗試以下方法：

First of all, it is important that family membersdiscuss openly about their pleasures or sadness in childhood in familygatherings. This activity does not only create a close relationship but alsohelp build up understanding among all members. For instance, once children areaware that their grandparents and even their parents did not have a goodupbringing during their hard childhood, they will stop complaining about theprevious generations’ obsoleteness. In the meantime, once old people realizeyoung people are nurtured in a new modern way, it is easy for them to betolerant of young people’s new habits or hobbies.

首先，在家庭聚會(huì)的時(shí)候，家庭成員公開(kāi)討論自己的童年時(shí)期的快樂(lè)或悲傷是很重要的。這一活動(dòng)不僅營(yíng)造一種緊密的關(guān)系而且能夠幫助建立家庭成員之間的相互理解。比如說(shuō)，一旦孩子們意識(shí)到他們的爺爺奶奶甚至是爸爸媽媽在艱苦的童年時(shí)期沒(méi)有很好的成長(zhǎng)，他們就會(huì)停止抱怨上一代人的陳舊思想。同時(shí)，一旦老一輩人意識(shí)到年輕人是在一種新的現(xiàn)代方式下成長(zhǎng)，他們就很容易接受年輕人的習(xí)慣和愛(ài)好。

Secondly, people of each generation should not developa very high feeling about themselves. In order to do that, they should notthink that they are the only right people in their family because each personhas his or her own limitations. Teenagers would realize that their parents haveto struggle with pain to support them financially, and they would stop rebellingtheir strictness. Parents would realize that their children’s new style does noharm to their studies and stop imposing their own unsuitable standards on theirchildren.

其次，每一代人都不應(yīng)該高估自己。為此，他們不應(yīng)該認(rèn)為他們是家里唯一對(duì)的人，因?yàn)槊總�(gè)人都有自己的極限。青少年應(yīng)該意識(shí)到，他們的父母必須與困苦斗爭(zhēng)給他們提供經(jīng)濟(jì)上的支持，他們就會(huì)停止反抗父母的嚴(yán)厲。父母也應(yīng)該意識(shí)到，孩子們的新風(fēng)格不會(huì)影響學(xué)習(xí)，從而停止把自己不合適的吧標(biāo)準(zhǔn)強(qiáng)加在孩子身上。

Finally, the generation gap and its bad effects can belimited if all members cooperate to build up a close-knit family relationshipand a harmonious atmosphere in which they are open and tolerant of each other.I strongly believe that each family, by doing that, can enjoy a cozy atmospherewith minimum interference by the generation gap.

最后，如果所有的成員合作起來(lái)去建立一個(gè)關(guān)系緊密的家庭關(guān)系以及能夠坦誠(chéng)和互相容忍融洽的氛圍，代溝及其不良影響就可以得到限制。我堅(jiān)信，通過(guò)這樣做，每個(gè)家庭都能享有一個(gè)代溝干擾最小的舒適氛圍。