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Page 1: Father always did something, as I thought, foolish!! Just like playing a Irish soldier who, in my eyes, was so stupid!
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• FatherFather always did something, did something, as I thought, as I thought, foolish!! Just foolish!! Just like playing a like playing a Irish soldier Irish soldier who, in my who, in my eyes, was so eyes, was so stupid!stupid!

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• Before he went broke, he was running Before he went broke, he was running a harness shop. There were always a a harness shop. There were always a lot of men loafing there.lot of men loafing there.

• He would bring some strangers home, He would bring some strangers home, talking.talking.

• Then he wThen he went broke, ent broke, and alwayand always disappeas disappeared from hred from home.ome.

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• I hated father, and I treated him indifferently , it seemed that we just lived in different world and had nothing in common and nothing to talk with each other.

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Always I would invent new fathers for myself

If he were my father^^^^

If he were my father^^^^

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•While father seemed to notice my coldness to him.

•One evening, as he wanted, we had a swimming in the pond together.

•In the darkness, I felt the greatness greatness inside father for the first time.

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the gap exists between parents and kids/children

• What is GAP

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What is generation gap The generation gap refers to the difference in attitude

toward thing or the lack of understanding between young people and older folks in families as well as in society, the young and the older may not agree with each other on this and that from time to time. Young people would like to make as much money as they could and spend as much money as they could earn while older folks are easily satisfied with what they earn and save as much as possible. Young people like the exciting and deafening pop music while older folks prefer melodious folk-songs or classic music. A boy and a girl today may fall in love with each other as quick as lightning, while their parents or grand parents might trudge over a long distance before they kissed each other and became lovers when they were young.   

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    In modern society, there is often a lack of understanding between parents and children. Parents dislike what their children think and do, while children often complain that their parents can not understand them. This is often called generation gap.    There are some reasons for the existence of generation gap. First, the environment in which young people now living is quite different from that of their parents'. Therefore, they often hold different opinions on various problems in life. Second, disparity in age also leads to misunderstanding. Young people want to do everything as they like, while older people often can't help interfering when they think what the young people are doing is wrong. This inevitably leads to disharmony.

Parents and we live in different times .The education we receive are different , too. And that is one of the reasons for the existence of the GAP!We may share different values, different views of the society or the life, different tastes on food, fashion, arts and so on… For example, we like pop music while they think it noisy: we like “beautiful” clothes while they think it flaring, ect.   

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• children to parentschildren to parents:• we are lonely! Why you cannot understand me!!

• parents to childrenparents to children: I want to understand and I also want to be understood!!

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Firstly, parents should be considerateFirstly, parents should be considerate、、 tolerant atolerant and democratic.nd democratic.

As all we know, generation gap is not only rather As all we know, generation gap is not only rather aa psychologicalpsychological problem than just physical one. problem than just physical one.

Secondly ,respect the children’s choices.Secondly ,respect the children’s choices. as children grow , they more and more want to bas children grow , they more and more want to b

e independent , though they probably need at leae independent , though they probably need at least some degree of dependence on their parents.st some degree of dependence on their parents.

Then, what’s the most important one is that parentThen, what’s the most important one is that parents should communicate with kids as possible as ts should communicate with kids as possible as they can. Remember , being patient!hey can. Remember , being patient!

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• Try our best to think in your parents’ posTry our best to think in your parents’ positionition

• share with parents our happiness and soshare with parents our happiness and sorrow, open our hearts to them.rrow, open our hearts to them.

• Respect our parents: remember not to taRespect our parents: remember not to talk back with them .lk back with them .

• Then , what’s the most important one, reThen , what’s the most important one, remember that don not hurt those who lovmember that don not hurt those who love us most!!!e us most!!!

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• In my opinion, generation gap can be In my opinion, generation gap can be bridged as long as both parents and bridged as long as both parents and children are willing to make efforts. They children are willing to make efforts. They may have an open talk and tell each other may have an open talk and tell each other what they think about certain problems. what they think about certain problems. They should be considerate enough to They should be considerate enough to realize that each generation has its own realize that each generation has its own advantages and disadvantages. Their advantages and disadvantages. Their openness and consideration probably will openness and consideration probably will result in a much better relationship result in a much better relationship between parents and children.between parents and children.

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• We are all on the platform it’s quarter-to-eight

• A handful of schoolboys—our train’s running late

• But we couldn’t care, oh, no, not at all

• We’re scratching our names on the dusty brown wall

• The scene never changes—it’s always the same

• The people, the posters, the station, the train,

• The bloke with the blakeys who walks up and down,

• And that fat little bloke with the permanent frown.

• There’s the woman who stands in her own special place

• And stares at the rails—not a smile on her face

• There are boring old adults wherever we look

• Now the books are all closing, the newspapers rustle

• The train’s coming in and they’re starting to bustle,

• Then strangely, each one (every day it’s the same)

• Walk down the old platform to get on the train.

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• The stick-in-the-muds don not agree and complain

• We think they’re so boring, so dull and so thick

• At least we like fun, get a thrill, get a kick

• I swear when I’m older that I’ll never be

• A boring old twit like the adults I see

We like to play chicken and last person in

The train starts to leave, but we all want to win

We mustn’t give in—it’s our unwritten law

Then all of us suddenly bolt for a door.

We bundle aboard—what a laugh, what a game!

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They are noisy, abusive and play silly games

I find myself saying thinking, “when I was a lad, I simply

Had fun--- I was never that bad.”

--but all of a sudden—to my great dismay

I recall that was just what my dad used to say.

I’m down at the station it’s quarter-to-eight

I should be at work, but my train’s running late

I’m thinking this grubby old place needs a clean When a handful of schoolboys arrive on the

scene The spit and they sweat

and they call us rude names

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