PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT15Unit2PreviewDoyoueverhavedifficultytalkingtoyourparents?You’renotalone.Youngpeopleandtheirparentsusuallyfailintheirattemptstocommunicatewitheachother.Asaresult,theirtwodifferentworldscanmoveinseparatedirectionsorcollidehead-on.Thisiswhatisknownasthe“generationgap”.Whatcanbedoneaboutthisproblem?Thebestsolutionisforbothsidestopracticebetterlisteningskills.Hearingwhathasbeensaidandactuallylisteningareentirelydifferentmatters.Listeningmeansmakingtheefforttotrulyunderstandandconnectwithwhatsomeoneelseistryingtosay,anditisthekeytoeffectivecommunication.<mainidea>Q1.Whatis‘generationgap’?Youngpeopleandtheirparentsfailincommunicatingwitheachother,movinginseparatedirectionsorcollidinghead-on.Q2.Howtosolvethisproblem?Practicingbetterlisteningskills.<newwords>havedifficulty(in)doingsth.做某事有困难e.g.Didyouhaveanydifficultydoingyourhomework?failinsth./failindoingsth.在某方面失败了；e.g.failinanexam（考试没通过）Ifailedinpersuadinghim.（我没能说服他）failtodosth.不能，没有e.g.Ifailtoseewhyyoufinditsoamusing.（我弄不懂你们为什么多这件事感到如此好笑）Heneverfailstophonehismotheronherbirthday.（每逢母亲过生日，他都会打电话给她）attempt[v]attempttodosth.=trytodosth.e.g.Heattemptedtolie.(他企图说谎。)[n.]anactoftryingtodosth.makeanattempttodosth.e.g.Theymadenoattempttoescape.(他们没有企图逃跑)asaresult结果，因此（单独使用）asaresultof由于（+名词、代词）e.g.Heworkedhardathisstudy.Asaresult,hepassedtheexameasily.Asaresultofhishardwork,hepassedtheexameasily.separate：Theadjectiveandnounarepronounced/'sepərət/.Theverbispronounced/'sepəreɪt/.[adj.]notjoinedtosth.else独立的，分开的e.g.Theyarenowmakingplanstoformtheirownseparateparty...（他们如今正计划组建自己的独立政党。）[adj.]different不同的，不相关的e.g.Forthepastthreeyearstheyhavebeenleadingtotallyseparatelives.[v]divideintodifferentparts使分开、分离separatesth.fromsth.e.g.Theywanttoseparateteachingfromresearch.(他们想把教学和研究分开。)collide[v]crashintooneanothercollidewithsth.orsb.碰撞e.g.Thecarandthevancollidedhead-oninthickfog.(那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞)Ashefell,hisheadcollidedwiththetable.(他跌倒时头部撞上了桌子)[v]disagree,differentfr