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1、BabyBoomGeneration英语四班吴昌玮2010090425ContentsDefinitionCausesCharacteristicsImpactsandSituationatPresentMyviewsDefinitionDemographers(人口学家)definedthebabyboomasabirthsurgewhichstartedin1946,andreacheditspeakin1957andcontinueduntil1964.Mostpeopleuse"generation"asthete
2、rmbutdemographerspreciselyreferitas"cohort"(groupofindividualsexperiencingacertaineventwithinaspecifiedtime).About77millionchildrenwerebornduringthetime,accountingfor30%ofAmerican,andthesekidswerecalledBabyBoomers.CausesAftertheGreatDepressionandtheWorldWarII,Amer
3、icaexperiencedagreateconomicgrowthandthesocietywasvigorous.Peoplebecameoptimisticandlookedforwardtohavingchildren,becausetheywereconfidentthatthefuturewouldbeoneofcomfortandprosperity.Andthemostdirectcausewasthereturnofsome12millionveteranstoprivatelife,whichhelpe
4、dgeneratethepostwar“babyboom”.AndtheG.I.Billenabledrecordnumbersofpeopletofinishhighschoolandattendcollege.Thisledtoanincreaseinstockofskillsandyieldedhigherincomestofamilies.Theywerethefirstgenerationtogrowupwithtelevision.Theylistenedtorockandroll,whichwastheexp
5、ressionoftheirgenerationalidentity.Theyhadthehigh-consumption,low-savingslifestylewhichwascalled“Yuppie”(YoungUrbanProfessional)(雅皮士).CharacteristicsTheywerebettereducated,moretechnologicallyliterate,andgenerallywealthierthananypreviousgeneration.Theywerework-cent
6、ric,independent,goal-oriented,competitiveandpositive.Theyhadinterestsinpersonalandsocialimprovement.ImpactsPoliticsThebabyboomershavebeenthedrivingforcebehindthemajorpoliticalmovements,includingcivilrights,thewomen’sliberationmovementandthepeacemovement.CultureThe
7、ywereagainsttheconventionalculture.TheyshapedtheHippycultureandlikedrock&rollmusic,andthesebecamethemajorvehiclesoftheyouthrevoltofthatera.EconomyThebabyboomtriggeredahousingboom,aconsumptionboomandaboominthelaborforce.Itpromotedthedevelopmentoftheeconomygreatly.A
8、ndtheconsumerculturegradullycameintobeingandexpanded.SocietyThebabyboomspurredthegrowthofnewsuburbancommunities,andAmericangraduallymovedfromcityintothe
