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It is not surprising that generalizations about millennials—or about any generation — largely collapse under scrutiny. It is easy to confuse an observation about people of a given age with observations about a given generation. By virtue of their stage in life, they have particular hopes, worries, challenges and opportunities—all worthy of concern and study. The place to start is the assumption that the millennial generation are much like the people who came before them.
(想想你会怎么出题？)
The particular traits of the millennials are due to _____
(A) the difference of certain age groups
(B) the certain social development
(C) the particular aims and chances
(D) the difference from other generations.
解析：
这段文字其实比较深刻，要想通过读懂的方式来选择有一定难度。
但我们可以快速解题，通过形式逻辑解题。
题干原因，我们就找原因:
第三句中by virtue of= because of
they have particular hopes, worries, challenges and opportunities
= The particular traits of the millennials
所以：their stage in life=生命中的阶段
所以A选项就是正确选项，
the difference of certain age groups
（一些年龄阶段的不同）
其他三个选项定位就不对。
(C) the particular aims and chances
（特有的目标和机会）
这是对结果的替换，不是原因。
(B) the certain social development
（某种社会的发展）
听上去很合理的选项，但是其实文中没有依据。
(D) the difference from other generations.
（代际的不同）
这是文章反驳的，千禧一代的不同不是因为代际的不同，
其实就是不同年龄阶段的不同。就是40岁和20 岁的不同。
只要能找到和年轻自己的连接，就不会害怕老去。
词汇突破：
1.generalization概括；泛化 (归纳，找出某类事物的共性)
2.millennial千禧一代
3.collapse崩塌
4.observation观察
5.assumption假设
6.By virtue of 因为
7. scrutiny
一、句：
It is not surprising that generalizations about millennials—or about any generation — largely collapse under scrutiny.
切分：
1. It is not surprising that…
2. generalizations about millennials largely collapse under scrutiny
3. or about any generation
参考译文：对千禧一代（或者任何世代）的泛化大多一细究就会分崩离析，这不足为奇。
第二句：
It is easy to confuse an observation about people of a given age with observations about a given generation.
切分：
1. It is easy to confuse …with…
2. an observation about people of a given age
3. observations about a given generation
参考译文：人们极易混淆对一个年龄段人群和对一个特定世代的观察。

第三句：
By virtue of their stage in life, they have particular hopes, worries, challenges and opportunities—all worthy of concern and study.
切分：
1. By virtue of their stage in life
2. they have particular hopes, worries, challenges and opportunities
3. all worthy of concern and study
参考译文：他们因人生阶段不同，而拥有特别的希望、忧虑、挑战和机遇——这些都值得关注和研究。
第四句：
The place to start is the assumption that the millennial generation are much like the people who came before them.
切分：
1. The place to start is the assumption that…
2. the millennial generation are much like the people
3. who came before them
参考译文：我们可以从一个假设开始，即千禧一代很像他们的前辈。