People are always talking about' the problem of youth '. If there is one—which I take leave to doubt--then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings--people just like their elders. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a gloriousfuture before him and the old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain--that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me to link them with life, and the origins of things. It's as if they were in some sense cosmic beings in violent and lovely contrast with us suburban creatures. All that is in my mind when I meet a young person. He may be conceited,ill-mannered, presumptuous of fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect for elders--as if mere age were a reason for respect.I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.New words and expressions 生词短语sb. take leave to do sth. 允许某人做某事，冒昧做某事get down to sth.认真研究 get down to +名词／动名词glorious 光辉灿烂的rub 难题teenager 青少年for one thing 原因之一，有一点是…连接词… for anotheridentity 身份air of freedom 无拘无束air:神态、气势dreary 沉郁的ambition 追名逐利cosmic being 宇宙人human being 人violent 强烈的，暴力的suburban 见识不广的，有偏见的conceited 自高自大的presumptuous 自以为是的，放肆的fatuous 愚蠢的cliché陈词滥调I take leave to s ay…我冒昧地说…I take leave to be frank恕我直言。

口语：maybe I‘m too bold… or .say …I‘m bold enough… or.Allow myself toTake one‘s leave = take leave 离开（正式用法）Would you please take your leave?我很烦的几种表示法：What a bore. What a nuisance. What a trialWhat a jerk.get down to + 名词/动名词例：我开始学习了。

I get down to my studies.to- 介词同义词：be engaged in gloriousglory n. 光荣（rosy ,shining , brilliant , magnificent , gorgeous）in one‘s glory: 在某人的鼎盛时期in one‘s dayin one‘s golden daysin one‘s prime timein the pride of one‘s liferub 摩擦at odds 有矛盾have words with sb. 和…拌嘴Do you get the rub?Do you get the picture?Do you catch me?Do you get me ?I get down to learning my book. What‘s the range?问年龄Teenager 14 到18Underthirteen.Adolescent: 13 到16 Juvenile 青少年Youth 20 到30Air :神态（多用复数）He always puts on airs. 摆谱Arrogant airs : 傲气Bureaucratic airs : 官气Finicky airs 娇气Dreary 同: drearisome a.无味，无聊Sterile : 枯燥无味Monotonous: 乏味无聊Gloomy：沉闷lifeless: 无生气的I have ambition for going abroad/to go abroad.Fish …(wealth and fame)Chase …(fam e and gains)Pursue …Cosmic 宇宙Cosmonaut 宇航员= astronaut Astro-/aster 天体Disaster Cosmic place :大都市Metropolis: 大都市Violentnonviolence 非暴力狂风：violent wind暴死：violent death vehement 猛烈的同义词：turbulenttumultuoussuburb 郊区urbane: 有礼貌的short-sighted 目光短浅的narrow-minded/small-mindedinsular 绝缘，目光短浅的provincial conceited 自高自大的骄傲的conceit(n.)pride 自豪big-headed 头发胀的cocky 自负的chicken 胆小鬼swelled膨胀的over-confidentpeople are always talking about ‗ the problem of youth‘.Are talking _ 到目前为止一直讨论‗the problem of youth ‘加引号，引用。

-which I take leave to doubt 插入语―我冒昧的说‖，表示怀疑-If there is any,同样表示怀疑straight forward 开门见山it is older people who creat it.—强调句let us (speaker exclusive) –Let‘s (speaker inclusive)get down to fundamentals fundamental = basic 基本的fundamentalist 信奉正统基督教的人after all –退一步like – (介词) 省略了谓语arepeople are just lije their elders glorious future 光辉的未来splendid future 光辉的未来（已过去的，对老年人而言）where the rub is 症结所在，问题就出在这hatred : 憎恨ironical 讽刺的，用反语的uncertain 后面省略用法I would have been 虚拟语气Something 重要的东西You are somebody. 你是重要人物So .. as … 后置定语出色：outstandingstand out 站出来，鹤立鸡群cut figure 崭露头角one of the things 正是其中之一seeking = looking for exciting 令人激动的air of freedom 无拘无束= carefree , freedom from care commitment 专注(to + 名词/动名词) love = seek 追求mean 意味着，小气卑鄙= disgustinganxious 虎视眈眈的polish 擦，磨apple polisher 溜须拍马bootlicker 拍马屁者to me 在我看来（插入语）no devotion to 热爱（贬）material things 物质享受life 生机lifeless 没生机的，死气沉沉的link with 把什么联系起来origin 起源as if 虚拟假设in some sense 可以这么说吧（插入语）in contrast with 与…比较violent 强烈= stronglovely 生动的，完美的后置的同位语- suburban creatures前面用得是– cosmic beings mediocre 平庸的idol 偶像idiot 傻瓜conceited 自负ill-mannered 粗暴presumptuous 自以为是的fatuous 愚蠢无比的turn for protection to 寻求保护dreary = boring cliché沉郁的cliché陈词滥调，老生常谈original 原本的turn to 求助【词汇降解】---take leave to do sth冒昧地..I take leave to say. 我冒昧的说I take leave to be frank. 恕我直言take one's leave = take leave....take my leave.Would you please take your leave?What a bore. /What a nuisance. / what a trial. / what a jerk.---get down to sth / be engaged inI get down to my studies.---glorious 光辉灿烂的/glory 光荣rosy , shining brilliant , magnificent , gorgeousin one's gloryin one's dayin one's prime timein one's golden daysin the pride of one's life 在某人的鼎盛时期---rub n. 摩擦at odds 有矛盾bave words with sb. 和。