Teenagers and their parents are often beard blaming each other for the generation gap.

经常可以听到十几岁的孩子和他们的父母抱怨对方是造成代沟的原因。

Because of the generation gap, my mom doesn't share my interest in this type of music.

因为有代沟，我妈并不和我一样喜欢这类的音乐。

You know, Dad, there was a time when we were not only separated by the generation gap but completely polarized by it.

爸爸，您也知道，曾有一段时间，我们父女俩因为代沟不在一起生活。

More understanding and mutual respect seem to be a good way to narrow the generation gap.

更多的理解和相互尊重似乎是缩小代沟的好方法。

Here are some tips from an article entitled "Bridging the Generation Gap" that might help.

下面的建议摘自于一篇题为"弥合代沟"的文章，也许对弥合代沟有所帮助。

You probably know that the generation gap refers to differences in opinions, thinking, and lifestyles between people of different generations.

你可能知道，代沟是指不同代人之间在观念、思想和生活方式上的差异。

The only and most important thing to bridge the generation gap is to stay in communication with frank, honest and open chat.

弥合代沟的唯一也是最重要的事情就是通过坦率、诚实和开放的聊天方式保持沟通。

In this case, the introduction will probably define the generation gap, provide some background information, and point out some of the important questions.

在这种情况下，引言可能会定义代沟，提供一些背景信息，并指出一些重要问题。

And I think the film's ability to show you the generation gap, but that we're actually not that far apart, is really important, too.

我认为这部电影能够向您展示代沟，但我们实际上相差并不远，这也非常重要。

For example, if the title of the article you are going to read is The Generation Gap, you can start by thinking what you already know about the topic.

例如，如果您要阅读的文章标题是《代沟》，您可以先思考您对该主题已经了解的内容。

47.Recently, many senior high school students hoped to be independent of their parents, and in the meanwhile, more and more parents began to concentrate their attention on the generation gap.

最近，许多高中生希望能不再依靠父母；与此同时，越来越多的父母开始关注起了代沟现象。

Unit 3, the Generation Gap, Part 1, Pre-reading Task.