如何讓彌合代溝？How to Bridge the Generation Gap?

The generation gap is unavoidable in almost everyfamily, which brings about a number of conflicts in a family. In my opinion, tolimit the bad effects of the generation gap, each family should use thefollowing three methods:

大部分的家庭免不了存在代溝，代溝給一個家庭帶來很多衝突。我認爲，爲了控制代溝的不良影響，每個家庭都應該嘗試以下方法：

First of all, it is important that family membersdiscuss openly about their pleasures or sadness in childhood in familygatherings. This activity does not only create a close relationship but alsohelp build up understanding among all members. For instance, once children areaware that their grandparents and even their parents did not have a goodupbringing during their hard childhood, they will stop complaining about theprevious generations’ obsoleteness. In the meantime, once old people realizeyoung people are nurtured in a new modern way, it is easy for them to betolerant of young people’s new habits or hobbies.

首先，在家庭聚會的時候，家庭成員公開討論自己的童年時期的快樂或悲傷是很重要的。這一活動不僅營造一種緊密的關係而且能夠幫助建立家庭成員之間的相互理解。比如說，一旦孩子們意識到他們的爺爺奶奶甚至是爸爸媽媽在艱苦的童年時期沒有很好的成長，他們就會停止抱怨上一代人的陳舊思想。同時，一旦老一輩人意識到年輕人是在一種新的現代方式下成長，他們就很容易接受年輕人的習慣和愛好。

Secondly, people of each generation should not developa very high feeling about themselves. In order to do that, they should notthink that they are the only right people in their family because each personhas his or her own limitations. Teenagers would realize that their parents haveto struggle with pain to support them financially, and they would stop rebellingtheir strictness. Parents would realize that their children’s new style does noharm to their studies and stop imposing their own unsuitable standards on theirchildren.

其次，每一代人都不應該高估自己。爲此，他們不應該認爲他們是家裏唯一對的人，因爲每個人都有自己的極限。青少年應該意識到，他們的父母必須與困苦鬥爭給他們提供經濟上的支持，他們就會停止反抗父母的嚴厲。父母也應該意識到，孩子們的新風格不會影響學習，從而停止把自己不合適的吧標準強加在孩子身上。

Finally, the generation gap and its bad effects can belimited if all members cooperate to build up a close-knit family relationshipand a harmonious atmosphere in which they are open and tolerant of each other.I strongly believe that each family, by doing that, can enjoy a cozy atmospherewith minimum interference by the generation gap.

最後，如果所有的成員合作起來去建立一個關係緊密的家庭關係以及能夠坦誠和互相容忍融洽的氛圍，代溝及其不良影響就可以得到限制。我堅信，通過這樣做，每個家庭都能享有一個代溝干擾最小的舒適氛圍。