Every generation of people is different in important ways. How is your generation different from your parents' generation? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
The principal differences between my generation and my parents' generation are in how they relate to others. My generation is more tolerant of other people's choices, less concerned about what others think, and more self-centered.
我这一代人和我父母这一代人的主要区别在于他们与他人的关系。我这一代人对别人的选择更宽容，更不关心别人的想法，更以自我为中心。
My parents' generation has stricter standards about what kinds of behavior are acceptable. They sometimes have a hard time accepting the fact that other people may have different ideas about what's right and what's wrong. My generation thinks people should have a lot of choices. For example, they choose whom they want to live with, whether or not to have children, whether or not to practice a particular religion, and what to do for a living.
我父母这一代人对什么样的行为是可以接受的有更严格的标准。他们有时很难接受这样一个事实：其他人可能对什么是对的和什么是错的有不同的看法。我们这一代人认为人们应该有很多选择。例如，他们选择与谁一起生活，是否有孩子，是否信奉某种宗教，以及以什么为生。
My parents' generation is much more concerned about what other people think of them. Many grew up in tightly knit communities where people knew each other's families. Filling in meant that you had to act a certain way. Many of my generation grew up in loosely knit communities, where we only knew about our closest neighbors. We didn't care what the rest of the community thought of us. Also, we were a very rebellious generation and often did thing just to shock people.
我的父母一代更关心别人对他们的看法。许多人在紧密联系的社区长大，在那里人们认识彼此的家庭。填表意味着你必须以某种方式行事。我们这一代人中的许多人在松散的社区长大，在那里我们只知道我们最近的邻居。我们不在乎其他人怎么看我们。而且，我们是一个非常叛逆的一代，经常做一些事情只是为了让人们震惊。
Wherever we grew up, most of my generation didn't have to worry about having enough to eat or a roof over our heads. My parents' generation did. They grew up during the Great Depression, when many people were poor. For this reason, my parents didn't have time to analyze their feelings or think about their inner selves. They were too busy trying to get by. Children of my generation were well taken care of by their parents. Because of that, we had time to think about ourselves and our place in the universe. As adults, many of us have continued to be self-absorbed. We join health clubs to be prefect in body and go into therapy to be perfect in mind.
无论我们在哪里长大，我们这一代人中的大多数人都不必担心有足够的食物吃，也不必担心有屋顶盖在我们头上。我的父母那一代确实是。他们在大萧条时期长大，那时很多人都很穷。因为这个原因，我父母没有时间分析他们的感受或思考他们内心的自我。他们太忙了，忙不过来。我们这一代的孩子受到父母的悉心照料。正因为如此，我们才有时间思考我们自己以及我们在宇宙中的位置。作为成年人，我们中的许多人继续自我专注。我们加入健康俱乐部是为了让自己的身体更完美，进行心理治疗是为了让自己的思想更完美。
When I think about our actions, it seems that my parents' generation is more “outer” directed and my generation is more “inner directed.”
当我想到我们的行为时，我的父母一代似乎更“外向”，而我的一代则更“内向”