为什么叫X,我还真没有找到答案,有几种说法,一个是Generation X又叫做13th Generation,而英国的是根据对这些人群研究之后有一本叫做Generation X的书。但可以确定的是,实际上年龄的划分也不是那么绝对,比如
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5 @7 }/ X' }5 o, c6 ?, I8 F6 Oexact years during which this cohort was born. Coupland (1991) suggests 1960 to 1970; Bradford and0 o/ i3 i- w5 p$ j7 Y3 i
Raines (1992) propose 1965 to 1975; and Howe and Strauss (1993) suggest 1961 to 1981.
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the birth years, it is their common life experiences that give this cohort an identity.
7 }1 c8 _- i9 }+ b$ `# x所以应该说这是具有这种特征的这一群人。但是这里又有更进一步的划分,不是具有这些特征或者在这个年龄段的人就叫做Generation X,而是特指美国、欧洲的那些人。对我们来说,纯粹只是年龄上吻合而叫而已 |