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　　研究社会的方法

　　77. The most effective way to understand contemporary culture is to analyze the trends of its youth.

　　Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

　　Born and raised in contemporary world, it is the young people who are the most deeply influenced by values of contemporary world. (男女、种族、取向平等，民主，世界化的理念)

　　Many aspects of contemporary culture arise in recent years. Since most middle aged and elderly people are not used to changes, most of these new phenomena are attributed to a society’s young people, the group that is the most ready to embrace exotic ideas and to

　　subvert existing patterns. As a result, by examining young people’s habits and minds, we can know a lot about the trends of society. In fact, almost every new fashion is led by young people, as can be seen from things they wear, programs they watch, language they use and even people they date…

　　However, because of the limit in their financial power and political strength, young people’s voice is quite weak in areas with high threshold, like politics and business. The organization and operation of these fields are determined by the social elites, who often have accumulated their resources and cultivated their sophistication for decades. For example, in China’s political world… (connection > policy) 与年轻人的理想性反而是相矛盾的

编辑：张雨

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