Generation X ' s 1 Existential Panic
after Luke Perry 2 Death
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卢克•贝里离世引发“X —代”存在恐慌
By Eric Spitznagel 东北林业大学 李嘉菲/选注
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hen actor Luke PeiTy, best known
for portraying TV heartthrob 3 Dylan
McKay on the '90s teen drama Beverly
Hills, 90210；' died Monday (Mar. 4, 2019)
after suffering a massive stroke, there were
the usual public displays of sadness when a
public figure 4 leaves us. But his passing was
especially painful for people of a certain age. As one fan expresd on Twitter: "I'm in mourning for Generation X today, for real 5/'
Perry died at just 52 years old. Which makes him the first Gen X icon 6 to succumb
to 7 natural caus. That's an unttling 8
reality check 9 to tho of us who identify as
Notes:
1. Generation X 指的是上世纪60年代早期到
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80年代早期出生的美国人，简称为Gen X, |
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2. Luke Perry 卢克•贝里(1965-2019)，美国著［ 名演员、导演和制片人，代表作有美剧《河谷i
镇》、《飞越比佛利｝(Beverly Hills, 90210)以|及电影《第五元素》等。
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3. heartlhrob(女性影迷、歌迷等的)偶像。 I t
4. public figure 公众人物。
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7. succumb lo 死于(某种疾病)。8. unttling 令人不安的°9. reality check 面对现实。
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Gen Xers, the 65 million born between 1965 and people x
1980. i
We're ud to death —we ve I
lost plenty of heroes to drugs and !
suicide, everyone Cobain 10 to River from Kurt f
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Phoenix 11 to ▼
Chris Cornell 12. But Perry is the I
first to die of something we only |
expect to happen to old people. |
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death came on the heels of 13 a t
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pretty egregious 14 generational |
slight 15. A CBS News 16 story in | :
January, which focud on f t
millennials 17, included an ;
infographic 18 of every generation,
from the silent generation 19 (tho |
born between 1925 and '45) to
tle10. Kurt Cobain 科特•柯本(1967-1994)，美国歌手，著名摇滚j
乐队Nirvana 创立者和主唱。1994年开枪自杀，时年27岁“：
11. River Phoenix 瑞凡•菲尼克斯(1970-1993)，美国演员，死于|
过量吸食毒品C
i 12. Chris Cornell 克里斯•康奈尔(1964-2017)，美国著名歌手和|
作曲家,2017年白杀身亡。
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13. come on the heels of 紧随
14. egregious 过分的，异乎寻常的° j
15. slight 忽略，怠慢c 此处a generational slight 是指下文中提到|
的：哥伦比亚广播公司新闻播报在一次报道中介绍了美国| 儿代人，其中并不包括“X —代”。而贝里的死，恰恰发生在I
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16. CBS News 哥伦比W 广播公司新闻播报。 ♦
17. millennials 千禧一代。亦称"Y —代"，是继"X —代"后出生|
规章制度英文的美国人。 !
18. infographic 信息图”这个词由informalion 的简写info 和f
graphic 构成，指的是将信息通过图形直观形象地表示出来!的方式。
19. silent generation 沉默的一代，指在上世纪20年代中到二战I
结束这个时间段出生的美国人。
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baby boomers 20 (born between '46 and '64) to the post-millennials (born between 1997 andpuss
the prent). Generation X was conspicuously abnt.21
"Gen X is definitely having a midlife crisis 22/' says Matthew Hennesy, 45, author of
Zero Hour for Gen X: How the Last A dull Generation Can Save A meric a from Millennials
"It's not just about growing older. We have this creeping dread 23 that we're going to be
displaced 24 and forgotten."
A 2014 Pew Rearch Center 25 study dubbed 26 Generation X "America's neglected
20. baby boomers 44婴儿潮一代”美国人。21. 此两句的大意为：美国奇伦比亚广播公司的
23. creeping dread 不知不觉间慢慢生成的恐惧24. displace 取代。
25. Pew Rearch Center 皮尤研究中心，美国一
22. midlife crisis 中年危机。
新闻播报于今年一月份通过信息图的方式，
聚焦千禧一代，讲述了包括沉默的一代、婴
儿潮一代、后千禧一代在内儿代人的故事一显家知名独立民调机构，总部设于华盛顿特区
然，“X —代”并不在其列
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middle child,”and that nickname increasingly ems to hold true.u We*re bookended27 between the two monster generations,the baby boomers and the millennials,v says Hennesy."It feels like the torch is being handed right over our heads.”
As proof of this,Hennesy points to the currenl political climate,which is dominated by baby boomers like Hillary Clinton and President Trump,and millennial upstarts28like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez29.Barack Obama is sometimes credited30as a Gen X president,but he was born in1961,a full four years before Generation X's start date.
Even our cultural contributions often feel reduced to31side notes32.Rolling Stone^writer Rob Sheffiel
d,53,author of books like Love Is a Mix Tape and Talking To Girls A bout Duran Duran says he felt unttled after watching Mike Myers and Dana Carvey introduce the nlovie Bohemian Rhapsody24at this year's Academy Awards35.
"They were doing their Wayne"s World routines36word for word37,n he says・"It was bittersweet38to e Wayne and Garth,a touchstone39of Gen X culture,remembered as nothing more than40a tiny detail in the history of a boomer rock band."
So what is our legacy41?Will Gen X be remembered as the also-rans42,the generation who managed only a smirk43and faded44into the distance without ever leaving their mark?園
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I27.bookend书靠，书立°此处是动词用法，喻指被I夹在前后儿代人中间C
i2&upstart自命不凡的家伙，目中无人的新人（年♦轻人）。
29.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez亚历山德里亚•奥卡
两奥-科特兹（1989-），出生于纽约一个波多黎
各移民家庭,2018年半选为莫国国会最年轻女
众议员。美国民主党新左派的代表人物，依靠网
络媒体成为美国最知名的政治网红之一。
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|32.side note旁注，边注。指“X—代”在文化方面|的贡献没有得到世人的重视。
i33.Rolling Slone《滚石》，美国一家以报道流行i文化为主的杂志。
♦34.Bohemian Rhapsody《波卩4米亚柱想曲》，是布4莱恩•辛格执导、拉米•马雷克等主演的音乐I
\传记片，讲述了上世纪70年代英国摇滚乐队
皇后乐队（即下文提到的boomer rock band）|的传奇经历c获2019年91届奥斯|＜最住男i
主角、最佳音响效果等多项大奖。i!
35.Academy Awards奥斯卡奖的官方称谓
广州龙洞36.Wayne's World routines电视喜剧《韦恩的|世界》中主人公所做的千篇一律、乏味无聊I
的节冃。下文中Wayne和Garth是《韦恩的!
世界》中的两位主人公，他们在韦恩父母家!
的地下室电进行自己的所谓电视直播
37.word for word逐字地°
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38.billersweel苦乐参半的，又苦又甜的,
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41.legacy遗产°文中指“X—代”留给后人的文：化遗产。i
42.also-ran落选者，失败者。♦
the son43.smirk自鸣得意的笑，傻笑。♦
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