2020 Text 4（英语二）Z 世代求职者

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Now that members of Generation Z are graduating college this spring — the most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was born after 1995, give or take a year — the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks.

如今 Z 世代（最普遍接受的定义是这一代人出生于 1995 年之后，多一年少一年都行）的成员今年春天就要大学毕业了——其最近几周的关注度一直在稳步上升。

Gen Zs are about to hit the streets looking for work in a labor market that's tighter than it's been in decades.

Z 世代即将上街寻找工作，而劳动力市场的紧张程度是几十年来所没有的。

And employers are planning on hiring about 17 percent more new graduates for jobs in the U. S. this year than last, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

根据全国大学和雇主协会进行的一项调查，雇主计划今年在美国雇用的新毕业生比去年多 17%。

Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them.

每个人都想知道，即将居住在那些空荡荡的办公室隔间里的人与之前的人有什么不同。

If "entitled" is the most common adjective, fairly or not, applied to millennials (those born between 1981 and 1995) , the catchwords for Generation Z are practical and cautious.

如果说 “有权” 是适用于千禧一代（1981 年至 1995 年之间出生的人）的最常见的形容词，那么 Z 世代的口号则是实用和谨慎。

According to the career counselors and experts who study them, Generation Zs are clear-eyed, economic pragmatists.

根据研究他们的职业顾问和专家的说法，Z 世代是目光清晰的经济实用主义者。

Despite graduating into the best economy in the past 50 years, Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like.

尽管毕业于过去 50 年中最好的经济时代，Z 世代知道经济列车失事是什么样子。

They were impressionable kids during the crash of 2008, when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings, or both.

在 2008 年的经济崩溃中，他们是受影响的孩子，当时许多人的父母失去了工作或他们一生的积蓄，或者都失去了。

They aren't interested in taking any chances.

他们没有兴趣冒任何风险。

The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt.

蓬勃发展的经济似乎并没有缓解这一代人潜在的焦虑紧迫感，特别是对于那些有大学债务的人来说。

College loan balances in the U. S. now stand at a record $1.5 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve.

根据美联储的数据，美国的大学贷款余额现在达到了创纪录的 1.5 万亿美元。

One survey from Accenture found that 88 percent of graduating seniors this year chose their major with a job in mind.

埃森哲的一项调查发现，今年有 88% 的毕业班学生在选择专业时考虑到了工作。

In a 2019 survey of University of Georgia students, meanwhile, the career office found the most desirable trait in a future employer was the ability to offer secure employment (followed by professional development and training, and then inspiring purpose) .

同时，在 2019 年对佐治亚大学学生的调查中，就业办公室发现，未来雇主最理想的特质是能够提供安稳的工作（其次是专业发展和培训，然后是鼓舞人心的目标）。

Job security or stability was the second most important career goal (work-life balance was number one) , followed by a sense of being dedicated to a cause or to feel good about serving the greater good.

工作安全或稳定是第二重要的职业目标（工作与生活的平衡是第一位的），其次是献身于某项事业的感觉或为更大的利益服务的良好感觉。

That's a big change from the previous generation.

这与上一代人相比是一个很大的变化。

"Millennials wanted more flexibility in their lives," notes Tanya Michelson, Associate Director of YouthSight, a UK-based brand manager that conducts regular 60-day surveys of British youth, in finding that might just as well apply to American youth.

“千禧一代希望他们的生活有更多的灵活性，” YouthSight 副主任坦尼娅·米歇尔森指出，该公司是英国的品牌管理公司，定期对英国青年进行为期60 天的调查，这一发现可能同样适用于美国青年。

Generation Zs are looking for more certainty and stability, because of the rise of the gig economy. They have trouble seeing a financial future and they are quite risk-averse.

Z 世代正在寻找更多的确定性和稳定性，因为打工经济的崛起。他们很难看到金融的未来，而且他们相当规避风险。

36. Generation Zs graduating college this spring:

36. 今年春天大学毕业的 Z 世代：

{A} are recognized for their abilities.

{A} 他们的能力得到了认可。

{B} are optimistic about the labor market.

{B} 对劳动力市场持乐观态度。

{C} are in favor of office job offers.

{C} 赞成办公室的工作机会。

{D} are drawing growing public attention.

{D} 正在引起公众越来越多的关注。

37. Generation Zs are keenly aware:

37. Z 世代的人敏锐地意识到：

{A} what their parents expect of them.

{A} 他们的父母对他们的期望。

{B} how valuable a counselor's advice is.

{B} 辅导员的建议有多大价值。

{C} what a tough economic situation is like.

{C} 艰难的经济状况是怎样的。

{D} how they differ from past generations.

{D} 他们与上一代人有什么不同。

38. The word "assuage" (Line 9, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to:

38. "assuage"（第 9 行，第 2 段）这个词的意思最接近：

{A} deepen

{A} 深化

{B} define

{B} 定义

{C} maintain

{C} 保持

{D} relieve

{D} 缓解

39. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that Generation Zs:

39. 从第 3 段可以得知，Z 世代的人：

{A} give top priority to professional training

{A} 把专业培训放在首位

{B} have a clear idea about their future job

{B} 对自己未来的工作有清晰的认识

{C} care little about their job performance

{C} 不关心自己的工作表现

{D} think it hard to achieve work-life balance

{D} 认为很难实现工作和生活的平衡

40. Michelsen thinks that compared with millennials, Generation Zs are:

40. 米歇尔森认为，与千禧一代相比，Z 世代的人（ ）。

{A} less realistic

{A} 不那么现实

{B} less adventurous

{B} 缺乏冒险精神

{C} more diligent

{C} 更勤奋

{D} more generous

{D} 更加慷慨