o return home from adventures and war.РCultural backgroundР1. What are the so-called “odyssey years”?РFor English speakers, as many other cultures, the odyssey has e a special term for an epic journey and great struggle. The odyssey years in this text refers to a newly added life phase, which appears between adolescence and adulthood. it’s the decade when young people are wandering and going through life, exploring and discovering themselves.Р2. Special terms for different generationsРGeneration Jones(after World War II in 1945 through 1965): baby boomers; less optimism, distrust of government, and general cynicism?Generation X (from the 1960s to the early 1980s):the period of birth decline; be pushed toward adulthood at an age earlier; better educated than baby boomersРCultural background
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