Task 2 - Read and listen to the poem. Do you think its message is optimistic or pessimistic? What do you think the last line is telling us to do? - SHS Friends Global 11 page 87

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

The Lost Generation

by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation.

And I refuse to believe that

I can change the world.

I realize this may be a shock, but

'Happiness comes from within'

Is a lie, and

'Money will make me happy'

So in 30 years, I will tell my children

They are not the most important thing in my life.

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

Work

Is more important than

Family

I tell you this:

Once upon a time

Families stayed together

But this will not be true in my era.

This is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

Thirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of my divorce.

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making.

In the future,

Environmental destruction will be the norm.

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this Earth.

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic.

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we reverse it.

2. Phương pháp giải

Đọc và nghe bài thơ. Bạn nghĩ thông điệp của nó là lạc quan hay bi quan? Bạn nghĩ dòng cuối cùng bảo chúng ta làm gì?

3. Lời giải chi tiết

- The poem's message is pessimistic - it predicts life will get worse unless we make changes.

(Thông điệp của bài thơ khá tiêu cực - nó dự đoán một cuộc sống tồi tệ hơn nếu chúng ta không chịu thay đổi.)

- The last line encourages us to think about how to make these changes.

(Dòng cuối cùng cổ vũ chúng ta nghĩ đến việc làm thế nào để tạo ra sự thay đổi.)