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根据以下材料,回答题。Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a "Me Generation" that rejects traditional values.
"Around 1980 many Japanese, (31) __________ young people abandoned the values of economic success and be-gan (32)__________ tbr new sets of values to(33)__________ them happiness, " writes sociologist Yasuhiro in Com-parative Civilizations Review.Japanese youth are placing more importance on the individual' s pursuit of(34) __________ and less on the values of work, family, and society.
Japanese students seem to be losing patience with work, (35) __________ their counterparts in the United Statesand Korea. In a 1993(36) __________of college students in the three countries, only 10% of the Japanese regarded(37) __________ as a primary value compared with 47% of Korean students and 27% of American students. A greater(38)__________ of Japanese aged 18 - 24 also preferred easy jobs ( 39 ) __________ heavy responsibility.
The younger Japanese are showing less concem for family values as they pursue an inner world of private satis-faction. Data collected(40)__________ the Japanese government in 1993 shows that only 23% of Japanese youth arethinking about supporting their aged parents, in contrast (41)__________ 63% of young Americans. It appears thatmany younger-generation Japanese are (42) __________ both respect for their parents (43)__________ a sense of respon-sibility to the family. Author Yoshizaki attributes the change (44)__________Japanese parents' over-indulgence oftheir children, material affluence, and growing (45) __________ for private matters.
The shift (46)__________individualism among Japanese is most pronounced among(47 )__________ very young.
According to 1991 data (48)__________the Bunko Center of Japan, 50% of Japanese youth aged 16 -19 can be la-beled "self-centered" compared with 33% among (49)__________aged 25-29. To earn the self-centered label, theyoung people responded positively to (50)__________ ideas as "I would like to make decisions without consideringtraditional values" and "I don' t want to do anything I can' t enjoy doing. "
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