"President Bill Clinton's election in 1992 was a transfer of power from the old generation to the new generation -- he's the first baby boomer to be elected to the White House."
"Population growth has slowed down in the United States since the baby boomers became adults. They're simply not having as many children as their parents did."
你要是查1983年以前出版的字典,你可能还找不到yuppy这个字。实际上,yuppy是一个缩略字,它是由 young urban professional这三个字的第一个字母组成的,也就是yup。后面再加上p和y这两个字母来形成第二个音节。新出版的字典会告诉你,所谓yuppies就是那些很有抱负,受过高等教育,住在大城市有专业性的工作,生活很富裕的年轻人。很多baby boomers后来变成了yuppy。请听一位yuppy的自白吧。
"I guess you can call me a yuppy. I'm 37 and I make enough money to afford the right things in life. See this gold Rolex watch? I eat in the best restaurants and drink a good wine instead of whiskey. Yes, of course, I drive a BMW."
"The trouble with most yuppies is that they don't have independent minds of their own. They follow the latest fashions in food, wine, clothes, cars and amusement like a herd of sheep."