尽管在1946-1964年出生的孩子被称为“婴儿潮一代”,但这一短语直到这一代快结束时才出现。1963年1月,《纽波特纽斯日报》警告道,随着“婴儿潮一代”长大,将掀起一股大学入学潮。
Oddly, an alternate name for people born during this time was Generation X; as London's The Observer noted in 1964, “Like most generations, ‘Generation X’—as the editors tag today’s under 25s—show a notable lack of faith in the Old Ones.”
奇怪的是,在这一时期出生的人还有另外一个名字,“X世代”;正如伦敦《观察家报》1964年所指出的,“和其他世代的人一样,‘X世代’(编者注:当今25岁以下的年轻人)明显不够相信神。”
GENERATION X “X世代”(1965-1980)
That comment in The Observer was in reference to a then-recently published book called Generation X by Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett. A few years later, Joan Broad bought a copy at a garage sale, her son found it, and he fell in love with the name.
《观察家报》的言论是参考了当时简•戴佛森和查尔斯•哈姆布赖特出版的一本名为《X世代》的书。几年后,琼•博德在一个跳蚤市场买了这本书。她的儿子看到并爱上了这个名字。
That son was Billy Idol, and according to his memoir, Dancing with Myself, “We immediately thought it could be a great name for this new band, since we both felt part of a youth movement bereft of a future, that we were completely misunderstood by and detached from the present social and cultural spectrum. We also felt the name projected the many possibilities that came with presenting our generation’s feelings and thoughts.” The band Generation X would begin Billy Idol’s career.
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