2019考研英语：翻译训练之X世代

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　　2019考研英语：翻译训练之X世代
        　　But the name Generation X wouldn’t become associated with a wide group of
people until 1991. That's the year Douglas Coupland’s Generation X: Tales for an
Accelerated Culture was released. The book became a sensation for its ability to
capture early '90s culture and, although it didn’t coin the words, helped
popularize a range of terms as diverse as McJob and pamphleting—and a name for
an entire generation.
        　　译文：
        　　但直到1991，“X世代”才与一个广泛群体联系到一起。那一年，道格拉斯•柯普兰的《X世代：速成文化的故事》出版了。这本书因充分展现了20世纪90年代早期的文化而轰动一时，尽管“X世代”这个词不是它的发明，但这本书让各种各样的表述流行起来，例如McJob(普通乏味而又低薪的工作)，pamphleting(短论)和对一代人的称呼“X世代”。