It seems a luxury to be able to try out different roles. But the changing job market is pressing youn people to took for a sense of focus.
Beth Bosiak, 27, has had three different jobs in Ontario, Canada since graduating, "I feel that my 20s have frustrating and unsetting in terms of lacking a sens of career direction." She says.
It is also getting harder to change jobs later in your 20s, beause it means competing with people younger than.
"I am still going for graduate posiions. Companies may think I have to much experience for them to mould me into who they want," says Speakman.
This new life-phase of choice and change is increasingly captured by film and TV shows such as Knocked Up and Friends.
But Galston believes the life skills that young people gain on their odyssey road could be positive facotr in the longer term.
"They may be more satisfied with their job choice, because they have taken longer to make them and enjoyed aa wider range of experiences," he says.
短语学习：
try out different roles 尝试不同的角色
job market 就业市场
press sb to do sth 逼着某人作某事
a sense of focus 聚焦感
be frustrating and unsettling 充满挫折感和混乱的
in terms of 就……而言
career direction 就业方向
compete with sb 与某人竞争
go for graduate positions 去做毕业生作的职位
mould sb into ... 把某人塑造成……
new life-phase 新的人生阶段
have become the norm 已经变成惯例
agony over ... 为……而感到痛苦
a positive factor 一个积极的因素
in the long term 长期
be satisfied with job choice 对职业选择感到满意
单词学习
compete v. 比赛；竞争
luxury n. 奢侈
mould v. 铸造；浇铸
odyssey n. 长期的漂泊；漫长历程
frustrating adj. 令人沮丧的；令人感到挫折的
unsettling adj. 不安定的，混乱的
range n. 类别，种类
career n. 职业生涯
choice n. 选择
press v. 催促；强迫
direction n. 方向
graduate v. 毕业
position n. 位置，职位
partner n. 配偶；搭档
role n. 角色
agony n. 极度痛苦；苦恼
norm n. 惯例；规范
positive adj. 积极的；正面的
capture v. (用照片等）留存，记录，拍摄
pressure n. 压力
factor n. 因素
increasingly adv. 日益，越来越多地
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