了解今日课堂：

Dialogue:

millennials, money, and mobile tech

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, last time we saw each other we talked about.　I wonder what you think about ______?

Mark: Hmm, that's _____.　My first thought is that I'm tired of _ that get used to ______.

Jingjing: You mean,_____?

Mark: Sure, and _______.　When they_____, that's when it started to _______.

Jingjing: Or, perhaps, _____.

Mark: Generation Y might have made .　China's way of doing it is simpler, and _____: post-90s, post-2000s, etc.

Jingjing: Well, OK.　Do you think people______ these years have as many ______ as you did?

Mark: Good question.　I think a lot of things_____.

Jingjing: For instance?

Mark: ______.　There are so many apps for that.　Back when I was in college, it took me on Excel to start to notice_.

Jingjing: Yeah, an app can _____of what kind of life someone could expect based on their _______.

Mark: About ______, I disagree with most people about_____.

Jingjing: I don't ______.　People have chances we didn't have to do______.

Mark: A whole lot of ______ can be removed by apps ______.

Jingjing: I wish there were______that would ______ for me based on my ______ and _______ needs.

Mark: That'd be pretty cool—probably still more ______ than cooking, but something that would __ every day for something.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, when you ______, I found an article about Americans______.

Mark: Oh yeah?　What's______?

Jingjing: More people than before _______ their network of friends to .

Mark: That's probably a better choice than _, when someone or so to_______ for the month.

Jingjing: I'd agree with you; but the article also said Americans have something like______ billion in .

Mark: That's, what, ______GDP?

Jingjing: Still, a lot of people are earning far less than_______ of GDP, still_______ pretty big debts.

Mark: Hopefully apps can solve that problem—let someone know how much ——-, if they buy it_____ when they can pay for it.

Jingjing: Actually, I was_____ by the article.　_____ suggests that people other than ———— are______.

Mark: Then it's _______, or kids.

Jingjing: That'd be______.　Then again, a lot of people with money know how to_______.

Mark: They _______ numbers like you saw in the article, without ______what ______ is doing with money.　Anyway, as ———would credit cards and ——

Jingjing: That'd be nice.　It seems like you guys have_____.

Mark: Each with its ______, don't I know it!

Jingjing: Well, I didn't want to_____.　Do you think AI is ______ for personal ——?

Mark: It might lead people to give up hope, and others to ______.　Definitely a new dawn, probably one with ______.

Jingjing: Geez,_______!

Mark: Sorry about that!　Anyway, good talk.　I'm ______.

new words and phrases

millennials:

generation X:

generation Y:

baby boomer:

paint a pretty clear picture:

subscribe to that:

the scoop:

the average Joe:

bubble:

facets:

tread water:

easy street: