For example, in Britain, being British doesn't mean the same thing that it meant even two or three generations ago.

例如在英国，做个英国人跟两三代之前的人是不可同日而语了。

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But if new generations of parents find even two or three Chinese words troublesome, something must have gone wrong in the way they perceive our cultural identity.

可是，如果连简单直接的三两个字也嫌麻烦 累赘的 话，新一代父母对文化的认同肯定出了偏差。

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Meanwhile, most urban Chinese still live in small, shoddily built apartments that are shared among two or even three generations.

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