【高一 拓展閱讀-兒童教育】Youngest child Tends to be parents Favourite

YoungestchildTendstobeparents’FavouriteIt’slongbeendebatedwhetherparentscaninfactshowfavouritism(偏袒)towardstheirchildren.Thosewhoclaimtohave“middlechildsyndrome”—averyrealphenomenonthatleadstothemiddlechildfeelingneglectedandunlovedincomparisontotheirsiblingswouldagreethatitisn’toutofthequestionforparentstoshowbias.Itwouldseemthattheirsuspicions(懷疑)havebeenconfirmed,asasurveyrevealedthatparentstendtofavourtheiryoungestchild.Lastyear,Mumsnetconductedasurveyof1,185ofitsusersthatareparents,whileGransnetcarriedoutasurveyof1,111ofitsusersthathadatleastonegrandchild.ItwasdiscoveredthatnearlyaquarteroftheMumsnetusersadmittedtohavingafavouritechildwhile42percentoftheGransnetusersconfessed(承認(rèn))toshowingpreferencetooneoftheirgrandchildren.Morethanhalfoftheparentswithafavouritechildrevealedthatitwastheiryoungestchild,with61percentsayingthattheyfindtheothersiblingsmore“trickyordemanding”.Ontheotherhand,26percentoftheparentssaidthattheirfavouritechildwastheireldest.Oftheparentswhoconfessedtohavingapreferredchild,41percentstatedthatthefavouriteremindedthemofthemselves,whilemorethanhalfsaidthatthechildmadethemlaughmorethantheirotheroffspring.Whilethechildrenwhodon’treceivespecialtreatmentmayfeeldisregarded(忽視)attimes,themajorityofparentsbelievethatit’swrongtoshowpreference.MorethanhalfofbothMumsnetandGransnetuserswereoftheopinionthathavingafavouritechildisabsolutely“awful”，withmorethanthreequartersoftheparentscommentingthattheybelievedoingsocanhaveadamagingeffectontheothersiblings.“Favouritismisoneofthelasttaboosandcanprovokealotofguilt,soit’simportanttosaythatfeelingagreateraffinityforaparticularchild-often,whicheveroneiswillingtoputtheirshoeson-isfairlycommon,anddoesn’thavetobedisastrous,”saidJustineRoberts，founderofGransnet.Toxicfavouritism,wheresiblingsbecomeawareofbeingtreatedunfairlyoverthelongterm，isawholeotherballgame.Thedistilled（精煉的）Mumsnetwisdomonthisissueisthatlotsofparentsliketheirchildrendifferently：thecrucialthingistolovethemallwholly（完全地）.”ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion.1.Whatcanwelearnabout“middlechildsyndrome”?A.Itisaphenomenonthatthemiddlechildispreferred.B.Itmakesthemiddlechildfeelneglectedandunloved.C.Itmeansthattheyoungestchildreceivesmostcare.D.Itmakesmiddlechildrenfeellessconfidentinlife.2.AbouthowmanyMumsnetusersadmittedtohavingafavouritechildinthesurvey?A.466.B.296.C.1,111.D.1,185.3.Whatpercentageofparentssaidthattheirfavouritechildwastheireldest?A.61percent.B.41percent.C.26percent.D.20percent.4.WhichofthefollowinginformationisNOTmentionedinthearticle?A.Mumsnetconductedasurveyof1,185parents.B.Gransnetcarriedoutasurveyof1,111grandparents.C.Morethanhalfoftheparticipantsthinkthathavingafavouritechildisawful.D.Parentslovetheirchildrenequally.5.Inline2ofthesecondparagraph,whatdoes“siblings”mean?A.Brothersandsisters.B.Children.C.Parents.D.Cousins.Vocabulary基礎(chǔ)詞confirm vt.（尤指通過提供證據(jù)）證實；證明；批準(zhǔn)；確認(rèn) 記詞根記憶con表加強+frim（堅定）→十分堅定→證實 例Ourresultsconfirmedhisobservation.我們的結(jié)論證實了他的觀 察。reveal vt.揭示；揭露；顯露 英tomakesth.knowntosb. 記詞根記憶re（相反）+veal（=veil，蓋上）→不蓋上→揭露 例Furtherinvestigationrevealedthatthemayorwasguilty.進(jìn)一步調(diào) 查顯示，市長是有罪的。favour n.恩惠；善意的行為；贊同；喜愛；偏愛ⅵ.更喜歡；偏袒 搭ask/dosb.afavour請某人幫忙幫某人的忙infavourof...支持…discover vt.發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到 英tofindsb./sth.thatwashiddenorthatyoudidnotexpecttofind 記聯(lián)想記憶dis（去掉）cover（蓋子）→拿掉蓋子→發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到preference n.喜愛；偏愛 記詞根記憶prefer（喜愛）+ence（表名詞）喜愛 搭haveapreferencefor偏愛tricky adj.難對付的，棘手的 英difficulttodoordealwithmajority n.大部分，大多數(shù) 記詞根記憶major（主要的）+ity（表名詞）→大多數(shù)absolutely adv.當(dāng)然；絕對地；完全地 記詞根記憶ab（表加強）+solut（松開）+e+ly（表副詞）→放開 思想去接受→完全地awful adj.可怕的；糟糕的；【口】非常 英verybadorunpleasant 派awfulness（n.威嚴(yán)；可怕）willing adj.愿意的，樂意的；自愿的 英notobjectingtodoingsth.；havingnoreasonfornotdoingsth. 記詞根記憶will（意愿）+ing（…的）→愿意的 搭bewillingtodosth.樂意愿意做某事wisdom n.智慧 記聯(lián)想記憶wis（看作wise，聰明的）+dom（表狀態(tài)）智慧Vocabulary進(jìn)階詞syndrome n.綜合征；典型特征 英asetofphysicalconditionsthatshowyouhaveaparticulardisease ormedicalproblemphenomenon n.現(xiàn)象；非凡的人/事物 搭naturalphenomenon自然現(xiàn)象comparison n.比較，對比；對照；比喻，比擬 記詞根記憶com（共同）+par（相等）+ison→放在一起看看是否 相等→比較 搭bycomparison相比之下incomparisonwith與…相比makea comparison進(jìn)行對比bias n.偏見；偏心vt.使有偏見；使偏心 記詞根記憶bi（兩）+as→兩者只取其一→偏心demanding adj.苛求的；難滿足的；要求高的；費力的 記來自demand（vt.要求；需要）offspring n.子女；后代comment n.評論；意見v.評論；發(fā)表意見 記詞根記憶com（共同）+ment（思考）→共同進(jìn)行思考→評論 搭commenton/about評論…taboo n.（文化或宗教習(xí)俗方面的）禁忌，忌諱；禁止；避諱adj.忌諱的 搭taboowords禁忌詞break/violateataboo觸犯禁忌provoke vt.激怒；挑釁；引發(fā)，引起 記詞根記憶pro（向前）+vok（叫喊）+e→在別人面前喊叫，煽 風(fēng)點火→激怒；挑釁 搭Don’tprovoke