新概念英語(yǔ)第四冊(cè)Lesson+34+Adolescence+講義

Lesson34Adolescence1青春期Whatdoadolescentsrespectinparents?Parentsareoftenupsetwhentheirchildrenpraisethehomesoftheirfriendsandregarditasaslur2ontheirowncooking,orcleaning,orfurniture,andoftenarefoolishenoughtolettheadolescentsseethattheyareannoyed.Theymayevenaccusethemofdisloyalty,ormakesomespitefulremarkaboutthefriends'parents.Suchlossofdignityanddescentintochildishbehaviourontheparttotheirparentsabouttheplaceorpeopletheyvisit.Beforeverylongtheparentswillbecomplainingthatthechildissosecretiveandnevertellsthemanything,buttheyseldomrealizethattheyhavebroughtthisonthemselves.Disillusionmentwiththeparents,howevergoodandadequatetheymaybebothasparentsandasindividuals,istosomedegreeinevitable3.Mostchildrenhavesuchahighidealoftheirparents,unlesstheparentsthemselveshavebeenunsatisfactory,thatitcanhardlyhopetostanduptoarealisticevaluation4.Parentswouldbegreatlysurprisedanddeeplytouchediftheyhopetostanduptoarealisticevaluation.Parentswouldbegreatlysurprisedanddeeplytouchediftheyrealizedhowmuchbelieftheirchildrenusuallyhaveintheircharacterandinfallibility,andhowmuchthisfaithmeanstoachild.Ifparentswerepreparedforthisadolescentreaction,andrealizedthatitwasasignthatthechildwasgrowingupanddevelopingvaluablepowersofobservationandindependentjudgment5,theywouldnotbesohurt,andthereforewouldnotdrivethechildintoopposition6byresentingandresistingit.Theadolescent,withhispassionforsincerity7,alwaysrespectsaparentwhoadmitsthatheiswrong,orignorant,oreventhathehasbeenunfairorunjust.Whatthechildcannotforgiveistheparent'srefusaltoadmitthesechargesifthechildknowsthemtobetrue.Victorianparentsbelievedthattheykepttheirdignitybyretreatingbehindanunreasoningauthoritarian8attitude;infacttheydidnothingofthekind,butchildrenwerethentoocowedtoletthemknowhowtheyreallyfelt.Todaywetendtogototheotherextreme,butonthewholethisisahealthierattitudebothforthechildandtheparent.Itisalwayswiserandsafertofaceuptoreality,howeverpainfulitmaybeatthemoment.DOTIDOFLUMJourneyThroughAdolescenceNewwordsandexpressions生詞和短語(yǔ)adolescencen.slurn.青春期adolescentn.底毀disloyaltyn.青少年（12-18歲）spitefuladj.惡意的，懷恨的disillusionmentn.幻滅感evaluationn.評(píng)價(jià)infallibilityn.一貫正確resentv.怨恨sincerityn.誠(chéng)摯victorianadj.維多利亞式的retreatv.后退unreasoningadj.不憑理智的authoritarianadj.專制的cowv.嚇唬參考譯文當(dāng)家長(zhǎng)聽到孩子贊揚(yáng)自己朋友的家時(shí)，總感到不安，認(rèn)為孩子在嫌棄自家的飯菜、衛(wèi)生、或家具，而且愚蠢地讓孩子看出自己的煩惱。他們甚至責(zé)備孩子不忠，或者講些小朋友家長(zhǎng)的壞話。家長(zhǎng)這種有失身份和孩子氣的作法使青春期的孩子大為震驚，決心以后不再向父母講述去過(guò)的地方和見過(guò)的人。不要很久,家長(zhǎng)就會(huì)抱怨孩子守口如瓶，什么事也不告訴他們，殊不知這是他們自找的。不管家長(zhǎng)的人品有多么好，作為父母有多么合格，孩子們對(duì)家長(zhǎng)幻想的破滅在某種程度上是不可避免的。除非父母自身不能令人滿意，大多數(shù)孩子對(duì)父母估價(jià)過(guò)高，以致這種估價(jià)很難指望經(jīng)受住現(xiàn)實(shí)的考驗(yàn)。如果家長(zhǎng)意識(shí)到孩子們通常是多么相信家長(zhǎng)的品行和絕對(duì)正確，意識(shí)到孩子們的這種信念會(huì)對(duì)孩子產(chǎn)生多么大的影響，那么家長(zhǎng)會(huì)大為吃驚和深受感動(dòng)的。如果家長(zhǎng)對(duì)青少年的這種反應(yīng)有思想準(zhǔn)備，并且意識(shí)到這象征著孩子們正在成熟和正在發(fā)展寶貴的觀察力、獨(dú)立判斷力，那么他們就不會(huì)那樣傷心，也就不會(huì)由于怨恨和抵觸這種反應(yīng)，而把孩子推到自己的對(duì)立面去。青少年酷愛真誠(chéng)，對(duì)于能夠承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤或無(wú)知、甚至承認(rèn)自己做得不分平或不公正的父母，他們總是尊敬的，孩子們所不能原諒的是：父母錯(cuò)了，孩子們也看出來(lái)了，可是做父母的還不肯承認(rèn)。維多利亞時(shí)代的父母認(rèn)為，他們可靠無(wú)理的權(quán)威氣派來(lái)維護(hù)自己的尊嚴(yán)，實(shí)際上那是根本不行的。孩子們只不過(guò)被嚇得不敢讓父母知道自己的想法罷了。雖然現(xiàn)在我們傾向于走向另一個(gè)極端，但總地來(lái)看，孩子和家長(zhǎng)雙方態(tài)度都比較端正。遇事采取面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)的態(tài)度總是比較明智和穩(wěn)妥的，盡管會(huì)有暫時(shí)的痛苦。

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1adolescence

n.青春期，青少年參考例句：Adolescenceistheprocessofgoingfromchildhoodtomaturity.青春期是從少年到成年的過(guò)渡期。Thefilmisaboutthetrialsandtribulationsofadolescence.這部電影講述了青春期的麻煩和苦惱。2slur

v.含糊地說(shuō)；詆毀；連唱；n.詆毀；含糊的發(fā)音參考例句：Hetooktheremarksasasluronhisreputation.他把這些話當(dāng)作是對(duì)他的名譽(yù)的中傷。Thedrugmadeherspeakwithaslur.藥物使她口齒不清。3inevitable

adj.不可避免的，必然發(fā)生的參考例句：Marywaswearingherinevitablelargehat.瑪麗戴著她總是戴的那頂大帽子。ThedefeathadinevitableconsequencesforBritishpolicy.戰(zhàn)敗對(duì)英國(guó)政策不可避免地產(chǎn)生了影響。4evaluation

n.估價(jià)，評(píng)價(jià)；賦值參考例句：Iattemptedanhonestevaluationofmyownlife.我試圖如實(shí)地評(píng)價(jià)我自己的一生。Thenewschemeisstillunderevaluation.新方案還在評(píng)估階段。5judgment

n.審判；判斷力，識(shí)別力，看法，意見參考例句：Thechairmanflattershimselfonhisjudgmentofpeople.主席自認(rèn)為他審視人比別人高明。He'samanofexcellentjudgment.他眼力過(guò)人。6opposition

n.反對(duì)，敵對(duì)參考例句：Thepartyleaderisfacingoppositioninhisownbackyard.該黨領(lǐng)袖在自己的黨內(nèi)遇到了反對(duì)。Thepolicetriedtobreakdowntheprisoner'sopposition.警察設(shè)法制住了那個(gè)囚犯的反抗。7sincerity

n.真誠(chéng)，誠(chéng)意；真實(shí)參考例句：Hissincerityaddedmuchmoreauthoritytothestory.他的真誠(chéng)更增加了故事的說(shuō)服力。Hetriedhardtosa