英語聽力小短文走遍全世界: 父母與壓力

英語聽力原文：

Students' pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well meaning, but some of them aren't very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in adjusting to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children's difficulties.

學生的壓力有時來自于父母。大多數(shù)的父母都是善意的，但是有些父母面對子女在適應大學生活中所碰到的問題時毫無幫助，少部分父母似乎不遺余力地給他們的子女增添了困難。

For one thing, parents are often not aware of the kinds of problems their children face. They don't realize that the competition is keener, that the required standards of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. Accustomed to seeing A's and B's on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children's first semester college grades are below that level. At theire kindest, they may gently inquire/ enquire why John or Mary isn't doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. At their worst, they may threaten to take their children out of college, or cut off funds.

一方面，父母常常意識到他們的孩子所遇到的問題。他們沒有料想到競爭越來越激烈，工作的標準越來越高，他們的孩子或許還沒有準備好迎接這種改變。家長習慣于看到孩子在高中成績單上的A或B的分數(shù)，所以當孩子在大學第一學期的成績低于原來的分數(shù)時，他們或許會感到不安。最好的情況是，他們或許會溫柔地詢問為什么約翰或瑪麗沒有做得更好，他(她)是否足夠努力了，等等。最糟的情況是，他們或許會威脅讓孩子退學或是切斷他們的收入。

Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, who are now young adults, must be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are.

有時父母會把孩子視為自身的延續(xù)，認為由他們來決定孩子該如何生活是理所應當和自然而然的事情。他們和孩子緊密聯(lián)系，視為一體，因而忘了人與人其實各不相同，每個人都應該按照自己的方式發(fā)展。他們忘了他們的孩子已經(jīng)是成年人，應該對自己的所作所為以及他們是誰而負責。

英語單詞詞匯整理:

1. pressure n. 壓力

eg: He will never pressure you to get married.

他永遠也不會給你施加壓力讓你結婚。

短語：

under pressure 在壓力之下;受到壓力

high pressure 高壓，高氣壓;高度緊張

blood pressuren 血壓

low pressure 低氣壓;松懈

under the pressure of 在......壓力下

2. aware adj. 知道的，意識到的

eg: Smokers are well aware of the dangers to their own health.

吸煙者們都很清楚吸煙對其自身健康的那些危害。

短語：

aware of 意識到，知道

become aware of 知道;發(fā)覺

3. competition n. 競爭，比賽

eg: The farmers have been seeking higher prices as better protection from foreign competition.

農(nóng)場主們一直在尋求更高價格來作為對外來競爭的更好保護。

短語：

in competition with 與......競爭

domestic competitionn 國內(nèi)競爭

capacity of competition 競爭能力

4. keen adj. 鋒利的，敏銳的，強烈的，精明的

eg：He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.

他一直對工作的進展保持著強烈的興趣。

短語：

keen on 喜愛;熱衷于......

keen competition 劇烈競爭

keen interest 強烈的興趣

5. gently adj. 溫和的，溫柔的

eg: He patted me gently on the back.

他輕輕地在我背上拍了一下。

同根詞：

lightly/ friendly/ soft adv.輕輕地;溫柔地，溫和地

6. threaten v. 威脅，恐嚇

eg: He tied her up and threatened her with a six-inch knife.

他把她綁起來，拿著一把6英寸長的刀威脅她。

短語：

threaten to do sth 威脅要做某事

threaten the existence of 威脅到......的存在

threaten proceedings [法]以起訴恐嚇

threaten sb with sth. 用某事來恐嚇某人

7. extension n. 伸展，延長，擴充，電話分機

eg: She can get me on extension 308.

她可以通過分機308找到我。

短語：

extension of time 延期;延長合約期

file extension 文件擴展名

extension telephonen 電話分機

8. involvement n. 包含，纏繞，混亂

eg: The results of these struggles underline the importance of both individualism and government involvement.

這些斗爭的結果說明,個人主義和政府干預都是重要的。

短語：

involvement in 介入

personal involvement 個人參與

nvolvement load 投入量

9. identification n. 身份的證明，視為同一，確認

eg: He did not have any identification when he arrived at the hospital.

他到醫(yī)院的時候沒有任何身份證明。

短語：

system identification 系統(tǒng)辨識

fingerprint identification 指紋鑒定

identification card 身份證

佳句采摘：

Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with their lives.

有時父母會把孩子視為自身的延續(xù)，認為由他們來決定孩子該如何生活是理所應當和自然而然的事情。