内容正文:
Unit 2 Let's talk teens
Reading (1)
Reading
Strangers under the same roof ?
Does every dinner with your parents seem to turn into a battle? Have your once warm and open conversations become cold and guarded? Do you feel that you just cannot see eye to eye with them on anything? You are not alone. Heated arguments and cold silences are common between teenagers and their parents.
译文
每天的家庭晚餐幻化成激烈战斗?热情开朗的谈话蜕变成冷淡警惕?无论什么事情都夏虫语冰?其实大家都一样。青少年和父母之间,无论是激烈争论,还是冷面以对,都并不少见。
n. 争吵,争论,辩论
have an argument with sb. 与某人争吵
argue(v.) 争吵,争论,论证
argue with sb. about/over sth. 和某人争论某事
argue sb. into/out of doing sth.劝某人做/不做某事
Reading
Teenagers’ physical changes may result in such family tensions. You may feel anxious that you are developing at a different rate to your friends, shooting up in height or getting left far behind. You might worry about your changing voice, weight problems or spots. When it all gets too much, your parents are often the first targets of your anger.
译文
这种家庭紧张气氛有可能是由青少年的身体变化引发的。你可能因为发育速度和朋友不同而焦虑不安,比方个子窜得太快或比别人矮半个头;你也可能因变声情况,体重问题或者长了雀斑而担心不已。如果此类变化经历太多,父母往往就成为你倾泻怒火的首要人选。
拓展:
1.result from 由....造成;因....而产生
2.as a result 结果,因此
1. adj. 忧虑的,担心的
be anxious about/for 对....感到忧虑/担心
2. adj.渴望的
be anxious for... 渴望....
be anxious to do sth. 渴望做某事;急于做某事
3.anxiety(n.)焦虑;渴望
with anxiety焦虑地
Reading
It can be a big headache to balance your developing mental needs too. You enter a strange middle ground—no longer a small child but not quite an adult. You have both a new desire for independence and a continued need for your parents’ love and support. You feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions on your own. Unfortunately, your parents do not always agree and that makes you feel unhappy. “Why can’t they just let me go?” you may wonder. On the other hand, when you are struggling to control your feelings, you wish they could be more caring and patient—sometimes they forget that growing up is a rough ride. It can be difficult when your parents