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外刊精选|总想回到过去?童年无忧无虑的滤镜,是时候打破了
“六一”国际儿童节即将到来,在给孩子们庆祝节日的同时,大人们也会借此机会回忆童年。我们经常把童年和无忧无虑、自由自在联系在一起,但今天《纽约时报》的这篇文章质疑了这一点。作者为什么并不怀念自己的童年?她的经历只是个例吗?为什么说只有成年人认清了自己的童年,才能让孩子过上更好的童年?
I Would Have Liked Childhood More Without the Pressure to Grow Up
By Jane Coaston
Many people have cherished if hazy memories of being children. In this case, though, I seem to be immune: I clearly remember not enjoying being a child.
When I think about it, one of the things I hated most was the pressure not to be a kid anymore. I felt as if I were constantly being hurried along. I was supposed to get the best grades while also being athletically gifted and making tons of friends. I felt like I was given no time for trial and error. Because being bad at anything was the worst possible sin I could imagine committing.
So I'm curious what people are really longing for when they think they want to go back. I reached out to the clinical psychologist Becky Kennedy. In an email, she told me that what adults wish they could have again isn't the experience of being a child but the sensations they retroactively associate with childhood. "I think we are looking for a time of freedom, joy, spontaneity and play," she said.
The irony is that when you were a child, you didn't actually have any freedom.
Dr. Becky told me that my experience of feeling hustled along is still common today. "It's almost like parents are so invested in who they want their kids to be as adults that they don't allow them the freedom and time they need to develop into those adults."
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.cherished英 [ˈtʃerɪʃt] 美 [ˈtʃerɪʃt]adj. ________________________________________
2.if英 [ɪf] 美 [ɪf]conj. ________________________________________
3.hazy英 [ˈheɪzi] 美 [ˈheɪzi]adj. ________________________________________
4.immune英 [ɪˈmjuːn] 美 [ɪˈmjuːn]adj.________________________________________
5.remember英 [rɪˈmembə] 美 [rɪˈmembər]v. ________________________________________
6.gifted英 [ˈɡɪftɪd] 美 [ˈɡɪftɪd]adj. ________________________________________
7.trial n________________________________________
8.error n. ________________________________________
9.sin英 [sɪn] 美 [sɪn]n.________________________________________
10.commit英 [kəˈmɪt] 美 [kəˈmɪt]v. ________________________________________
11.hurry vi. 加快;vt. ________________________________________
12.retroactively英 [ˌretrəʊˈæktɪvli] 美 [ˌretroʊˈæktɪvli]adv. _______________________
13.spontaneity英 [ˌspɒntəˈneɪəti] 美 [ˌspɑːntənˈeɪəti]n. ________________________
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.would have done ___________________
2.the pressure to do something ___________________
3.one's most cherished possession ___________________
4.live a happy if poor life ___________________
5.be immune to certain diseases ___________________
6.remember doing something ___________________
7.enjoy doing something ___________________
8.as if I were ___________________
9.commit a sin ___________________
10.be hurried along ___________________
11.hurry up ___________________
12.artistically gifted ___________________
13.linguistically gifted ___________________
14.tons of ___________________
15.trial and error ___________________
16.commit a crime ___________________
17.commit a murder ___________________
18.reach out to somebody ___________________
19.It's almost like ___________________
20.be invested in ___________________
21.allow somebody something ___________________
拓展练习阅读理解
This past summer, hundreds of fish in Canada beat the heat in human- made plumes (一股) of cold water. The approach could help protect cold-water species as climate change warms rivers.
Fish can become stressed or even die when the water gets too hot. In rivers, Atlantic salmon and other cold-water species sometimes escape the heat by flocking to cooler zones. Such chill sites may be found near groundwater springs or small rivers and streams flowing into larger waterways.
“People have done a lot to preserve and add to these natural shelters,” said Kathryn Smith, a civil engineer in Canada at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her team works on the new river-chilling project. Until now, she says, “There hasn’t really been an emphasis if we can create cold-water habitat.”
To test the idea, her team pumped (抽送) groundwater from a nearby well into the Wrights River in Nova Scotia. The groundwater was 9℃. This created an artificial plume of cool water. It was up to 20℃ cooler than the surrounding water.
This plume attracted several hundred fish of different life stages and species. These included Atlantic salmon, most of which were very young. These small young fish hung out in the plume throughout the test. But when a heat wave raised river temperatures to about 30℃, older fish took shelter in the plume, too.
The team also tried a second approach. They rerouted some water from the river into an underground trench (沟渠). Here, the water cooled a bit before flowing back into the river. This method cooled part of the river without needing a pump. The water temperature fell by only a few degrees Celsius this way. But even so, fish were spotted in the cooled flow throughout the summer.
Though small, these early tests show a “proof of concept”. That means the approaches show promise but they aren’t yet ready for wide use. “More work lies ahead to decide the needed number of cooling site s to really help fish communities,” says Kathryn Smith.
9.What does the underlined word “chill” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.Rough. B.Secret. C.Distant. D.Cold.
10.What is the purpose of Smith’s team’s project?
A.To create cold- water species’ habitat. B.To learn more about Atlantic waters.
C.To offer information about climate change. D.To protect the environment around Atlantic.
11.What does Smith’s team’s project tell us?
A.The first approach is much more practical. B.Pumping cold water could help fish beat the heat.
C.The artificial plume fails to attract big fish. D.The water temperature of the plume is higher.
12.What should Smith’s team figure out in the future?
A.How to help fish avoid attack. B.When to make wide use of the approaches.
C.How many cooling sites are needed. D.Why to make the approaches understandable.
外刊精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.cherished英 [ˈtʃerɪʃt] 美 [ˈtʃerɪʃt]adj. 珍爱的,珍藏的
2.if英 [ɪf] 美 [ɪf]conj. 虽然
3.hazy英 [ˈheɪzi] 美 [ˈheɪzi]adj. 朦胧的
4.immune英 [ɪˈmjuːn] 美 [ɪˈmjuːn]adj. 对……免疫的;不受……影响的
5.remember英 [rɪˈmembə] 美 [rɪˈmembər]v. 记得
6.gifted英 [ˈɡɪftɪd] 美 [ˈɡɪftɪd]adj. 有天赋的
7.trial n. 尝试
8.error n. 错误
9.sin英 [sɪn] 美 [sɪn]n. 过失;道德上的罪孽
10.commit英 [kəˈmɪt] 美 [kəˈmɪt]v. 犯,做
11.hurry vi. 加快;vt. 催促
12.retroactively英 [ˌretrəʊˈæktɪvli] 美 [ˌretroʊˈæktɪvli]adv. 追溯地,在事情已经发生之后
13.spontaneity英 [ˌspɒntəˈneɪəti] 美 [ˌspɑːntənˈeɪəti]n. 率性自由
【词块学习】
请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。
1.would have done有可能会做……
2.the pressure to do something不得不做某事的压力
3.one's most cherished possession 某人最珍爱的物品
4.live a happy if poor life 过着清苦但幸福的生活
5.be immune to certain diseases 对一些疾病免疫
6.remember doing something 记得做过某事
7.enjoy doing something喜欢做某事
8.as if I were感觉我就像……
9.commit a sin 犯下罪过
10.be hurried along被催着赶紧向前走
11.hurry up 快一点
12.artistically gifted 有艺术细胞的
13.linguistically gifted 有语言天赋的
14.tons of一大堆
15.trial and error试错
16.commit a crime 犯罪
17.commit a murder 犯下杀人罪
18.reach out to somebody联系某人,向某人求助
19.It's almost like就好像……
20.be invested in全身心投入于……当中
21.allow somebody something允许某人拥有某物
【全文翻译】
假如没有长大的压力,我可能会更喜欢童年时光。
很多人都对自己的童年有着虽然朦胧但珍藏心底的回忆。不过,就这件事而言,我好像是个例外:我清晰地记得自己当时并不喜欢当孩子。
回想起来,我当时最讨厌的事之一,就是“不能再表现得像个孩子”,这让我很有压力。我感觉自己当时好像一直在被催着匆匆前行。我既得拿到最好的成绩,还得有运动天赋,同时还要交一大堆朋友。我感觉没有人留给我试错的时间。因为不管在哪件事情上做得不好,对我而言都是天大的罪过。
所以我想知道,当人们觉得自己想回到过去的时候,到底在渴望些什么。于是,我联系了临床心理学家贝基・肯尼迪(Becky Kennedy)。在一封电子邮件中,她告诉我,成年人希望他们能再度拥有的,并不是做孩子时的经历本身,而是当他们回溯童年时,和童年联系在一起的那些感觉。“我感觉我们寻找的,其实是充满自由、快乐、率性,以及玩耍的一段时光。”
然而讽刺的是,当你还是孩子的时候,你实际上并没有任何自由可言。
贝基博士告诉我,我当时那种感觉被催促着往前走的经历,今天还很常见。“可以这么说,父母们太专注于构想希望让孩子成长为怎样的大人,以至于没有给孩子足够的自由和时间,来成长为那样的人。”
拓展练习阅读理解
9.D 10.A 11.B 12.C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了加拿大科学家通过人工制造冷水流来保护冷水鱼种,以应对气候变化导致的河流升温问题。
9.词句猜测题。根据第二段“Fish can become stressed or even die when the water gets too hot. In rivers, Atlantic salmon and other cold-water species sometimes escape the heat by flocking to cooler zones. Such chill sites may be found near groundwater springs or small rivers and streams flowing into larger waterways.(当水太热时,鱼会感到压力甚至死亡。在河流中,大西洋鲑鱼和其他冷水物种有时会聚集到较冷的地区来躲避高温。这种chill的地点可能在地下水泉或流入较大水道的小河和小溪附近发现。)”可知,chill在此处表示“寒冷的”,chill sites指代前文提到的cooler zones。故选D。
10.细节理解题。根据第三段“Her team works on the new river-chilling project. Until now, she says, “There hasn’t really been an emphasis if we can create cold-water habitat.”(她的团队正在进行新的河流冷却项目。她说,到目前为止,还没有真正强调我们是否可以创造冷水栖息地。)”可知,Smith团队的项目的目的是创造冷水物种的栖息地,故选A。
11. 推理判断题。根据第四段“To test the idea, her team pumped (抽送) groundwater from a nearby well into the Wrights River in Nova Scotia. This created an artificial plume of cool water. It was up to 20℃ cooler than the surrounding water. This plume attracted several hundred fish of different life stages and species.(为了验证这个想法,她的团队从新斯科舍省的赖特河附近的一口井抽取地下水。这创造了一股人工冷水流。它比周围的水温低20℃。这股水流吸引了数百条不同生命阶段和种类的鱼。)”可知,Smith团队的项目告诉我们抽送冷水可以帮助鱼类避暑,故选B。
12.细节理解题。根据最后一段““More work lies ahead to decide the needed number of cooling sites to really help fish communities,” says Kathryn Smith.(Kathryn Smith说,未来还有更多的工作要做,以确定真正帮助鱼类群体所需的冷却地点数量。)”可知,Smith团队未来需要弄清楚需要多少冷却地点,故选C。
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