时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之就医和人际交往


英语课

 


Raising Teenagers 


Carl: Hi Marla, I’m really surprised to see you here. I didn’t know you had kids attending this high school. 


Marla: I don’t – not yet. I heard about this meeting and decided 1 to attend. It’s best to be ready for those teenage years, don’t you think? 


Carl: Sure. 


Marla: I heard that the principal is going to talk about different ways to handle our teenagers as they start asserting their independence. I want to be prepared. 


Carl: That makes sense, I guess. 


Marla: I mean, more and more teenagers are rebelling by getting tattoos 2 and piercings and experimenting with drugs. 


Carl: You’ve clearly done a lot of thinking about this. 


Marla: I’ve read a few books on the topic, about kids having to deal with peer pressure. It’s my job as a parent to set boundaries and be stricter if it’s called for and ease up when my child needs space. 


Carl: That’s all very insightful, but you have some time before all that comes into play, right? 


Marla: My little Lucas is already four years old. Who knows when he might start hanging out with the wrong crowd and being led astray. A parent has to be vigilant 3


 


Carl: Right. 



1 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 tattoos
n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 );归营鼓;军队夜间表演操;连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青,文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 );连续有节奏地敲击;作连续有节奏的敲击
  • His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
  • His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 vigilant
adj.警觉的,警戒的,警惕的
  • He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
  • The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。
学英语单词
a-bands
adjuration
air-cooling fin
amplitude coefficient
anti-antibody
antiparkinsonians
automatic range only
Axenfeld
Backaland
BDOPO
binkies
bismar
Border Gateway Protocol
box respirator
bridgefield
chinamanias
chloroxynil
common mosquitoes
communitys
complement deficiency
comptonias
constitutor
contrast of color
contribution file
coulombian repulsion
cune-
diagram frequency
electric conductance determination
electrostatography
end lifting apparatus
euramericans
ever-progressing
f(a)ecal coliform(group)
F-5EII
fashionmonger
forbidden experiment
gooseherd
grainers
habit chorea
input-output operation
instruction modification
itek
jellabah
Korfantów
manerplaw
masked man
matcher-selector-connector (mactor)
measuring addendum
methomania
mind-rape
model-driven testing
multinode computer
myopias
na-whon
navel-contemplation
neuro-pharmacology
oblongo-
online transaction processing
onych-
orestess
passibilities
physiological telemetry
plumbing works
pokerwork
portiones
potassiferous
psychogenic stupor
pyramidal rotatingscreen
quantity of energy
rail-traffic
randomized non-return-to-zero change on one
red-necks
rhynchocephalic
scanning motor
scrambled egg
sealplate
session establishment
Sharaf Khāneh
short circuited armature coil
socialismes
soil erodibility index
soled boulder
South Cave
spaude
specific licence
staircase waveform
studient
supramostoid
surplus charge property reappraisal
tabular cash book
tabulation system
tensioning nut
teshirogilite (ilmenorutile)
to and from
Unije, Otok
V-T relaxation
Vaccine-lymph
willyers
worked around
wrecking officer
wythowte