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
abnormal polychromate
actual neutrality
alter shield
an ace up your sleeve
armor tape
asafoetida giantfennel
barrel-cam
be wearing blinders
Borrelia obermeieri
calcium superoxide
card base system
cercopithecus talapoins
Coelorachis striata
composite blanking pulse
conap
concerteer
congruently
cover-cloth
cryobiologists
cuts of lamb
depressive black metal
dial control
Dirocide
discharger
discus-thrower
drying out by circulating hot oil
El Royo
electronic overlay
ensphere
environmental informatics
extra rim
fallen rock block
fascine whip
figurists
finish application roll
flame-cutting torch
flexible working hours system
free combination
frequency of wink
funding
genus cypripediums
geographical system
gerad process
gilzean
Great Trek
haefner
half-convergency
hand colouring
heat-clearing and fire-purging drug
hemisyncotyly
hot-electron transistor
hu yeh
inactive element
income study
indefesible
influence mine sweeping
insurance for unemployment
intermeshed scanning
intramuscularis progressiva lipograulomatosis
it's
jumping up and downs
kingcup
krefeld-uerdingen
magnesane
magnified
oldroyds
outer orbital mechanism
output density
paling board
Paris Peace Conference
permanent output
plastic response
potato puller
precision measurement method
pseudopolynomials
radio quiescence
radixin
regiones infraorbitalis
rigorous examination
room for tension devices
sial
slue rope
soil inoculant
solid liquid interface
South Loup R.
statutory control
sycopsis tutcheri hemsl.
thanks for coming
Thargelia
toothed
toplevel
trigger-fingers
Vera-Cué
video noise meter
vision demodulator
warwolf
weah
White Australia Policy
white muscular disease
whole language
withweed
Yunca