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
absolute demand
agglomerating value
annualizations
anticrease
arch twilight
bar-solder
bicubic spline function
biologic clock
bitumed
bronchi segmentalis apicalis
buck dance
butare
camets
capitalized method
change system settings
chinese chestnuts
Church Slavonic
combinated multi-gear fishing in reservoir
consistence of grease
convoker
Corydalis kashgarica
crassispira rufovaricosa
custom memory
degrasse
diachronic linguistics
different places
disc process
displace by
dye destruction process
engineer's store
equilibrium slide-valve
fatmobiles
ferrioxamine B
fixed quantity feeder
fleece-flower root
fly into a tantrum
frequency selective channel
functionalisms
glassies
hot gas
hyperbaric pressure
in set terms
indicated deposit
interior passage way
invay
jaspidean
jigger pin die
Khayrān, Ra's al
Krupp-Konzern
Kungasalakh, Ozero
language change
Laplace vector
laser goggles
lead(ii) sulfate
magnetic flux focusing
Micrococcus citreus
middle-ranking
murta
non-qualifyings
ocean survey vessel
oncaea minuta
parenteral absorption
pensiveness
permissible angle of heel
phantasizer
pitch-classes
polymerized
preview release
private responsibility
proper mesentery
radiator grilles
reactor simulator
refried beans
Saguna
screening interview
seat carriage vertical release
shot-putter
sitting by nelly
spawning box
split an infinitive
stomacal
sulphur bacteria
suntan lotion
sweetworts
swosh
tasselated
temporary storage location
tentacular fringe
throttle disk
thumbnail representation
Timarikha
toroidal oscillation
tranilast
triethylenetetraaminehexaacetic acid(TTHA)
twin-wire former
undecasyllabic
unfastener
upper air route (uar)
vest-pocket edition
vibration ball mill
video-makers
wedge sluice valve