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
0917
able to
acinar
aeridess
area-specific
balsam
bathroom break
bisiliac
bonnet gasket
Braslav
camber line
cash sale
casting lotss
castlette
celadon
CGIAR)
chain lashing device
chinese family
chromate
coarsegrain
cordycepin
cuder
cumulative ash-float curve
cybernauts
damping pad holder
deblurs
degenerate variable
diesel engine simulator
dunnet shale
efficientibility
electric roaster oven
electrooptic coefficient
energy thermal gradients
entrechat huit
explosivities
fancy shirting
float-glass process
follow one's heart
green roll
gyroscale
height of coupler center from top of rail
helmholtz free energy exchange
hentriacontanes
identical
independent single operating unit
indistinguishability of identical particles
irradiated fuel assembly storage facility
isoshyobunone
iumls
jagmohan
jaw-breaker
keep one's ears open
Kronborgia
lobbyisms
Loran-C receiver
low income countries and territories
lump-sums
lustless
lykken
needle grass
Non-Accredited Investor
non-crystal body
non-metallic inclusion
NSSCC
OETX
oqpsk (offest qpsk)
ore loss ratio
over-door
partiality to someone
peach bells
peloer
Penicillium spinulosum
pile-up pulse
pinion and rack steering
Portland, C.
prenominations
propargyl alcohol
protobranch
pyx
Radermachera
railway haulage capacity
Rhododendron sinensis Sweet.
rubber plinth
rulership
SJS
small commodities
snow fox
spurtingly
steel hose
stylosus
surface-
thermo-fixing
thoriated filament
transit agent
transnasal approach
Umbelliferae
unbandage
uniformity of law
valve straightway
vitamin b folic acid
word switch register
wou'dst