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 hard winter
a sinker
acquired hour-glass stomach
afief
alizarin oil
allotment methods
alloying addition agent
ash removal crane
audio spectrum
auger grain loader
autocatalytic growth
bielectorlysis
bit sense line
Blackpored
blade ring
boobfeed
Bosch injection pump
capillary-Pyrite
clearing away the lung-heat
clutch control rod
combos
cooperatively owned utilities
Corydalis pseudoweigoldii
DO group
earmarked reserves
ectopia cordis pectoralis
Elachanthemum
electromagnetic cgs unit
elution gas chromatography
embarkation ladder
euproctis sparsa
excess capital
falling-film type
foddering
formonitrile
foxlike
franconian age
fuel-priming pump
full-flow smokemeter
generate profit
genus Helenium
go to guy
gym shorts
Han.
heavy-gage rubber sheet
hedgefunds
hoplodrina persequora
hotel clerks
in a fright
insulated conductor
j.j
kafir lily
lingula auriculae
lipomatodes myxoma
loxoscelism
mantleless
meydani
military charge
Motorama
multi start worm
Mysedone
nationa
Nervus occipitalis tertius
nevadite
nonarchetypal
nuclear electricity
nudicaudate
optical interface
paddle feed
pedodontiat
pierre vernier
prepps
prochancellor
Proffered ware stinks.
prototrophic revertant
pseudosymmetric
Pulj
radial beam position
rashi
relic coil
repression(vogel 1957)
rose-bengal
rubrothalamic
S-shackle
shared forest
soluble oil
state at negative temperature
steering quality
steps on it
strategic social marketing
student-run
supervisory computer control
symbolic action
Taguatinga
tallac
teletalk
Thalattosaurus
trailer type sprayer
tubercula septi narium
urology department
Viola lactiflora
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