新概念英語(yǔ)Lesson 42 Journey Through Adolescence青少年旅程

Parents are often upset when their children praise the Homes

of their friends and regard it as a slur on their own cooking,

or cleaning, or furniture, and often are foolish enough to let

the adolescents see that they are annoyed. They may even

accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends' parents. Such a loss of

dignity and descent into childish behaviour on the part of the adults deeply shocks the

adolescents,

and makes them resolve that in future they will not talk to their parents about the places or people

they visit. Before very long the parents will be complaining that the child is so secretive and never

tells them anything, but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves.

Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be both as parents and as

individuals, is to some degree inevitable. Most children have such a high ideal of their parents,

unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it ca hardly hope to stand up to a

realistic evaluation. Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realize how

much

belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means

to a child. If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction, and realized that it was a sign that

the child was growing up and developing valuable powers of observation and independent

judgement, they would not be so hurt, and therefore would not drive the child into opposition by

resenting and resisting it.

The adolescent, with his passion for sincerity,always respects a parent whoadmits that he is wrong,

or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust.What the child cannot forgive is the

parents'

refusal to admit these charges if thechild knows them to be true.

Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning

authoritarian attitude; in fact hey did nothing of the kind, but children were then too cowed to

let

them know how they really felt. Today we tend to go to the other extreme, but on the whole this is

a healthier attitude both for the child and the parent. It is always wiser and safer to face up to

reality,

however painful it may be at the moment.

New words and expressions 生詞短語(yǔ)

Slurn.

Spiteful

Resolve

Stand up to

Resent

詆毀Annoyvt.使生氣

惡意的，懷恨的 Dignityn.尊嚴(yán)

vt.決心Disillusionmentn.幻滅感

經(jīng)得起Infallibilityn.一貫正確

vt.怨恨Sincerityn.誠(chéng)摯

Charge

Unreasoning

Cow

slur put /cast a slur on sb. 給

slander 誹謗 （新概念英語(yǔ)Lesson31）

Smear 涂污，誹謗

Defame 誹謗

n.指責(zé)

a.不憑理智的

vt.嚇唬

Retreat

Authoritarian

vi.后退

a. 專 制 的

….以詆毀

backbite He backbites me.

Fame 名聲

Defamation 誹謗

Annoy 程度 not so strong

按程度分 irritate(煩了) angerfury（大發(fā)雷霆）

程度 annoy=bother=displease=disturb

男女朋友吵架,令人心煩用 that really annoys me. 如用 that really angers me. 就分手了

annoying adj. You’re reading a book, a mosquito hovers. You can say “it’s annoying’

Vicious 惡毒的

Ill-natured 心眼懷的

Bitchy 惡毒的

Venom 毒液 Venomous 邪惡的

Indignity 侮辱

Keep dignity 守住面子

Lose dignity 丟面子

To lie is to lose one’s dignity.Illusion 幻想 幻覺(jué) （沒(méi)有實(shí)際的幻想）

I’m under illusion that I will be a billionaire.

Fantasy 幻想

Fancy 幻想

Mirage 幻想 海市蜃樓 幻景

Massage 按摩

Message 信息

Stand up to (severe test /嚴(yán)峻考驗(yàn) rumor/流言 charge/指責(zé) criticism/批評(píng) )

It’s raining hot（heavily）, I brave to school . 不顧風(fēng)雨 冒著雨

Fallible 有問(wèn)題的

Flaw 瑕疵 flawless 無(wú)暇的Fault 錯(cuò)誤 faultless 無(wú)誤的

Impeccable 完美無(wú)缺的 Every man is fallible. = No one is infallible. 人無(wú)完人

Resent

grudge

按程度分 dislike resent hate loathe（very strong）

因妒嫉而恨 ~ one’s success

blame 指責(zé) （neglect of duty ）

Condemn denounce 譴責(zé)

criticize 批評(píng) (find faults with sb.)

I’m to blame (for ……) 是我的責(zé)任

Retreat

I retreat to an armchair. 我一*坐到椅子上

I ~ to bed early. 我早早睡覺(jué)A summer retreat 避暑勝地

Unreasoning 不靠理智推理

Unreasonable 不合邏輯的

Dictator 專制Dictatorial 專制的

Tyrannical 殘暴的，專橫的

Domineering 霸道的 厲害的

Authoritative 權(quán)威的

Scare 驚嚇Scare to death

My boss always browbeats me.

Coward 膽小鬼 Cower 顫抖

Bully 欺凌弱小者 Browbeat 恫嚇

Upset 使心煩（unhappy） Slip into 溜進(jìn)去

Ungrateful child 不孝子孫 People/parents are often upset …

Dine with sb. 和 … 吃飯 Furniture 家具 (un.)

A piece /article /set of furniture Adolescent (13~16)

Spoil himself 放肆 撒野Accuse 指責(zé) accuse sb. of sth.

Loyal 忠誠(chéng)的 忠心的 ~ to sth.Disloyalty 不忠

Make remark = sayOn the part of =on their part 就他們而言

Before very long 很快 馬上Long before 很久以前

Notes on the text 課文注釋

Before very long the parents will be complaining that the child is …

將來(lái)進(jìn)行時(shí) 表示預(yù)見(jiàn)性極強(qiáng)

tight lipped 沉默的

they have brought this on themselves = as you sow = ffry oneself in one’s own juice

自找麻煩

however good and adequate they may be both= they may be both good and adequate

however 用倒裝

adequate 稱職的=qualified

Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the ……. , that it(ideal) can hardly hope to stand up to a ……

Developing 養(yǎng)成

Power =ability 能力

Opposition 對(duì)立面

Resisting 拒絕

Tend to 不由自主的

表態(tài)度 loose lax extreme lenient