MBA入学英语阅读100篇精粹-参考译文及答案与详解(18-1)
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Passage eighteen
Many parents complain that their teenage children are
rebelling. They greet their childrens action with needless
dread. While teenagers may assault us with heavy-metal
music, wear strange clothes, have strange hair styles, and
spend all their time dating or meeting friends, such
behavior scarcely adds up to full-scale revolt.
Take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems
that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that
they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out
boldly on their wing, most of them are clutching at one
anothers hands for reassurance. Their reason for thinking
or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing
it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand
up against popular wave and to go his or her own way. They
have come out of their cocoon, into a larger cocoon.
Teenage rebellion, according to psychologist Laurence
Steinberg, coauthor of You and Your Adolescent, has been
greatly overstated. Many other psychologists agree. The
idea that teenagers inevitably rebel is a myth that has the
potential for great family harm. This notion can damage
communication during this critical time for parents to
influence youngsters.
Still adolescence ia often a trying time of transition
for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish
themselves as individuals in their own minds and in the
eyes of others. This search isnt about rebelli0n: its
about becoming a person of ones own. "Teenagers ought to
be growing away fiom their parents and learning to stand
on their own two feet," 0aye Steinberg.
Here is one way parents can help: dont
stereotype. "Parents who expect teenage rebellion may
actually stir it up." says Kenneth I. Howard, a member of a
research team that collected survey data on more than
20,000 teenagers over a 28-year period.
Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression at
the first sign of adolescent independence,fearful that
giving in even slightly now means drugs cannot be far
behind. When parents overreact, teenagers assert themselves
more, parents clamp down harder, and a fult-scalc blowup
results.
In fact7 psychologists say that there is no inevitable
pattern to teenage behavior~ and no such creature as a
typical teenager. Your teenager is now larger, stronger,
older and smarter than before, with an additional supply of
hormone raging through the bloodstream. But he or she is
still the same human being you have lived with since birth.
Given a chance, your son or daughter will continue to behave in ways you have established.
1. The main purpose of this passage is
[A] to discuss teenage rebellion and ways to cope with it
[B] to introduce psychologists, views o,, teenage
behaviors
[C] to clarify the misconception about teenage rebellion
[D] to advise the parents how to get along with their
teenagers
2. According to this passage, adolescence is a time during
which______.
[A] parents should exert great influence on their
youngsters
[B] teenagers have a great potential for family harm
[C] communication between teenagers and parents are easy
to break down
[D] teenagers establish themselves as persons of their own
3. According to Howard, which of the following statement is TRUE?
[A] Parents stereotyping teenagers may add up to full-
scale revolt.
[B] Teenage rebellion is merely a sign that teenagers
want to pattern their own behaviors.
[C] Teenagers should be given adolescent independence on
a full scale.
[D] Parents suppression may well result in severe
blowups of their communication with their teenag-
4. The author tries to convey to the parents the idea that
they
[ A ] should always establish ways of behavior for
their son and daughters
[ B ] should offer more chances for their teenagers to
pattern their own behaviors
[ C ] should not give in even slightly for there would
no drugs to cure their teenagers
[ D ] should not expect their teenagers to pattern
behaviors of their own though they are older and smarter.
[参考译文及重点词汇再现]
许多家长抱怨说他们十几岁(teenage)的孩子正在反叛(rebel)。对于孩子的这些行为,家长们心存不必要(needless)的担心(dread)。虽然青少年可能以听重金属音乐、穿奇(strange)装异服、留奇怪发型(hairstyle)、整天约会或会友等行为困扰(assault)我们,但是,这些行为并不会引发全面的(full-scale)反叛。
仔细观察一下目前的反叛行为。青少年似乎都在采用(take)同样的方式(way)表明:他们不同意(disagree)父母的观点。孩子们并不是在鲁莽地随意发作(strikingout),他们大多数人都在彼此依靠(clutch)以求恢复信心(reassurance)。孩子们之所以用这样的方式思考或行动,是因为大伙(crowd)都在这么做。对于十几岁的孩子来说,反流行(popularity)潮流(wave)、走自己的路已变得越来越困难。他们走出自作的茧,却掉进一个更大的茧中。
根据心理学家(psychologist)劳伦斯·史迪恩博格(《你和你的青少年》一书的合著者)的观点,人们夸大(overstate)了青少年的反叛行为。其他许多心理学家都同意这种观点。“青少年不可避免地(inevitably)会反叛”这种想法是一个虚构的故事,这个故事可能对家庭造成极大的损害(potential)。在家长影响青少年(youngster)的关键(critical)时期,这种观点(notion)会损害(damage)家长与孩子的沟通(communication)。
但是,对于孩子和家长来说,青春期(adolescence)常常是过渡(transition)的一段恼人时期。青少年需要按照自己的想法、他人的观念塑造(establish)自我。这种探索不是反叛:这是一个塑造自我的过程。·史迪恩博格说,“青少年应该是在远离父母的影响,是在学习自我独立。”
有一点父母可以提供帮助:不要一成不变地(stereotype)看待孩子。“认为孩子反叛的父母实际上会引发(stir)孩子反叛。”肯尼思·I.霍华德说,他是一个研究小组的成员之一,该研究小组在二十八年内收集了两万多名青少年的调查(survey)数据。
霍华德提醒家长不要一看到孩子有独立(independence)的倾向(sign)就压制(suppression)他们,不要担心(fearful)现在的稍许(Slightly)让步就意味着孩子们离吸毒不远了。家长的反应过激(overreact)时,孩子们就会更坚持(assert)自己的权利;家长压制得越厉害,就越容易引发(blowup)孩子的彻底反叛。
心理学家说,实际上,青少年的行为没有一种必然的(inevitable)模式(pattern),也没有典型的青少年楷模(。reature)。你的孩子现在个子更高了、身体更壮了、年龄更大了,也比以前聪明(smart)了,他们浑身充满着活力。但是他或她还是自出生以来一直与你相处的那个孩子。如果你给他们一个机会,你的子女会继续按照你规定(establish)的方式表现。
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