《大学英语6级 - 阅读》第二章 强化训练15篇 Passage 5
1. 单词
1）substitute 替代，换(衣服)
Substitute boxers and thongs for undies(内衣), and the nagging fears that haunt parents haven\'t really changed.
父母对孩子换内衣裤之类的生活细节的叨叨唠唠、对孩子人身安全的担惊受怕、老不放心的心态并未改变。
2）fling 摸爬滚打
We once had in our children\'s ability to fling themselves at life without a grown up holding their hands.
我们对孩子曾经有过的信息：相信他们没有大人的扶持，也能经受得住生活中的摸爬滚打。
3）take for granted 理所应当
He did it without the connections and advantages many of us take for granted.
他没有像我们许多人那样，想当然地依靠熟人、凭借运气就做到了。
4）verge 边缘化
By today\'s standards, the childhood freedoms Brickland took for granted parctically verge on parental neglect.
按照今天的标准，布里克兰德认为儿童理所应当应该享有的童年*实际上被父母忽视了。
5）indugled 放纵 / peril 危险
A generation later, Brickland\'s children are growing up in a world more indulged yet more accustomed to peril.
到了下一代人，布里克兰德的孩子已经成长在一个生活越来越放纵但危险也越来越多的世界。
6）syndrome 综合征
Call it smother love, indugled-kid syndrome.
把这叫作窒息的爱、溺爱子女综合征。
7）at their fingertips 唾手可得
Today\'s children have the universe at their fingertips thanks to the Internet.
由于互联网，今天的孩子已经拥有了唾手可得的知识。
8）stifle 压抑、窒息
his stifled only child in Finding Nemo.
在《海底总动员》中他的被压抑的独生子。
9）rear 抚养
In short, child rearing has become an exercise in risk minimization.
总之，抚养孩子已经成了一个风险最小化的操练。
10）bicycle racks 自行车的后座
Many primary schools have done away with bycycle racks.
很多中学要求拆除自行车后座
11）ballet 芭蕾
I trained as a ballet dancer.
我受过做芭蕾舞演员的训练。
12）stary 离开
Starying from watchful adult eyes.
离开成人的监视。
13）ill-equipped 无法，没有办法
they are ill-equipped to handle it alone.
他们无法独自处理它。
14）subconsciously 潜意识地
The authors hypothesize that people in relationships are more likely to subconsciously reduce thoughts of temptation.
作者假设，在恋爱中的人，更有可能潜意识地降低对诱惑的想法。
15）kidnapp 诱拐
high-profile cases of children being kidnapped and murdered.
孩子高发的诱拐和谋杀案。
16）odds 概率
The odds of someone under the age of 15 being murdered by a stranger have been estimated at one in for million.
15岁以下的孩子被陌生人谋杀的概率估计四百万分之一。
17) guardian 监护人
Adults knew all the local kids and were the informal guardians of hte neighbourhood.
成年人认识所有当地的孩子并且可以充当邻居非正式的监护人.
18） incorporate 规划
Ponds are being incorporated back into housing estates.
池塘被规划进了居住区。
2. 句子
1）There\'s one problem with promising your kids that nothing will ever happen to them - because them nothing ever will.
跟你孩子说“永远不会有事”是很成问题的，如果你这么说的话，那他也就不能经历任何事情了。