英语听力材料《学生的压力大多来自父母》

在现代，学生的压力越来越大，但是学生的压力其实又往往多来自他们的父母。为什么呢?你怎么看这种压力?下面，也许这篇英语听力材料会给我们一些启示。

Students' pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well meaning, but some of them aren't very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in adjusting to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children's difficulties.

学生的压力有时来自于父母。大多数的父母都是善意的，但是有些父母面对子女在适应大学生活中所碰到的问题时毫无帮助，少部分父母似乎不遗余力地给他们的子女增添了困难。

For one thing, parents are often not aware of the kinds of problems their children face. They don't realize that the competition is keener, that the required standards of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. Accustomed to seeing A's and B's on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children's first semester college grades are below that level. At theire kindest, they may gently inquire/ enquire why John or Mary isn't doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. At their worst, they may threaten to take their children out of college, or cut off funds.

一方面，父母常常意识到他们的孩子所遇到的问题。他们没有料想到竞争越来越激烈，工作的标准越来越高，他们的孩子或许还没有准备好迎接这种改变。家长习惯于看到孩子在高中成绩单上的A或B的分数，所以当孩子在大学第一学期的成绩低于原来的分数时，他们或许会感到不安。最好的情况是，他们或许会温柔地询问为什么约翰或玛丽没有做得更好，他(她)是否足够努力了，等等。最糟的情况是，他们或许会威胁让孩子退学或是切断他们的`收入。

Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, who are now young adults, must be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are.

有时父母会把孩子视为自身的延续，认为由他们来决定孩子该如何生活是理所应当和自然而然的事情。他们和孩子紧密联系，视为一体，因而忘了人与人其实各不相同，每个人都应该按照自己的方式发展。他们忘了他们的孩子已经是成年人，应该对自己的所作所为以及他们是谁而负责。

　　英语单词词汇整理:

1. pressure n. 压力

eg: He will never pressure you to get married.

他永远也不会给你施加压力让你结婚。

短语：

under pressure 在压力之下;受到压力

high pressure 高压，高气压;高度紧张

blood pressuren 血压

low pressure 低气压;松懈

under the pressure of 在......压力下

2. aware adj. 知道的，意识到的

eg: Smokers are well aware of the dangers to their own health.

吸烟者们都很清楚吸烟对其自身健康的那些危害。

短语：

aware of 意识到，知道

become aware of 知道;发觉

3. competition n. 竞争，比赛

eg: The farmers have been seeking higher prices as better protection from foreign competition.

农场主们一直在寻求更高价格来作为对外来竞争的更好保护。

短语：

in competition with 与......竞争

domestic competitionn 国内竞争

capacity of competition 竞争能力