大家好， 我有一些疑问查了很久也想了很久，还是没有答案，想在这里请教。 这些疑问的出处是一本关於教养青少年的书，作者的观点是： 父母应该注重孩子本身的天赋和梦想， 而不是一昧的逼他们要成绩好、表现好，一昧的想把他们送进顶尖大学。 当青少年叛逆、疏离父母时， 父母也不需要气急败坏，可以试着从不同的角度面对这种情况。 我的疑问如下： 1. 这应该是个好笑的玩笑，可是我看不懂... 前文提到很多学生挤破头想进入美国的顶尖大学， 这种时候，他们高中时的学业表现就很重要了。 有些学生参加了戏剧社， 当家长担心「参加过演出」列在成绩单里看起来观感如何时， 有一位 director of the drama department 会这样子对他们解释： Each. Play Goes. On. A. Separate. Line. "See, it's transcript real estate! Drama club provides plenty of land in the right district! 然後家长就会松一大口气。 请问笑点在..？？ 2. "It is not loving to expect a child to be good at everything all the time -- to be a smooth and sleek academic, a social, artistic, and athletic machine." 请问 a smooth and sleek academic 是甚麽意思呢？ 3. "I belong to a group of school counselors, and over the past ten years the tales of the hidden toll, the dark side of teens' striving for perfection, have become the most common topic of discussion at our meetings." 请问这里的 hidden toll 是指学生自杀的事件吗？ 4. "Our culture has such a narrow definition of success: grades, gregariousness, ambition, and appearance. While each of these qualities can fit onto a longer, deeper, and more nuanced list of ingredients for a satisfying adult life, we forget that our children come to us in God's image." 请问 fit onto 的意思是...？ 而 deeper、nuanced 在这里的意义是什麽？我觉得很抽象，抓不到那个意思.. :( 5. "Nowhere does parents' anxiety about their teen's futures come into sharper relief than in that grand acceptance derby: college admissions." 请问这句是 "家长在收到大学录取通知书的时候终於可以把心上的石头放下来" 之类的意思吗？ 6. 前文是，家长为了让大学的招生委员会留下好印象， 强行"徵用"青少年的学业生涯及私人生活，而且心里会这样子想： "I have to do it for him or it won't get done." "No, he can't take time off from Model United Nations to join film club. Everyone knows film club is code for 'slacker kid'." 请问第一句是指做什麽呢？ 这句没头没尾的，我看不出来 it 是指特定的某件事情， 还是指家长可能会想帮孩子做的任何一件事情.. 而第二句的 film club is code for "slacker kid"，又是为什麽呢？ 7. "The teens turn away from parents, from the cozy family cocoon you've spent so much money and energy to create, and form their own protective tribe. They develop convictions, intentionally unlike yours, about the only tolerable food, clothing, books, and music." 请问 they develop convictions about the only tolerable food, clothing... 是指 "青少年觉得父母吃的东西、穿的衣服... 的偏好都令他们觉得难以忍受" 吗？ 8. "I didn't remember that you were away. And I didn't notice the decorations on the chocolates before I ate them." And this was true: he didn't and he hadn't. 请问最後一句为什麽有 hadn't 呢？这一句不是跟上一句相对应吗？ 前一句是 I didn't... and I didn't... 为什麽最後一句会变成 he didn't and he hadn't 呢？ 是因为句子如果变成 he didn't and he didn't，读起来怪怪的吗？ 9. "I can't go to school with my hair like this. I look like the wrong kind of person." 请问 the wrong kind of person 是甚麽意思？ 10. "Fantastic. I would have no idea how to pull together a CD mix like that." 请问 CD mix 是指什麽呢？ 11. "There was a time when a young person rose when an adult entered the room, would not consider calling adults by their first names, and automatically came to the door to pick up a date." 请问这里的 to pick up a date 是甚麽意思呢？我查很久都查不出来.. 谢谢！！ --

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