※ 引述《Cadi ( )》之铭言： : 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..？？ 如前面神人指点: 每。出。戏。都。可。以。冲。经。历 这样学生的履历 (成绩单上的"课外活动部分") 看来会较丰富 : 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？ 用smooth and sleek XX machine来解读 在此我会翻成"...不可能面面俱到" : 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？ 未必。只是说那些"不为人知的代价"可能包括心理不平衡、霸凌等等 : 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, ...虽然，如果我们更仔细、更往深度探查与审视何谓"令人满足的成年生活"，这些 : and more nuanced list of ingredients for a satisfying adult life, 个人特质都可占一席之地 : 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.. :( 我翻得不是很好，但是重点在如何以"句"而非以"字"为单位来理解 : 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？ 不是 "...家长望子女成龙凤的焦虑在"大学入学"这场大赛中最为明显" 差不多这意思 : 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'." 我不插手他自己绝对不会做(出正确的选择) 他不可以把排在"模拟联合国"的时间挪去参加电影俱乐部，大家都知道电影俱乐部是 "游手好闲"的代名词 (也就是说只有不努力的小孩才会去参加电影俱乐部) : 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？ they develop convictions, INTENTIONALLY UNLIKE YOURS 才是重点 ...开始刻意发展出与父母不同的偏好... : 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. he didn't [remember] and he hadn't [noticed] didn't noticed 文法不通 所以要改为 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？ 我会被人当成另类人物 (比如自己一直是走清纯少女路线，这头发会让人把她当成太妹等等) : 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？ 把自己选的歌烧在一张CD上 : 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！！ (跟女生约会)会到门口去接她 -- 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life Trying to make ends meet, You're a slave to money then you die -Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve --

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