讀點好英文:Memo from a ChiId to Parents　孩子給爸爸媽媽的備忘錄

Memo from a ChiId to Parents　孩子給爸爸媽媽的備忘錄

·Brandon·

1.Don't spoil me.I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for.I'm only testing you.

2.Don't be afraid to be firm with me.I prefer it, it makes me feel secure.

3.Don't let me form bad habits.I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.

4.Don't make me feel smaller than I am.It only makes me behave stupidIy“big”.

5.Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it.I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly with me in private.

6.Don't make me feel that my mistakes are sins.It upsets my sense of values.

7.Don't protect me from consequences.I need to learn the painful way sometimes.

8.Don't be too upset when I say“I hate you”.Sometimes it isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.

9.Don't take too much notice of my small ailments.Sometimes they get me the attention I need.

10.Don't nag.If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.

11.Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like.That is why I am not always accurate.

12.Don't put me off when I ask questions.If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.

13.Don't be inconsistent.That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.

14.Don't tell me my fears are silly.They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.

15.Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible.It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.

16.Don't ever think that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me.An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.

17.Don't forget I love experimenting.I couldn't get along without it, so please put up with it.

18.Don't forget how quickly I am growing up.It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me, but please do try.

19.Don't forget that I don't thrive without lots of love and understanding, but I don't need to tell you, do I?

20.Please keep yourself fit and heaIthy.I need you.

布蘭登

1.不要嬌慣我。我很明白，不是我要什么就能得到什么的。有時我只是在試探你們。

2.不要害怕在我面前堅持你們的立場。我其實更喜歡你們這樣，因為這讓我有安全感。

3.不要讓我養(yǎng)成壞習慣。只有你們才能把它們消滅在萌芽狀態(tài)。

4.不要讓我感覺自己微不足道，那樣只能使我愚蠢地去充“大”個兒。

5.如果有可能，不要當眾教訓我。如果你們在私底下跟我說，我會更加注意的。

6.不要讓我感覺自己犯了錯誤就像犯了罪一樣，那只能搞亂我的價值觀。

7.不要阻止我承擔后果，有時我需要吸取教訓。

8.當我說“我恨你”時，請不要生氣。有時我恨的不是你們，我恨的只是你們那令我感到很渺小的權威。

9.我得了小病時，不要太在意我。生病有時可以使我得到我所需要的關注。

10.不要嘮嘮叨叨的。如果你們啰唆的話，我只能通過裝聾作啞來保護自己。

11.不要忘記，有時我會詞不達意。這也是我有時不能準確地表達自己的原因。

12.當我問問題時，不要不耐煩。否則，你們會發(fā)現(xiàn)我不再問你們問題，而是從別的地方尋找答案。

13.不要出爾反爾，這樣只能令我疑惑，并對你們失去信任。

14.不要對我說我的恐懼是可笑的。它們是真實的，如果你們能理解我，就能更好地安慰我。

15.永遠不要暗示你們是完美的或是不會犯錯誤的。否則，當我發(fā)現(xiàn)事實與此相反時，我會感到很震驚的。

16.永遠不要認為向我道歉有損你們的尊嚴。一個誠實的道歉會讓我感到非常溫暖。

17.不要忘了我喜歡嘗試。如果我不嘗試就寸步難行，所以請你們包容。

18.不要忘了我長得很快。你們肯定覺得“與我俱進”是非常困難的，但是還是請你們努力去做。

19.不要忘了，離開了厚愛和理解，我就不會茁壯成長。但是，這一點我不需要提醒你們吧？

20.請保持身體健康，因為我需要你們。

Practising&Exercise　實戰(zhàn)提升篇

核心單詞

secure[si'kju?]adj.安全的；無憂慮的

stupidIy['stju：pidli]adv.愚蠢地

thwart[θw?：t]v.反對；阻撓

accurate['?kjur?t]adj.準確的；精確的

confuse[k?n'fju：z]v.把……弄糊涂，使困惑

thrive[θraiv]v.興旺，繁榮；成功

heaIthy['helθi]adj.健康的；健全的

實用句型

I'II take much more notice if you taIk quietIy with me in private.

如果你們在私底下跟我說，我會更加注意的。

①if在這里引導條件狀語從句。

②in private私下，秘密地。類似的表達還有in public公開地。

翻譯練習

1.這天氣可靠不住。（rely on）

2.今天能做的事不要拖到明天再做。（put off）

3.他學習進展如何？（get along）