英语四级标准听力强化训练(MP3+文本) 第44期:短文(23)

【听力答案】

4. C 5. A 6. B

【听力原文】

Passage 2

Students，pressure sometimes comes from their parents.（4）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.（家长在处理孩子面临的问题时，有 时并不能发挥有利作用，甚至会适得其反。）For one thing,（5）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 riot be prepared for the change.（有时家长们无法准确认识孩子们面临的困难。比如竞争越来越激烈；要求标准越来越高，或者孩子还没为改变做好准备。）Accustomed to seeing A's and B's on the high school report cards, they may be upset when their children's first semester college grades are below that level. At their kindest，they may gently inquire 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.（6）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 lives.（家长们认为主导孩子们的生活是理所当然的。）In their involvement and identification 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.

【核心词汇】

accustom to 习惯于

keen a.激烈的