新東方：英語四級考試閱讀30天學(xué)習(xí)筆記

　　10. During the teen-age years, one should learn to ____.

　　A) differ from others in as many ways as possible

　　B) get into the right season and become popular

　　C) find one's real self

　　D) rebel against parents and the popularity waves

　　Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

　　I hear many parents complaining that their teen-age children are rebelling, I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at(attempting to seize) one another's hands for reassurance.

　　注：1.rebel 背叛、反叛

　　2.從第一句話看出本文是文科文章，所以從態(tài)度著手，I wish it were so 說明作者是負(fù)態(tài)度。

　　3.should 虛擬語氣，表示負(fù)態(tài)度

　　4.reassurance=re+assure-ance 使確信;boldly 勇敢的;strike out 開辟

　　They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon(蠶繭)--- into a larger cocoon.

　　注：1.But 表明作者負(fù)態(tài)度

　　2.set off 開始 3.end up 結(jié)果

　　4.reason 用來解釋前面的現(xiàn)象

　　5.把青少年從眾心理比喻成蠶繭

　　It has become harder and harder for a teen-ager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry firmly carved out a teen-age market. These days every teen-ager can learn from the advertisements what a teen-ager should have and be. And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teen-ager who wants to find his or her own path.

　　注：1.第一句結(jié)論句，后面跟著解釋

　　2.第二、三句 Industry... 工業(yè)廣告對青少年的影響

　　3.第四句 And many of... 父母親對青少年的影響

　　4.have come to 逐漸如何 award 獎勵，鼓勵; popularity 潮流，名聲

　　But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come-with the people who respect you for who you are. That's the only kind of popularity that really counts.

　　注: 1.path 路徑

　　2.三個 you may 舉例來支持前面一句話The path is worth following.

　　3.Find yourself.Be yourself. 提出建議,后面句子給出原因

　　4.count vi.重要，vt.數(shù)

　　6. The author's purpose writing this passage is to tell ____.

　　A) readers how to be popular in with around

　　B) teen-agers how to learn to decide things for themselves

　　C) parents how to control and guide their children

　　D) people how to understand and respect each other