背景材料导读
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It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable(不舒服) when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that they are too serious and too strict with their children; and that they seldom give their children a free hand.
It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend to(倾向)forget how they themselves felt when young.
For example, young people like to act without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected.
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
Apple’s headphone headache? 令人头疼的新款苹果耳机
Reunion? Count me out! 重聚? 别算上我!
Bye bye Big Ben's bongs 与大本钟的钟声暂时告别
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星，83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
Barefaced 厚颜无耻的
Axe to grind 别有用心
Too much stuff 物质主义和简约主义
Drama queen 小题大做的人
The university of life 生活经历
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放，荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险，印度教120岁僧人
Hot potato 棘手的问题“烫手山芋”
A bitter pill to swallow 不得不吞的苦药
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
Bored at work? Sue the boss! 工作无聊怪老板？
To fall at the first hurdle 跌倒在第一关
To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天
Close, but no cigar 几近成功