新概念英语第四册47-04

接下来课文...Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it can hardly hope to stand up to a

realistic evaluation. ...

ideal =hope

such...that...

it 指 ideal

可以这样理解：

such a high ideal that it can hardly hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation unless...

接下来课文...Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realize how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means to a child. ...

belief: 信念 (=confidence ) belief in

faith: 信念

接下来课文...If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction, and realized that it was a sign that the child was growing up and developing valuable powers of observation and independent judgement, they would not be so hurt, ...

reaction: 反应

secretive

developing :养成 促成

power:（ =ability） 能力

接下来课文...and therefore would not drive the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it. ...

opposition : 对立面

resenting: 怨恨 敌视

resisting : 拒绝

接下来课文...The adolescent, with his passion for sincerity,always respects a parent who admits that he is wrong, or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust. ...

with...:由于 表原因

接下来课文...What the child cannot forgive is the parents' refusal to admit these charges if the child knows them to be true. ...

接下来课文...Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning authoritarian attitude; in fact they did nothing of the kind, but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt. Today we tend to go to the other extreme, but on the whole this is a healthier attitude both for the child and the parent. It is always wiser and safer to face up to reality, however painful it may be at the moment. [课文结束]

keep their dignity : 保全面子

tend to ...: 不由自主地

表示这种态度可以用这样的词：

loose lax the other extreme lenient