📖 Lesson 28 · Let's Help Adolescents 让我们帮助青少年

第 28 篇 · 共 40 篇｜高考词汇以绿色高亮，下方附释义

Whether they are male or female, adolescents feel like deciding on everything themselves in spite of parents' instruction, especially when they face problems like sex and mental stress, which make them feel ashamed and embarrassed.

无论是男生还是女生，青少年都想要不顾父母的教导，自己决定一切，尤其当他们面对性、精神压力等问题时——这些问题让他们感到羞愧又难堪。

adolescent 青少年 in spite of 尽管、不顾 mental stress 精神压力 embarrassed 尴尬的、难为情的

Thus they often automatically get into troubles due to their imperfect comprehension and judgement.

因此，由于他们的理解力和判断力还不成熟，他们常常会不由自主地惹上麻烦。

automatically 自动地、不自觉地 due to 由于 comprehension 理解力 judgement 判断力、判断

Some are addicted to cigarettes, only several packets of which will hurt their lungs and make them breathless quickly.

有些人吸烟上了瘾，只需要几包烟就会伤害他们的肺，很快让他们喘不过气来。

be addicted to 对…上瘾 packet 一包、一盒 lung 肺 breathless 喘不过气的

Others can't quit drinking alcohol, whose harmful effects include causing young pregnant women to abort or give birth to abnormal babies.

另一些人则戒不掉酒，喝酒的危害包括让年轻的孕妇流产或生下畸形的婴儿。

quit 戒掉、停止 alcohol 酒、酒精 pregnant 怀孕的 abnormal 不正常的、畸形的

The worst is drug abuse, for the withdrawal is tough once their bodies are accustomed to the drugs.

最糟糕的是滥用毒品，因为一旦身体对毒品产生了依赖，戒断起来就非常困难。

drug abuse 滥用毒品 withdrawal 戒断、脱瘾（戒毒时的痛苦反应） tough 困难的、艰难的 be accustomed to 习惯于

Meanwhile, those who share needles bought from illegal chemists are at great risk of being infected with desperate AIDS.

与此同时，那些共用从非法药商那里买来的针头的人，有极大的风险感染上致命的艾滋病。

meanwhile 与此同时 needle 针、针头 illegal 非法的 infect 传染、感染

If so, neither injecting nor taking pills can guarantee their survival.

如果到了那一步，无论是注射还是吃药，都无法保证他们能活下来。

inject 注射 pill 药片、药丸 guarantee 保证、担保 survival 存活、生存

However, don't be disappointed at or have prejudice against our children so easily.

然而，不要那么轻易地对我们的孩子感到失望，或对他们抱有偏见。

disappointed 失望的 prejudice 偏见

After all, being awkward is an appendix of youth.

毕竟，笨拙和不成熟是青春期的附属品。

awkward 笨拙的、难为情的 appendix 附属品、附带部分 youth 青春、青年时期

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As long as we strengthen communication with them instead of only banning this or banning that, we will surely help them avoid anything unfit.

只要我们加强与他们的沟通，而不是一味地禁止这个、禁止那个，我们就一定能帮助他们避开一切不适合的东西。

strengthen 加强、增强 communication 沟通、交流 ban 禁止 unfit 不合适的、不适宜的