瞬间秒杀听力 第481期:福星高照

I remember when I was a young boy,

life was tough.

My parents made me

do many things for them.

For example, they had me do the laundry,

the dishes and the house cleaning.

They even got me to work part-time

to help with the family expenses.

Nowadays, life is quite different for kids.

Parents can't force them to do anything.

On the contrary, it seems as if children

can get their parents

to do anything for them.

It amazes¹ me, therefore,

whenever I hear youngsters² complain.

Instead, they should be

thanking their lucky stars.

我记得我是个小男孩的时候，日子过得很苦。

我父母让我帮他们做很多事情。

例如，他们会叫我洗衣服、

洗碗盘和打扫家里。

他们甚至叫我去打工来贴补家用。

现在小孩的生活却大不相同。

做父母的不能强迫他们做任何事。

相反地，做孩子的似乎有办法

叫父母为他们做任何事。

因此，每当我听到青少年抱怨时，

我就感到很惊讶。

他们应该感到庆幸才对。

1 amazes   

使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Your knowledge amazes me. 你丰富的知识令我吃惊。
• The power that amazes, We look, but never will see? 为什么这种令人惊异的力量我们看到了却永不会明白？

2 youngsters   

n.孩子( youngster的名词复数 )；少年；青年；年轻人

参考例句：

• We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace. 我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。
• The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. 这次夏令营是为8至14岁的少年儿童安排的。