英语PK台 第241期:英语新闻轻读汇(2)

 　　How has China changed you?

　　Editor's note: Adapting to life in a different country can be quite difficult, but overtime¹ you realize how much the country is changing you. The things you thought weird² at the beginning may be the stuff of your everyday routine. Here are a few of the ways our Forum³ readers think their lifestyles have changed during their China stay. You're also welcome to share your thoughts.

　　1.Drinking warm and hot water.

　　2.Eating watermelon with a spoon and putting pineapple in salty water.

　　3.Using chopsticks more in both cooking and eating.

　　4.Being very open about salary.

　　5.Cooking too many dishes even when I'm cooking Western food.

　　6.Not getting angry with queue jumpers.

　　7.Cycling like the roads are an obstacle course race.

　　8.Showering before bed.

　　9.Taking off shoes before entering a house.

　　10.Eating a lot of intestine⁴, liver, kidney, etc.

　　Bad parenting

　　1.If your child intentionally⁵ disturbs you, it is because you are not physically⁶ affectionate enough.

　　2.If our child is lying, it means you overacted to the mistakes in past.

　　3.If your child does not stand up for themselves, it is because from a young age you have disciplined them regularly in public. Parents should not do so even in front of siblings⁷, friends or cousins.

　　4.If you buy everything for your children still they take things that do not belong to them, it is because you don’t let them choose.

　　5.If your child is a coward, it is because you help them too quickly. Don’t remove every obstacle from their path.

　　6.If the child behaves rudely, it is learnt from parents or others living with them.

　　Vocabulary:

　　Affectionate, stand up for

1 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

5 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

6 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

7 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分