英语新闻听写 英国女孩中的自残潮

According to a new report by The Children's Society, nearly a quarter of 14-year-old girls in the United Kingdom have self-harmed.

英国儿童协会报道称，在英国，有近四分之一的14岁女生自残。

Many face overwhelming¹ pressures over how they should look, their sexuality and how they behave.

她们多数都面临着铺天盖地的压力，比如外貌、性以及行为。

CNN reports that the study found 22% of 14-year-old girls had self-harmed in the course of a year, compared with 9% of boys.

CNN报道称该研究发现22%的14岁女生在一年中都自残过，相比之下，男生的这一比例为9%。

However, boys and girls who were attracted to teenagers of the same gender² or both genders³ were much more likely to harm themselves.

但是不论男女，如果他们喜欢同性或是双性，那么他们则更有很能会伤害自己。

Almost half -- 46% -- reporting that they had done so in the past year.

近一半—46%—的孩子称他们在过去一年自残过。

The report said that children from low-income households were also found to have a higher than average risk of self-harming.

该报道称来自低收入家庭孩子的自残风险也高于平均值。

1 overwhelming   

adj.势不可挡的，压倒的，无法抵抗的

参考例句：

• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。
• The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 genders   

n.性某些语言的（阳性、阴性和中性，不同的性有不同的词尾等）( gender的名词复数 )；性别；某些语言的（名词、代词和形容词）性的区分

参考例句：

• There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter. 德语中有叁性：阳性、阴性和中性。 来自辞典例句
• Japan was fourth among the genders of foreign students. 日本在二十个留美学生输送地中列第四位。 来自互联网