时差N小时 外婆担心外孙被宠坏(上)

Dear Annie:

Annie你好:

My daughter allows her 8-year-old son to stay up late at night, watch adult TV and eat lots of sweets. She strongly resents¹ any suggestion that this is not a good thing.

我女儿允许她8岁的儿子熬夜到很晚，看成人电视节目，并吃很多糖。她对于任何对这一做法的建议都强烈抵触。

The 15-year-old son spends a vast amount of time text messaging, listening to music or watching TV. His conversational² skills are poor and his grades are not good. On several occasions, money has disappeared from purses when the boys were present, and I am terrified to think what the money is purchasing.

15岁的儿子花很多时间来发短信，听音乐盒看电视。他的对话技能很弱，学习也不好。有时候，孩子们在场时钱就不见了，我很害怕钱会用来买什么。

If I try to talk to my daughter, I risk being excluded from her life. But if things don't improve, her family will fall apart. What can I do? － Troubled Grandma

我试着和女儿对话，我冒着被排挤出其生活的危险。但是如果这种状况没有改善，她的家庭就要破裂了。我应该怎么做？——陷入困境的祖母

1 resents   

对…感到愤怒( resent的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He resents being called by his nickname. 他忌讳人家叫他的外号。
• She resents her mother for being so tough on her. 她怨恨母亲对她太严厉。

2 conversational   

adj.对话的，会话的

参考例句：

• The article is written in a conversational style.该文是以对话的形式写成的。
• She values herself on her conversational powers.她常夸耀自己的能言善辩。