时差N小时 外婆担心外孙被宠坏(下)

Dear Grandma:

祖母你好：

Your daughter's parenting skills could use some improvement, and yes, it's possible those kids will grow up to be overweight, undereducated crooks¹, but she needs to see it for herself. Your daughter knows you disapprove² of the way she is raising her children, and that could be part of the problem. Frankly³, the sons' recreational and food habits are not uncommon⁴, and we wouldn't go overboard with disapproval⁵. Stealing and poor grades are of greater concern. Stop criticizing your daughter, and when the grandchildren are in your house, set reasonable rules and enforce them. Modeling good parenting is the best you can do.

你女儿养育孩子的技巧可以提高，这些孩子长大后可能超重，成为未受良好教育的坏蛋，但是她需要自己意识到这点。你的女儿知道你不赞成她教育孩子的方式，那可能是问题的结症。坦率地说，她儿子的娱乐和吃东西习惯并不是罕见的。我们不能过分地不赞同，而应更关注孩子们的偷东西和学习成绩不好。不要责备你的女儿。当孩子们在你的屋子里时，要定些合理的规则并执行。做一个好母亲的榜样是你能做的最好的事。

1 crooks   

n.骗子( crook的名词复数 )；罪犯；弯曲部分；（牧羊人或主教用的）弯拐杖v.弯成钩形( crook的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The police are getting after the crooks in the city. 警察在城里追捕小偷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cops got the crooks. 警察捉到了那些罪犯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 disapprove   

v.不赞成，不同意，不批准

参考例句：

• I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
• She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

4 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

5 disapproval   

n.反对，不赞成

参考例句：

• The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
• They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。