英语好的朋友进来帮个忙~
Lastweekend,Iwastryingtoarrange(a.organizeb.appreciate)tohavedinnerwithsomeoldfriendsofmine.“Letmejustcheckthediary(记事簿),”themumsaid.ShetoldmetheywouldbefreeinsixweeksbecauseeveryotherSaturdaysheandherhusbandwerebusytakingtheirdaughtertodifferentsports,schoolorsocialevents.Theirownliveshadbecomecompletelydominated(dominated意思)bytheirteenagedaughter’s.Whattheywantedtodohadtotakesecondplace(takesecondplace意思)towhatshewantedtodo.
Noexpense(a.costb.experiment)isspared(a.extrab.free),either.Estimatessuggestitcostsnearly490,000yuantoraiseachildfrombirthto18inBeijingandShanghai.Britishparentsspendnearly£9,000peryearontheirchildren,andaskidsaredemandingallthelatestlaptops,phonesandstayingathomeevenlongerthanbefore,thiscostisgrowingbyanalarming(alarming意思)10%everyyear.
InChina,parentswhoareputtingtheiroffspring(offspring意思)firstineverythingarecalled“children’sslaves”—actingasbanker,chauffeur,andgeneralassistanttomakesuretheirkidsalwaysgetwhattheywant,whenandwheretheywantit.IntheUK,thesemumsanddadsarecalled“helicopterparents*”becausetheyarealwayshoveringaroundtheirchildren.
Dodevotedparentsmakethehappiestchildren?Somethinkso;otherschallenge(challenge意思)theidea.【Children’stherapistDavidCodehaswrittenabestsellingbook,inwhichhesaysthatparents’over-focus(over-focus意思)makestheirchildrentoodemandingandselfish.】But,anyway,noonecoulddeny(deny意思)thatparentsaredevotedonlybecausetheylovetheirchildren.
Doyoutakeyourparentsforgranted(forgranted意思)?IthinkIdid.Domykidstakemeforgranted?Yes,theyprobablydo.It’spartofgrowingup,butalwaysremember,onedayyouyourselfmaybetheparentwithnomoney,nosociallife,andanover-demanding(over-demanding意思)child.Paybacktime(Paybacktime意思)!
.【Children’stherapistDavidCodehaswrittenabestsellingbook,inwhichhesaysthatparents’over-focus(over-focus意思)makestheirchildrentoodemandingandselfish.】翻译这个句子.
--ab是选择。还有意思和翻译~