练习材料：

[Day 1789 2019-08-20]

Lesson 34-3 Adolescence 青春期

The adolescent, with his passion for sincerity, always respects a parent who admits

that he is wrong, or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust. What the child

cannot forgive is the parents' refusal to admit these charges if the child knows them to

be true.

Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an

unreasoning authoritarian attitude; in fact they did nothing of the kind, but children

were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt. Today we tend to go to the

other extreme, but on the whole this is a healthier attitude both for the child and the

parent. It is always wiser and safer to face up to reality, however painful it may be at

the moment.

任务配置：L0+L1+L4

知识笔记：

sincerity  n. 诚意; 真挚; 纯粹;

refusal    n. 拒绝; 回绝;

Victorian    adj. 维多利亚时代的;    n. 维多利亚时代的人;

retreating    v. 退却; 撤退; 离开; 离去; 退去; 后退; (由于批评或环境过于恶劣) 改变主意，退缩;

authoritarian    adj. 威权主义的; 专制的;  n. 权力主义者，专制者，独裁者; 独裁主义者;

cowed    adj. 使感到胆怯的; 自惭形秽的;    v. 恐吓; 吓唬; 威胁; 胁迫;

练习感悟：