the growing backlash against over-parenting

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1、TheGrowingBacklashagainstOver-ParentingByNancyGibbsUnit5TextANancyGibbs:(born1960)isanessayistandeditoratlargeforTIMEmagazine,abestsellingauthorandcommentatoronpoliticsandvaluesintheUnitedStates.Sheistheco-authorwithMichaelDuffyoftheNewYorkTimesBestsellerThePrea

2、cherandthePresidents;BillyGrahamintheWhiteHouse(2007).AboutTheAuthor4(1).Onceobsessingaboutkid’ssafetyandsuccessbecamethenorm,akindoforthodoxytookhold,andheavenhelptheheretics—theoneswhowerebraveenoughtolettheirkidsventureoutsidewithoutSecretServiceprotection.Ju

3、staskLenoreSkenazy,whotothisday,whenyouGoogle“America’sWorstMom”,fillsthefirstfewpagesofresults—allbecauseonedaylastyearshelether9-year-oldsonridetheNewYorkCitysubwayalone.Para44(1).一旦過(guò)分執(zhí)著于孩子的安全和成功成為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，就會(huì)作為一種正統(tǒng)扎根人心。上天得搭救那些敢于讓孩子在沒(méi)有受到特別保護(hù)的前提下“亂跑”的“異端”父母。不信你可以去問(wèn)問(wèn)勒諾

4、斯科納茲——時(shí)至今日，只要你在搜索引擎谷歌里輸入“美國(guó)最差勁的媽媽”，她的名字就會(huì)占滿搜索結(jié)果的前幾頁(yè)——而這只是因?yàn)槿ツ甑囊惶欤尤桓易?歲的兒子獨(dú)自去搭乘紐約地鐵。Para44(2).Anewspapercolumnshewroteaboutitsomehowignitedaglobalfirestormoverwhatconstitutesreasonablerisk.Skenazydecidedtofightback,arguingthatwehavelostourabilitytoassessrisk.By

5、worryingaboutthewrongthings,wedoactualdamagetoourchildren,raisingthemtobeanxiousandunadventurousor,assheputsit,“hothouse,mama-tied,danger-hallucinatingjoyextinguishers”.Para44(2).她在報(bào)紙專欄上提到這件事，立刻引發(fā)全球激辯，對(duì)何謂“合理風(fēng)險(xiǎn)”，大家爭(zhēng)持不下。斯科納茲決定反擊，她爭(zhēng)辯說(shuō)，我們已經(jīng)喪失了評(píng)估風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的能力。因?yàn)楹ε孪胂笾械牟粶y(cè)，我們實(shí)際

6、上正在對(duì)孩子造成傷害，讓他們變得焦慮不安且缺乏冒險(xiǎn)精神，或者用她的話說(shuō)，這些孩子是“溫室里的花朵，揪著媽媽的衣服不敢撒手的嬌寶寶，自己嚇自己，掃興無(wú)趣”。Para45.Thereisnorationalreason,sheargues,thatagenerationofparentswhogrewupwalkingalonetoschool,ridingmasstransit,trick-or-treating,teeter-totteringandsellingGirlScoutcookiesdoortodoorsh

7、ouldbeforbiddingtheirkidstodothesame.Para55.她指出，自己這一代人過(guò)去上學(xué)時(shí)要么獨(dú)自步行，要么坐公交車或地鐵，萬(wàn)圣節(jié)自己去要糖果，平時(shí)自個(gè)兒玩蹺蹺板，現(xiàn)在成父母了，本沒(méi)有理由禁止孩子做同樣的事。Para5extinguisher[ik'sti?ɡwi??]n.滅火器，熄滅者，滅火者firestorm['fai?st?:m]n.大爆發(fā)Hallucinate[h?'lu:sineit]v.使產(chǎn)生幻覺(jué)heretic['her?tik]n.異端者ignite[iɡ'nait]v.激起，

8、引發(fā)orthodoxy['?:θ?d?ksi]n.正統(tǒng)說(shuō)法，政教，信奉政教teeter-totter['ti:t?,t?t?]n.蹺蹺板Trick-or-treatn.“不請(qǐng)客就搗蛋”（萬(wàn)圣節(jié)游戲）NewwordsinPara.4&5SentenceAnalysisByworryingaboutthewrongthings,wed