初中英语八年级上册Unit2中英对照版

Unit 2 课文翻译
Section B 3a
Dear Mary,
亲爱的玛丽：
I have a problem, and I need your help.
我有一个问题，并且需要你的帮助。

I always thought I was popular at school.
我总认为我在学校里很受欢迎，
But I just found out that my best friend, and they didn’t invite me.
但我刚刚发现我的朋友们正在计划为我最好的朋友举办一个生日聚会，而他们没有邀请我。

And I don’t know why.
除了我以外，我班其他人都被邀请了，我不知道为什么。

I can’t think what I did wrong.
我想不出我做错了什么。

I’m very upset and don’t know what to do.
我很难过，不知道该怎么办。

What do you think? Can do you help me?
你怎么看这件事？你能帮助我吗？
Yours，
你的，
Lonely Kid
孤独的小孩
Reading
Maybe you should learn to relax!
也许你该学会放松！
Life for Cathy Taylor's three children is very busy.
对于凯西•泰勒的三个孩子来说，生活非常的繁忙。

Their school days are busy enough.
他们学校的日子已经够忙的了。

After school, though, Cathy takes the two boys from football to basketball.
放学后，凯西还得将两个男孩从足球场送到篮球场。

Then she has to take her daughter to piano lessons.
接着必须带女儿去上钢琴课。

The tired children don't get home until 7 pm.
疲惫的孩子们直到晚上7点才到家。

they have a quick supper, and it's time for homework.
他们匆匆吃过晚饭，又到了做作业的时间。

The Taylors are like many American and British parents.
泰勒夫妇像许多美国和英国的父母一样。

They take their children from activity to activity, and try to fit as much as possible into their kid's lives.
他们带着孩子参加一个又一个活动，并尽力给孩子们的生活安排尽可能多的活动。

Doctors say many children are under too much pressure.
医生们说许多孩子正处于沉重的压力之下。

Teachers complain about teaching tired kids in the classroom.
老师们抱怨他们在教室里教了一群疲惫不堪的孩子。

Most children take part in after-school clubs.
大多数孩子参加课外俱乐部。

Activities include sports, language learning, music, and math classes.
活动包括：体育运动、语言学习、音乐和数学班。

Pushy parents are nothing new, but now parents seem to push their children a lot more.
一意孤行的家长们现在似乎除了给孩子施加更多压力之外，也没有新的办法。

Parents see other children doing a lot of things, and they feel their own children should do the same.
家长们其他的孩子做去多事情，他们觉得他们自己的孩子也应该做同样的事情。

Linda Miller, a mother of three in London, knows all about such pressure.
琳达•米勒是伦敦的一个拥有三个孩子的母亲，她深知这样的压力。

"In some families, competition starts from a very young age,"
她说；“在一些家庭中，竞争从孩子很小的时候就开始了。

"Mothers send their kids to all kinds of classes when they are very young.
母亲们在孩子很小的时候送他们参加各种各样的活动班，
And they are always comparing them with other children. It's crazy.
并且总是与其他的孩子做比较。

这太疯狂了。

People shouldn't push their kids so hard."
人们不应该这样无休止地给孩子施压。

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Dr Alice Green agrees.
爱丽丝•格林博士同意这种看法。

She also says that these children may find it hard to think for themselves when they are older. "Parents are trying to plan their kid's lives for them.
她也说当这些孩子长大一些时，他们可能发现自己独立思考事情是困难的。

When these kids are adults, they might find it difficult to plan things for themselves."
“父母一直尽量为孩子的生活做打算。

当这些孩子成年时，他们或许会发现很难自己计划事情。

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Parents should learn to give their kids a bit more time to themselves.
家长们应该学会给孩子们留有更多的时间。

On the one hand, children need organized activities.
一方面，孩子们需要有组织的活动。

On the other hand, they also need time and freedom to relax, and they need time to do things by themselves.
另一方面，他们也需要时间和自由来放松自己，并且他们需要时间去独立地做一些事情。