22.12.27【地道美语261】培养有企业家精神的孩子Raising self-reliant kids

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今日主题:Real Life English【地道美语261】培养有企业家精神的孩子Parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids


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Parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids

Dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Mark, did you ____________ I sent you?

Mark: That was _______________on the topic of parenting. I'm glad you sent it to me and will probably read it ______________.

Jingjing: That's ______________. I'm happy when friends of mine are happy ________________.

Mark: Of the _____________, I thought the first one ________________.

Jingjing: You mean the one _____________?

Mark: That's the one. People always___________that--whether parents should ______________.

Jingjing: What do you think?

Mark: A kid would ________________their primary school years without any, even if _____________.

Jingjing: Do you think that _____________?

Mark: Well, if they do ______________, there are always ___________.

Jingjing: The article ____________ parenting that would help kids _____________.

Going without an allowance would help kids to ___________________________.

Mark: I got that, and ______________________.

Jingjing: In the working world, people might __________ and then something like ______on top of that. Few adults ____________ even when they don't work.

Mark: I always thought that ________________--like a father or a mother is ______________.

Jingjing: Don't you think that a kid ___________________ would be____________ that comparison?

Mark: Sure, I guess. Hopefully the kid,_________, would be able to _____________,

if they had one, or reimbursements for business trips.

Jingjing: Or he or she could just _____________________________, like most people do.

Anyway, entrepreneurs _______________ to be greatly rewarded for something genuinely great they can create.

Mark: We could ______________________, on the topic of kids getting allowances.

 Dialogue 2:

Jingjing: Mark, let's talk about some of the other points in that article about__________.

Mark: What about that point about__________?

Jingjing: I think the point was to ___________________.

Mark: That one. I'm not sure that __________. But the writer _________ that caught my attention.

Jingjing: Was that t_____________?

Mark: Yeah, the parents told their kids they'd ________________, unless the kids could _______________ to buy their own tickets.

Jingjing: I liked that example too. But I wasn't clear on whether the parents added up _____________________, or the kids went out and _________ nearly a thousand dollars apiece before the trip.

Mark: It was probably ___, and definitely _________________ in the story.

What I liked was that the kids got excited about the trip. It really ________. A lot of kids ______________.

Jingjing: What did you think about the related point, about________________?

Mark: My parents __________. I was the only kid I knew ______ Cabbage Patch Kid and no G.I. Joes.

Jingjing: Oh, you _________. But your folks ______________, didn't they?

Mark: Yeah, ____________, pretty much. I'm _______________ now, and had plenty of friends back then who were waiting tables on weekends to pay their way through their university years. I'm glad to have spent so many _________________________.

Jingjing: So you agree--those __________ (toys, action figures, and the like) should be chances for kids to ___________, rather than ___________.

Mark: I agree. I hate the idea of s_________, and am liable to ___________someone goes and spoils my kid, even a little.

Jingjing: OK, that ____________ the only other point I remember from that article: letting kids be ____________.

Mark: That's ________, especially if the kid has any talent. I liked the example ______, about her son ________________ the Smithsonian and later getting a job as a ________.

Jingjing: It sounds like _______________. Kids are pretty smart, and develop well if parents __________ for them.

Mark: That's ___________________. Thanks again for that article, Jingjing.

New words:

cornucopia:

music to my ears:

loaded:

something jives with me:

hustle for something:

Cabbage Patch Kid:

G.I. Joes:

you poor thing:

full ride: 

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