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12月27日有趣的免费英语课《英语PK台》京晶主持
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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:
entitled: