Questions 23~26
A. It is a necessary part of life. B. It is a time of pressure and stress.
C. It is a carefree period of life. D. It is much shorter than it used to be.
参考答案:C
解析: 23-26
All humans experience stress. It is a necessary part of life. Generally speaking, a person’s ability to deal with stress is affected by his or her feelings, attitude, and outlook on life. To start with, my topic for this week’s lecture is "Teenage Stress".
Parents tend to think that their children’s adolescence is a carefree period of life. However, studies show that teenagers can experience the most stress of all people. They can experience stress related to money, family problems, self-esteem, acceptance by their peers, getting accepted into college, choosing a career and pressure to do well in school, sports, or clubs.
One reason for such stress is that childhood has gotten shorter, and the perception of children has changed. With the rapid advance of information technology, children can get messages that in the past were probably meant only for adults, and the dividing line between childhood and adulthood ceases to exist. Children do not play as many of their games as we used to, and most of their games and sports nowadays are those usually performed by adults. Youngsters are encouraged to use adult language that was once never to be heard around a child. Today, our people are under tremendous pressure to achieve and succeed. It seems to me that the higher our living standard is, the more stress our children experience. In any case, the way by which we live today definitely has something to do with the increase of the level of stress.
23. According to the talk, how would parents view their children’s adolescence