銳意英語口語資料庫7-2
A:你認(rèn)為人的個(gè)性是怎么形成的？
A: How do you think people get their personalities?
B:我覺得主要來自他生活的環(huán)境。
B: I think it’s mainly from the environment a person lives in.
A:你不認(rèn)為人的性格來自父母嗎？
A: Don’t you think people get their personalities from their parents?
B:不，我不認(rèn)為。但父母決定了很多孩子成長的環(huán)境，所以他們當(dāng)然會(huì)在很大程度上影響孩子的個(gè)性。
B: No, but parents control a lot of the environment that kids grow up in, so they certainly influence their kids’ personalities a lot.
A:那你說為什么許多孩子的性格會(huì)和父母很不一樣呢？
A: So why do you think many kids have personalities that are so different from their parents’?
B:可能是當(dāng)他們是青少年時(shí)，想和父母不一樣吧。
B: Maybe when they become teenagers, they want to be completely different to their parents.
A:可能你是對(duì)的。我猜想大部分父母都希望孩子像自己，可現(xiàn)在的孩子生長在一個(gè)不同的環(huán)境里。要知道，他們從網(wǎng)絡(luò)、報(bào)紙和電視上更多地了解了這個(gè)世界。
A: You might be right. I guess most parents want their kids to be like them, but kids today grow up in a different environment. You know, they know much more about the world from the Internet, newspapers, and TV.
B:你認(rèn)為青少年會(huì)從電影和電視上學(xué)到很多不良的行為嗎？
B: Do you think that teenagers get a lot of their bad behavior from TV and movies?
A:可能有一些吧。我認(rèn)為，當(dāng)問題是父母沒有正確地教育孩子時(shí)，很多人會(huì)責(zé)怪電視和電影。
A: Maybe some of it. I think a lot of people blame TV and movies when the real problem is that the parents aren’t bringing their child up correctly.
B:父母也很難做。他們要撫養(yǎng)孩子，還有工作要做。
B: Parents have a difficult job. They have to bring up their children and usually have to work too.
A:是的。你兒子在學(xué)校表現(xiàn)很好吧?
A: Yes, that’s true. Your son is doing well at school, isn’t he?
B:是的。在學(xué)校他很努力。從學(xué)?；氐郊?，他晚飯前做作業(yè)，飯后就和他的伙伴們一起出去。
B: Yes, he is. He’s very hardworking when he’s at school. Then he comes home from school and does his homework before dinner. After dinner, he goes out with his friends.
A:那他不是個(gè)書呆子了？性格外向有好處。有些孩子很安靜、內(nèi)向。你都會(huì)懷疑，在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中沒有父母幫助和支持他們?cè)趺瓷嫦氯ァ?br /> A: So, he’s not a bookworm? It’s good that he has an outgoing personality. Some kids are very quiet and introverted. You wonder how they’ll survive in the real world without their parents to support them.
