本課您將學(xué)到：turn（轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)），句型increase…decrease（……增多……減少）
當(dāng)女孩不再滿足于模仿母親時(shí)，昔日的"乖乖女"既已長(zhǎng)大成人，母女關(guān)系亦平添了不同的含義。
When a girl is 3-4 years old they love to "dress up"（打扮） in their mothers' clothes, put on their mothers' makeup（化妝品）, and do whatever else their mother does. This is the time when she can be classified（分類） as being a "mama's girl". Often when a girl enters high school her behavior（行為、舉止） changes as well as her physical appearance（外貌）. This is the time that the mother-daughter relationship can take a turn.
When the daughter starts wearing revealing（暴露的） clothing, dating, and just wanting to be more independent, a mother starts to feel left out（遺漏）, or not needed. The number of arguments（爭(zhēng)吵） increases, and the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases.
When it seems too hard to handle（處理）, take some quiet time and write out your feelings. Maybe at another time, you can share them with your mother and try to find a way to better（改善） your relationship as mother and daughter.
「讀書筆記」
在三、四歲時(shí)，女孩子經(jīng)常喜歡裝扮成“媽媽”：穿媽媽的衣服，（"dress up" in their mothers' clothes）用媽媽的化妝品，（put on their mothers' makeup）學(xué)做媽媽做的各種事情。（do whatever else their mother does）這個(gè)時(shí)期，她們是“媽媽的乖乖女”。（This is the time when she can be classified as being a "mama's girl".）通常女孩子到了高中階段，（high school）外貌、舉止就會(huì)改變。（her behavior changes as well as her physical appearance）就是在這種時(shí)候，母女關(guān)系（the mother-daughter relationship）可能朝另一種方向發(fā)展。（take a turn）
Turn在這里有“轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)”的意思。它的本意是The place where one road goes in a different direction from another “轉(zhuǎn)彎處”，引申到實(shí)際生活中，就有了“事情開始發(fā)生變化的起點(diǎn)”的含義，所以the turn of the century意思就是“世紀(jì)之初”the beginning of the century的意思。
此外，我們還經(jīng)常用take a turn for the better來(lái)表達(dá)“情況好轉(zhuǎn)”的意思，這里的情況可以是經(jīng)濟(jì)情況、身體狀況等。比如：
As soon as she started taking the medication, she took a turn for the better.
她一開始接受藥物治療，病情就開始好轉(zhuǎn)。
相應(yīng)地，如果情況變壞了，就要說(shuō)take a turn for the worse.母女關(guān)系發(fā)生變化，這個(gè)turn到底是好是壞，不能一概而論，所以文中巧妙的回避了這個(gè)話題，只是說(shuō)the mother-daughter relationship can take a turn.
女兒開始穿暴露的衣服，（wearing revealing clothing）與男孩子約會(huì)，（dating）想為自己爭(zhēng)取獨(dú)立。（wanting to be more independent）這時(shí)，媽媽會(huì)感到自己被遺忘，（a mother starts to feel left out）不再被需要。（not needed）雙方的爭(zhēng)吵越來(lái)越多，（number of arguments increases）而相處融洽的時(shí)間越來(lái)越少。（the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases）
“時(shí)間”是不可數(shù)的，為什么這段卻用times來(lái)表達(dá)呢？其實(shí)，這里的time是“次”的意思，就是a time，兩次two times或twice，而the number of times就是“次數(shù)”，when the mother and daughter get along happily的times減少了，也就是彼此融洽相處的時(shí)間少了，所以這意譯為“相處融洽的時(shí)間越來(lái)越少”。
當(dāng)矛盾暫時(shí)無(wú)法解決時(shí)，（it seems too hard to handle）靜下心仔細(xì)考慮，（take some quiet time）把你的心情記錄下來(lái)。（and write out your feelings）也許有一天，（Maybe at another time）你可以和媽媽一起看看，（share them with your mother）共同努力找到改善你們關(guān)系的辦法。（try to find a way to better your relationship as mother and daughter）
「句型留言板」
… increase, and … decrease
……越來(lái)越多，……越來(lái)越少/……不斷增加……不斷減少
這個(gè)句型用于表述同時(shí)發(fā)生的截然相反的情況，increase和decrease都是很具動(dòng)態(tài)感的詞，雖然時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，但給人一種情勢(shì)不斷變化的感覺，就像我們文中的句子，讓我們?cè)僮x讀，一起體會(huì)一下：
The number of arguments increases, and the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases.
一方面The number of arguments不斷增加，一方面the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily不斷減少，是不是很生動(dòng)地表現(xiàn)出了母女之間的矛盾日益加深、關(guān)系逐漸惡化的狀況。
現(xiàn)在，我們也來(lái)試試用這兩個(gè)詞來(lái)描述一下人類面對(duì)的世界性難題——人口問(wèn)題：
From this research, we can find that the life expectancy increases nearly 20 years and the infant mortality decreases greatly.
從這項(xiàng)研究中，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)在過(guò)去的近20年中，人類的平均壽命不斷增加而嬰兒死亡率卻在不斷下降。（是不是有點(diǎn)人滿為患的緊迫感呢？）
當(dāng)然，這個(gè)句型也可以用于僅做客觀的陳述或評(píng)價(jià)，比如下面這位經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)教授就是這樣告訴學(xué)生的：
The law of demand states that when the price of a commodity increases, the quantity demanded decreases.
供求的規(guī)律指出當(dāng)商品價(jià)格提高，需求量就會(huì)減少。
今天的節(jié)目里，我們講了turn（轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)）的用法和increase…decrease句型的用法，希望大家年齡increases，煩惱decreases.我們下次再見！
當(dāng)女孩不再滿足于模仿母親時(shí)，昔日的"乖乖女"既已長(zhǎng)大成人，母女關(guān)系亦平添了不同的含義。
When a girl is 3-4 years old they love to "dress up"（打扮） in their mothers' clothes, put on their mothers' makeup（化妝品）, and do whatever else their mother does. This is the time when she can be classified（分類） as being a "mama's girl". Often when a girl enters high school her behavior（行為、舉止） changes as well as her physical appearance（外貌）. This is the time that the mother-daughter relationship can take a turn.
When the daughter starts wearing revealing（暴露的） clothing, dating, and just wanting to be more independent, a mother starts to feel left out（遺漏）, or not needed. The number of arguments（爭(zhēng)吵） increases, and the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases.
When it seems too hard to handle（處理）, take some quiet time and write out your feelings. Maybe at another time, you can share them with your mother and try to find a way to better（改善） your relationship as mother and daughter.
「讀書筆記」
在三、四歲時(shí)，女孩子經(jīng)常喜歡裝扮成“媽媽”：穿媽媽的衣服，（"dress up" in their mothers' clothes）用媽媽的化妝品，（put on their mothers' makeup）學(xué)做媽媽做的各種事情。（do whatever else their mother does）這個(gè)時(shí)期，她們是“媽媽的乖乖女”。（This is the time when she can be classified as being a "mama's girl".）通常女孩子到了高中階段，（high school）外貌、舉止就會(huì)改變。（her behavior changes as well as her physical appearance）就是在這種時(shí)候，母女關(guān)系（the mother-daughter relationship）可能朝另一種方向發(fā)展。（take a turn）
Turn在這里有“轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)”的意思。它的本意是The place where one road goes in a different direction from another “轉(zhuǎn)彎處”，引申到實(shí)際生活中，就有了“事情開始發(fā)生變化的起點(diǎn)”的含義，所以the turn of the century意思就是“世紀(jì)之初”the beginning of the century的意思。
此外，我們還經(jīng)常用take a turn for the better來(lái)表達(dá)“情況好轉(zhuǎn)”的意思，這里的情況可以是經(jīng)濟(jì)情況、身體狀況等。比如：
As soon as she started taking the medication, she took a turn for the better.
她一開始接受藥物治療，病情就開始好轉(zhuǎn)。
相應(yīng)地，如果情況變壞了，就要說(shuō)take a turn for the worse.母女關(guān)系發(fā)生變化，這個(gè)turn到底是好是壞，不能一概而論，所以文中巧妙的回避了這個(gè)話題，只是說(shuō)the mother-daughter relationship can take a turn.
女兒開始穿暴露的衣服，（wearing revealing clothing）與男孩子約會(huì)，（dating）想為自己爭(zhēng)取獨(dú)立。（wanting to be more independent）這時(shí)，媽媽會(huì)感到自己被遺忘，（a mother starts to feel left out）不再被需要。（not needed）雙方的爭(zhēng)吵越來(lái)越多，（number of arguments increases）而相處融洽的時(shí)間越來(lái)越少。（the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases）
“時(shí)間”是不可數(shù)的，為什么這段卻用times來(lái)表達(dá)呢？其實(shí)，這里的time是“次”的意思，就是a time，兩次two times或twice，而the number of times就是“次數(shù)”，when the mother and daughter get along happily的times減少了，也就是彼此融洽相處的時(shí)間少了，所以這意譯為“相處融洽的時(shí)間越來(lái)越少”。
當(dāng)矛盾暫時(shí)無(wú)法解決時(shí)，（it seems too hard to handle）靜下心仔細(xì)考慮，（take some quiet time）把你的心情記錄下來(lái)。（and write out your feelings）也許有一天，（Maybe at another time）你可以和媽媽一起看看，（share them with your mother）共同努力找到改善你們關(guān)系的辦法。（try to find a way to better your relationship as mother and daughter）
「句型留言板」
… increase, and … decrease
……越來(lái)越多，……越來(lái)越少/……不斷增加……不斷減少
這個(gè)句型用于表述同時(shí)發(fā)生的截然相反的情況，increase和decrease都是很具動(dòng)態(tài)感的詞，雖然時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，但給人一種情勢(shì)不斷變化的感覺，就像我們文中的句子，讓我們?cè)僮x讀，一起體會(huì)一下：
The number of arguments increases, and the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily decreases.
一方面The number of arguments不斷增加，一方面the number of times when the mother and daughter get along happily不斷減少，是不是很生動(dòng)地表現(xiàn)出了母女之間的矛盾日益加深、關(guān)系逐漸惡化的狀況。
現(xiàn)在，我們也來(lái)試試用這兩個(gè)詞來(lái)描述一下人類面對(duì)的世界性難題——人口問(wèn)題：
From this research, we can find that the life expectancy increases nearly 20 years and the infant mortality decreases greatly.
從這項(xiàng)研究中，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)在過(guò)去的近20年中，人類的平均壽命不斷增加而嬰兒死亡率卻在不斷下降。（是不是有點(diǎn)人滿為患的緊迫感呢？）
當(dāng)然，這個(gè)句型也可以用于僅做客觀的陳述或評(píng)價(jià)，比如下面這位經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)教授就是這樣告訴學(xué)生的：
The law of demand states that when the price of a commodity increases, the quantity demanded decreases.
供求的規(guī)律指出當(dāng)商品價(jià)格提高，需求量就會(huì)減少。
今天的節(jié)目里，我們講了turn（轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)）的用法和increase…decrease句型的用法，希望大家年齡increases，煩惱decreases.我們下次再見！