1.While traveling for various speaking engagements，I frequently stay overnightin the home of a family and am assigned to one of the children's bedrooms.——On my speaking tour，I often stay in the house of a family for the night and I am given one of the children's bedrooms.
在我應(yīng)邀到各地演說(shuō)時(shí)，經(jīng)常在別人過(guò)夜，往往被安排到這家孩子的一間臥室。
stay overnight：過(guò)夜
eg：Jane's parents never allows her to stay overnight at any of her friends'
簡(jiǎn)的父母從不容光煥發(fā)許她在朋友家過(guò)夜。
eg：It was too late，he had to stay overnight at the station.
2.no room for my small toilet kit.沒(méi)有地方放我那小小洗漱包。
room：
eg：There is enough room in the car for 5 persons. 車(chē)?yán)镉凶銐虻目臻g坐五個(gè)人。
Make room for 給……騰地方/空間
eg：Could you please make room for me？ 你能給我騰個(gè)地方嗎？
3.And the closet is usually so tightly packed with clothes that I can barely squeeze in my jacket.——The closet is usually so full of clothes that I can hardly put my jacket in.
（1）be packed with 裝滿(mǎn)了
eg：The box is packed with books. 這個(gè)箱子裝滿(mǎn)了書(shū)
eg：The hall was packed with guests.大廳里擠滿(mǎn)了人
4.I am not complaining，only making a point.我并不是抱怨，只是表明一個(gè)看法。
（1）complain（of，about）抱怨，申訴
eg：The people in that area often complain about bad weather.那個(gè)地區(qū)的人們常常抱怨槽糕的天氣。
（2）make a one's point 發(fā)表看法，證明立論
eg：Every one can make their points at the meeting.每個(gè)人都可以發(fā)表自己的看法。
make a point of doing決心做，堅(jiān)持做
5.I think that the tendency to give children an overabundance of toys and clothes is quite common in American families，and I think in far too many families not only do children come to take their parents' generosity for granted，but also the effects of this can actually be somewhat harmful to children.…。
the tendency to do 做——的傾向
eg：The conditions in some schools have a tendency to improve.一些學(xué)校的條件呈現(xiàn)改善趨勢(shì)
6.Children can also be overindulged with too many privileges——for example，when parents send a child to an expensive summer camp that parents can't really afford.
be overindulged with過(guò)分享受到
7.Parents who both hold down full-time jobs may feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their children and may attempt to compensate by showering them with material possessions.
（1）hold down a job：有穩(wěn)定的工作；做好工作以保住飯碗
eg：He is always working hard to hold down his job. 他在努力工作以便保住工作。
（2）feel guilty about對(duì)……感到內(nèi)疚
eg：He felt guilty about spoiling the computer of his friend's. 他為弄壞了朋友的電腦感到內(nèi)疚。
（3）shower sb.with sth.給某人大量的：
When he returned with victory，our country showered him with great honors.
當(dāng)他凱旋歸來(lái)時(shí)，國(guó)家給了他大量的榮譽(yù)。
8.Other parents overindulge because they want their children to have everything they had while growing up，along with those things the parents yearned for but did't get.
along with sth./sb.：除此之外；同樣；一起
eg：They got financial aid，along with encouragement.他們得到了資助，也得到了鼓勵(lì)。
eg：He，along with his best friends，went to the party
9.Overindulgence of a child also happens when parents are unable to stand up to their children's unreasonable demands
stand up to 后面一般跟sb.，表示頂住某人要求等
eg：If you stand up to them，they will stop troubling you. 你要是頂住，他們就不會(huì)再麻煩你了。
stand up to sth：（物質(zhì)或物品）耐磨，耐用
In 1998，the dam stood up to the severest flood in history.1998年，那個(gè)大壩經(jīng)受了歷最嚴(yán)重的洪水的考驗(yàn)
10.Such parents vacillate between saying no and giving in——but neither response seems satisfactory to them
vacillate between：（正式）猶疑
eg：She vacillated between her two admirers. 在兩個(gè)追求者之間，她舉棋不定。
在我應(yīng)邀到各地演說(shuō)時(shí)，經(jīng)常在別人過(guò)夜，往往被安排到這家孩子的一間臥室。
stay overnight：過(guò)夜
eg：Jane's parents never allows her to stay overnight at any of her friends'
簡(jiǎn)的父母從不容光煥發(fā)許她在朋友家過(guò)夜。
eg：It was too late，he had to stay overnight at the station.
2.no room for my small toilet kit.沒(méi)有地方放我那小小洗漱包。
room：
eg：There is enough room in the car for 5 persons. 車(chē)?yán)镉凶銐虻目臻g坐五個(gè)人。
Make room for 給……騰地方/空間
eg：Could you please make room for me？ 你能給我騰個(gè)地方嗎？
3.And the closet is usually so tightly packed with clothes that I can barely squeeze in my jacket.——The closet is usually so full of clothes that I can hardly put my jacket in.
（1）be packed with 裝滿(mǎn)了
eg：The box is packed with books. 這個(gè)箱子裝滿(mǎn)了書(shū)
eg：The hall was packed with guests.大廳里擠滿(mǎn)了人
4.I am not complaining，only making a point.我并不是抱怨，只是表明一個(gè)看法。
（1）complain（of，about）抱怨，申訴
eg：The people in that area often complain about bad weather.那個(gè)地區(qū)的人們常常抱怨槽糕的天氣。
（2）make a one's point 發(fā)表看法，證明立論
eg：Every one can make their points at the meeting.每個(gè)人都可以發(fā)表自己的看法。
make a point of doing決心做，堅(jiān)持做
5.I think that the tendency to give children an overabundance of toys and clothes is quite common in American families，and I think in far too many families not only do children come to take their parents' generosity for granted，but also the effects of this can actually be somewhat harmful to children.…。
the tendency to do 做——的傾向
eg：The conditions in some schools have a tendency to improve.一些學(xué)校的條件呈現(xiàn)改善趨勢(shì)
6.Children can also be overindulged with too many privileges——for example，when parents send a child to an expensive summer camp that parents can't really afford.
be overindulged with過(guò)分享受到
7.Parents who both hold down full-time jobs may feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their children and may attempt to compensate by showering them with material possessions.
（1）hold down a job：有穩(wěn)定的工作；做好工作以保住飯碗
eg：He is always working hard to hold down his job. 他在努力工作以便保住工作。
（2）feel guilty about對(duì)……感到內(nèi)疚
eg：He felt guilty about spoiling the computer of his friend's. 他為弄壞了朋友的電腦感到內(nèi)疚。
（3）shower sb.with sth.給某人大量的：
When he returned with victory，our country showered him with great honors.
當(dāng)他凱旋歸來(lái)時(shí)，國(guó)家給了他大量的榮譽(yù)。
8.Other parents overindulge because they want their children to have everything they had while growing up，along with those things the parents yearned for but did't get.
along with sth./sb.：除此之外；同樣；一起
eg：They got financial aid，along with encouragement.他們得到了資助，也得到了鼓勵(lì)。
eg：He，along with his best friends，went to the party
9.Overindulgence of a child also happens when parents are unable to stand up to their children's unreasonable demands
stand up to 后面一般跟sb.，表示頂住某人要求等
eg：If you stand up to them，they will stop troubling you. 你要是頂住，他們就不會(huì)再麻煩你了。
stand up to sth：（物質(zhì)或物品）耐磨，耐用
In 1998，the dam stood up to the severest flood in history.1998年，那個(gè)大壩經(jīng)受了歷最嚴(yán)重的洪水的考驗(yàn)
10.Such parents vacillate between saying no and giving in——but neither response seems satisfactory to them
vacillate between：（正式）猶疑
eg：She vacillated between her two admirers. 在兩個(gè)追求者之間，她舉棋不定。