高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：晚婚话题

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：学号：姓名：外刊精选I美国年轻人结婚也晚?专家说这是好事跟许多国家一样，美国“千禧一代”也出现了约会少、结婚时间晚、性行为次数减少的趋 势，引发社会广泛担忧。不过著名生物人类学家海伦费舍尔却认为，这种被她称为“slow love (慢慢爱)的现象，未必见得就是坏事。为何慢慢爱的趋势是好现象？其背后反映了怎样 的社会变化？Should We All Take the Slow Road to Love?Is the secret to lasting love to take it slow?The millennial generation is opting fbr

2、 what the biological anthropologist Helen Fisher calls “slow love. Studies show that millennials are dating less, having less sex and marrying much later than any generation before them.These changes have prompted hand-wringing among some experts who speculate that hookup culture, anxiety, screen ti

3、me, social media and helicopter parents have left us with a generation incapable of intimacy and commitment.But Dr. Fisher takes a more generous view. Its not that millennials are wrecking marriage, she says. It may be that they value it more.Most recently Dr. Fisher has collected data on more than

4、30,000 people related to current courtship and marriage trends. Her research suggests todays singles seek to learn as much as possible about a potential partner before they spend time, energy and money on courtship.She notes that people who date three years or more before marrying are 39 percent les

5、s likely to divorce than people who rush into marriage. This is a real extended period of the pre-commitment stage,“ said Dr. Fisher. With slow love, maybe by the time people walk down the aisle they know who theyve got, and they think they can keep who theyve got.”【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。asting la:

6、stig adj.date deitvi./mpt prompt vt.hand-wringing Xhsend.ngign.speculate spekjaleit vt.anxiety aegzaiati n.wreck rekvt.courtship ko:(r)Vip n.note nsot vt.extended ikstendid adj.pre-commitment stage词块学习请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。.选择慢车道；选择一条比拟慢的路的秘诀.选择.生物人类学家.勾搭文化.沉溺于屏幕的时间.社交媒体.直升机式“父母；溺爱孩子的父母们.无能力的；不会的.

7、采取更为包容的态度1L争取做某事.冲进.结婚拓展练习 阅读理解Taylor grew up on the coast of New South Wales, Australia and swimming in the ocean was part of everyday life. She began spear fishing and worked her way up in her early 20s to become one of very few women who were professional spear fishers and was named the Australia

8、n Ladies National Champion.However, as she spent more time underwater, especially with the sharks, she had a change of heart I learned straight away that sharks are nowhere near as dangerous as the media would have us believe. And I learned that they all have different personalitiesthere?s the shy g

9、uy, the cross guy, and the aggressive guy; theyre all different. From that point on, she decided, along with her late husband and world spear fishing champion, Ron Taylor, to hang up her spear and to only shoot them with her camera.As a pioneering shark conservationist, Taylor succeeded in many firs

10、ts throughout her lifes work. She was the first person to dive with sharks cageless. The first person to test the power of a shark bite; she hand-fed a Great White and petted it. Theres nothing she wouldnt do to help correct the false image that sharks are dangerous, man-eating beasts. Her research

11、has become the basis fbr much of what we know about sharks today and she succeeded in becoming the first person to get Grey Nurse sharks protected in a specific area, the first shark species in the world to receive protected status.When asked about what could be done to help save the sharks, and the

12、 oceans, Taylor said she was quite pessimistic about the whole thing. Change has to come from the government level.” But she also recommended, The thing that works the best is to get a good story and then get it on camera. Then go on television and speak to the public. Say it to the mothers, Wouldnt

13、 you like your child. when they9re old enough, to be able to see this wonderful, friendly shark? 48. What sort of girl was Taylor in her early 20s?A.Far-seeing.B.Demanding.C.Accomplished.D. Environmental ly-aware.What might be Taylors inspiration to change her heart?A.Her desire to be rich.B.Her und

14、erstanding of sharks.C.Her ambition for becoming rich.D.Her marriage with Ron.Why are Taylors firsts mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.To prove her great influence on shark conservation.B.To urge the protection of sea animals.C.To present her achievements as a female fisher pioneer.D.To show her efforts to

15、 correct peoples false impression on sharks.5 l.What does Taylor think is a better way to protect sharks?A.Raising public awareness.B.Turning to experts fbr advice.C.Inventing stories about sharks.D.Relying on the government only.外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。asting la:stig adj.长久的.date deitvi./n.约会

16、.prompt prompt vt.激起某种行动；某种情绪.hand-wringing haend.ngign. 焦虑.speculate spekjoleit vt.推测.anxiety segzaioti n.焦虑.wreck rekvt.破坏；糟蹋.courtship ko:(r)tfip n.恋爱期；求爱期.note noot vt.注意；i己录.extended ikstendid adj.延长了的.pre-commitment stage 恋爱期 【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。.take the slow road选择慢车道；选择一条比拟慢的路.the secr

17、et to sth的秘诀.opt for 选择4.biological anthropologist 生物人类学家5.hookup culture 勾搭文化6.screen time沉溺于屏幕的时间7.social media 社交媒体8.helicopter parents“直升机式”父母；溺爱孩子的父母们ncapable of无能力的；不会的.take a more generous view采取更为包容的态度.seek to do sth.争取做某事.rush into 冲进.walk down the aisle 结婚全文翻译在通往爱情的道路上，我们是否都应该慢慢来？让爱情持久的秘诀是慢慢来吗？千禧一代正在选择生物人类学家海伦费舍尔所谓的“慢慢爱”。研究显示，相比以往的 任何一代人，千禧一代恋爱更少，性生活更少，结婚也晚得多。这些改变激起了一些专家的担忧。他们推测，勾搭文化、焦虑、屏幕时间、社交媒体和 “直升机式父母给我们留下了对亲密关