PASSAGE 18: Parents and teenagers
Parents/ feel/ that/ it is difficult/ to live with/ teenagers. / Teenagers/ have similar feelings/ about their parents,/ saying/ that/ it is not easy/ living with them. / According to/ a recent research,/ the most common argument between parents and teenagers/ is/ that/ regarding untidiness/ and daily routine tasks.
On the one hand,/ parents/ go mad/ over/ messy rooms,/ clothes/ thrown on the floor/ and/ their children's refusal/ to help with/ the housework.
On the other hand,/ teenagers/ lose their patience/ continually/ when parents/ blame them/ for dropping the towel/ in the bathroom,/ not cleaning up/ their room/ or refusing to do/ the shopping/ at the supermarket.
Psychologists/ say/ that/ communication/ is the most important thing/ in parent-child relationships./ Parents/ should talk to/ their children/ but/ at the same time/ they should lend an ear/ to what they have to say.
Parents/ may scold/ their children/ when/ they are untidy/ but/ they should also understand/ that/ their room/ is their own private space. / Communication/ is a two-way process./ It/ is only by listening to/ and understanding/ each other/ that/ problems/ between parents and children can be settled.
have similar feelings
Both of them have similar feelings about the unfair treatment at work.他们俩对工作上的不公平待遇都有相似的感觉。
regarding untidiness
Regarding untidiness, she always keeps her room messy.关于不整洁，她的房间总是很乱。
daily routine tasks
He struggles to complete his daily routine tasks on time.他很难按时完成日常任务。
on the one hand, on the other hand
On the one hand, I love living in the city; on the other hand, I miss the countryside.一方面，我喜欢住在城市里；另一方面，我又想念乡村。
go mad
She'll go mad if she finds out you broke her favorite vase.如果她发现你打破了她最喜欢的花瓶，她会发疯的。
sb’s refusal to
His refusal to apologize made the situation worse.他拒绝道歉使情况变得更糟。
lose patience
I lost patience with him when he kept asking the same question.当他一直问同样的问题时，我失去了耐心。
blame...for
Don't blame him for the accident; it wasn't his fault.别责怪他造成的事故；那不是他的错。
clean up
Please clean up your mess before you go out.你出去之前请把你的东西收拾干净。
parent-child relationships
Good communication is essential for healthy parent-child relationships.良好的沟通对健康的亲子关系至关重要。
lend an ear to
She always lends an ear to her friends' problems.她总是倾听她朋友们的烦恼。
private space
Everyone needs their own private space to relax.每个人都需要自己的私人空间来放松。
two-way process
Learning is a two-way process that involves both teaching and listening.学习是一个双向过程，涉及教学和倾听。
be settled
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