Balancing Act: Managing Your Libra Kid 保持平衡：管理你的天秤座小孩
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- 创建于 2003年10月15日
- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2011年6月08日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Winston and Victoria are headed for the airport. During their weekend getaway, their son, Grover, will stay with his grandparents: 温斯顿和维多利亚正要去机场。在他们周末的假期中，他们的儿子，葛罗佛，会住在祖父母家：
W: This trip is just what the doctor ordered! Grover has been such a handful lately. What’s up with his stubbornness? Hey, should I turn right or go straight?
这次旅行是遵照医师嘱咐的。葛罗佛最近相当难搞。他的固执最近怎么样了？嘿，我该右转还是直走？
V: Straight. Honey, what you see as obstinacy is actually just Grover’s disrupted harmony.
直走。甜心，你以为葛罗佛固执，其实那只是他的和谐被打断了。
W: Vic, you’re not going to start talking astrology again, are you?
小维维，你不会又要谈星座吧，是吗？
V: I’ve told you before: Grover is not a Taurus. His apparent stubbornnessis actually quiet deliberation. Our Libra seeks equilibrium. Decisions are hard for him to make because he weighs everything first.
我说过：葛罗佛不是金牛座的。他外显的固执其实是在安静地思索。咱们的天秤座追寻平衡。因为他总想先面面俱到，所以很难做出决定。
W: But I couldn’t get him to eat anything at breakfast. That’s not stubborn? Where should we park the car?
但我很难叫他在早餐时吃任何东西。这不就是固执吗？我们该在哪里停车？
V: In Lot D. Raising your voice and demanding, “Toast or eggs?” didn’t help. Libras have problems with choices.
停D区。提高音量对他命令说「要吐司还是蛋？」并没有用。天秤座对于多重选择感到困扰。
W: So I should have just decided for him?
所以我早该帮他决定事情？
V: Sure. A choice made on his behalf models effective decision making for Grover. But keep your cool! Tension just throws Libras off balance.
当然。代表葛罗佛来做决定是一个有效决策的模式。但要保持冷静！关系紧张会让天秤座失去平衡。
W: But hesitancy won’t help Grover in the future!
但优柔寡断在未来对葛罗佛并没有好处！
V: Don’t worry; we’ll help him overcome his indecisiveness.
不用耽心；我们可以帮他克服犹豫不决的个性。
W: OK. This parking space or that one?
好。停这个停车格还是那个？
V: That one. Like father, like son.
那个。真是有其父必有其子。
－by David Klein
Vocabulary
单词发音
getaway [ˋgɛtə͵we] n. 短假
handful [ˋhændfəl] n.【口】难控制的人（或动物）；麻烦事
stubbornness [ˋstʌbɚnnɪs] n. 顽固，倔强，顽强
obstinacy [ˋɑbstənəsɪ] n. 顽固，固执；顽强
disrupte [dɪsˋrʌpt] v. 使混乱，使中断
Taurus [ˋtɔrəs] n. 出生于金牛宫时段〔即4月21日至5月22日之间〕的人
deliberation [dɪ͵lɪbəˋreʃən] n. 深思熟虑
Libra [ˋlibrə] n. 天秤宫[座]时段〔9月23日至10月23日〕出生的人
equilibrium [͵ikwəˋlɪbrɪəm] n.〔相反的力量或影响〕平衡﹐均衡
lot [lɑt] n.（作特定用处的）一块地
on one’s behalf 代表某人
model [ˋmɑd!] v. 塑造; 创立(系统或过程）的（理论描述)模型
keep one’s cool【口】保持冷静
hesitancy [ˋhɛzətənsɪ] n. 犹豫﹐ 踌躇﹐ 迟疑（不决）
indecisiveness [͵ɪndɪˋsaɪsɪvnɪss] n. 犹豫不定; 优柔寡断
Like father, like son【谚】有其父必有其子。
Sentence of the Day
They are sometimes snowed under by decisions.
他们想得太多，有时反而不知如何抉择。
snowed under 手头有许多事务的；忙碌的
snow [sno] v. 雪片似地落下；纷至沓来