2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：晚婚话题.docx

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：_学号：_姓名：_外刊精选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

2、for 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, scree

3、n time, 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

4、than 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 perce

5、nt less 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。1.

6、lasting lst adj. _2.date detvi./n. _3.prompt prmpt vt._4.hand-wringing hndrn. _5.speculate spekjlet vt. _6.anxiety zati n._7.wreck rekvt. _8.courtship k(r)tp n. _9.note nt vt. _10.extended kstendd adj. _11.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。1.选择慢车道；选择一条比较慢的路_2.的秘诀_3.选择_4.生物人类学家_5.勾搭文化_6.沉

7、溺于屏幕的时间_7.社交媒体_8.“直升机式”父母；溺爱孩子的父母们_9.无能力的；不会的_10.采取更为包容的态度_11.争取做某事_12.冲进_13.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 we

8、re professional spear fishers and was named the Australian 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

9、that they all have different personalitiestheres the shy guy, 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 pion

10、eering shark conservationist, Taylor succeeded in many firsts 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

11、that sharks are dangerous, man-eating beasts. Her research has become the basis for 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 aske

12、d about what could be done to help save the sharks, and the 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 telev

13、ision and speak to the public. Say it to the mothers, Wouldnt you like your child. when theyre 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.Environmentally-aware.49.What might be Taylors inspi

14、ration to change her heart?A.Her desire to be rich.B.Her understanding of sharks.C.Her ambition for becoming rich.D.Her marriage with Ron.50.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 a

15、chievements as a female fisher pioneer.D.To show her efforts to correct peoples false impression on sharks.51.What does Taylor think is a better way to protect sharks?A.Raising public awareness.B.Turning to experts for advice.C.Inventing stories about sharks.D.Relying on the government only.外刊精选答案【词

16、汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.lasting lst adj. 长久的2.date detvi./n. 约会3.prompt prmpt vt. 激起某种行动；某种情绪4.hand-wringing hndrn. 焦虑5.speculate spekjlet vt. 推测6.anxiety zati n. 焦虑7.wreck rekvt. 破坏；糟蹋8.courtship k(r)tp n. 恋爱期；求爱期9.note nt vt. 注意；记录10.extended kstendd adj. 延长了的11.pre-commitment stage恋爱期【词块学习】请从文章中找

17、到下面中文相对应的文词块。1.take the slow road选择慢车道；选择一条比较慢的路2.the secret to sth. 的秘诀3.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9.incapable of无能力的；不会的10.take a more generous view采取更为包容的态度11.seek to do sth.争取做某事12.rus

18、h into冲进13.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系与承诺无能为力的一代人。不过，费舍尔博士对此持更包容的态度。她表示，其实并不是千禧一代在破坏婚姻；或许他们把婚姻看得更重。最近，费舍尔博士采集了3万多位符合当下婚恋趋势者的数据。她的研究表明，当今的单身人士希望先尽可能多地了解潜在伴侣，再为恋爱关系投入时间、精力和金钱。她提到，相比匆匆闯入婚姻殿堂的人，恋爱三年以上再结婚的人离婚率要低39%。“人们在做出承诺前的这个阶段实实在在地延长了。”费舍尔博士说，“如果慢慢地爱，或许到人们踏上红毯之际，他们会清楚地知道自己找到的是怎样的人，也认为他们能够常伴彼此身畔。”拓展练习阅读理解参考答案48.C 49.B 50.D 51.A