备战2020高考英语外刊话题阅读语篇精选：专题09现在的孩子真的不如以前吗(解析版)

1、Kids these days only seem dumb if you think you' re a genius文章选自 Popular Science »读前导读：在生活中，老一辈的人往往对年轻人不太满意，常常会说 现在的孩子”如何如何不好。那么，现在的孩子真的不如以前吗？一：高级实词荟萃1. generation /?d?en?re?(?)n/ n代人2. touchy /?t?t?i/ adj.容易生气的3. appreciation /?pri?i?e?(?)n/ n感激、感恩(由appreciate力口后缀-ion变成名词)4. senior /?si?ni

2、?(r)/ adj.年长的5. counterpart /?ka?nt?p ar?t/ (职位、作用等)相当的人6. decline /d?kla?n/ n.衰落7. civilization /?s?v(?)la?ze?(?)n/ n 文明8. folks /f?ks/ = people9. negative /?ne g ?t?v/4adj的、负面的10. based on 基于11. action /?k?(?)n/ n.行为12. current /?k?r(?)nt/ adj.现在的13. self /self/ n.自己14. researcher /r?s?t?(r)/n.研究者

3、(由research加上表示人的后缀-er)15. trait /tre?t/ n.特点、特性16. elder /?eld?(r)/ n.长者17. intelligence /?n?tel?d?(?)ns/ n.智力18. enjoyment /?n?d?m?nt/n.享受、愉悦(由enjoy加后缀-ment变成名词)19. cognitive /?k? g n?t?v岫dj.的、认知能力的20. participant /p a ?t?s?p(B)ni/ln.21. quality /?kw?l?ti/ n.品质22. category /?k?t? g 麋别23. gratificat

4、ion /? g r?t?f?ke?i?n#荫意；喜悦；使人满意之事24. tend /tend/ v.倾向于25. tag /t? g 如v标签26. identify /a?dent?fa?/ v. 识 另(self-identify就是自认为)27. intelligent /?n?tel?d?(?)nt/adj.有才智的、聪明的28. reserve /r?z?v/ v.保留、保持29. relate /r?le?t/ to 跟有联系30. stage /ste?d?/ n.阶段31. assign /?sa?n/ v.赋予32. random /?r?nd?m/ adj.随机的33.

5、 trick /tr?k/ v.欺骗、哄骗34. well - read博览群书的35. speculate /?spekjule?t/ v.推测36. shift /?ft/ n.转移、改变37. objective /?b?d?ekt?v/ adj. 客观的38. authority/? 0 ?曲蹦.39. impose/?m?p?z/v.强力口、把 强加于40. bias/?ba?s/n.偏向、偏差41. occur /?k?(r)/ v. 发生42. mediocre /?mi?di?k?/ adj. 平庸的二：高级词汇拓展43. hint /h?nt/ v. 暗示44. age-ol

6、d 年代久远的45. phrase /fre?z/ n. 短语、习语46. classic /?kl?s?k/ adj. 典型的47. vanity /?v?n?ti/ n. 自负、自大1. appreciation/?pri?i?e?(?)n/n感激、感恩由 vt 感谢；欣赏 appreciate2. civilization/?s?vla?ze?n/n.文明adj 文明的 civilized3. current /?k?r(?)nt/ adj.现在的adv.现在地 currently4. researcher/r?s?t?(r)/npf究者 vt 研究 research5. intelli

7、gence /?n?tel?d?(?)ns/ n. 智力 adj 聪明的 intelligent adv 聪明地 intelligently6. enjoyment /?n?d?m?nt/ n. 享受、愉悦vt 享受 enjoy7. participant /p a ?t?s?p(?)nf/ln. vi 参力口 participaten.参力口 participation8. quality /?kw?l?ti/ n. 品质 vt 有资质；符合要求qualify9. identify /a?dent?fa?/ v.识别10. relate/r?le?t/to跟有联系n.联系 relation

8、n 亲戚 relative adj 有联系的 related11. assign /?sa?n/ v.赋予；分配n 任务 assignment12. trick /tr?k/ v. 欺骗、哄骗adj 骗人的 tricky13. speculate /?spekjule?t/ v. 推测 n 猜想 speculation14. objective /?b?d?ekt?v/ adj. 客观的n 目标 object15. occur /?k?(r)/ v. 发生 n 发生 occurrence三：高级短语荟萃1. throw shade 公开批评、严厉批评2. talk smack /sm?k/ 批

9、评、贬低3. a trio /?tri?/ of 三个4. have enough appreciation 有足够的欣赏力5. In some way or another 以某种方式6. lament the youth's decline 感叹年轻人的衰弱7. a cognitive scientist 个认知科学家8. a survey of cognitive development experts 认知发展专家调查9. the majority of experts 大多数专家10. get better at controlling themselves around r

10、ewards 更好地控制自己获得奖励11. share the same qualities 具有相同的品质12. in one of the categories 在其中一个类别中13. tend to倾向于14. got tagged or self-identified as intelligent 被标记或自我识别为智能15. be more likely to see"kids these days " as lessOiniMgent现在的孩子“不太聪明16. used to be 以前是17. reserve their strong opinions for

11、 traits 保留他们对性格的强烈看法18. relate to与相关。19. In another stage of the study 在研究的另一个阶段20. assign random scores to将随机分数分配给21. trick them into thinking how well -read they were 诱使他们去想他们读得有多好22. change their opinions on kid' s reacdngabMy寸孩子阅读能力的看法23. as a result因此24. boil down归根结底25. reasons for the shi

12、ft 改变的原因26. the lack of objective knowledge of what childhood is really like对童年的真实情况缺乏客观认识27. high in a trait 特性高的28. impose their current high standing in that trait把他们目前的高地位强加在这个特质上What' s the proof that kids these days are any less weread or well -behaved than before?What is it about kids the

13、se days that makes older generations so touchy? Maybe it's because they-at least thdon't read enough books, spend enough time outdoors, or have enough appreciationwhat their more senior counterparts say.And it's not just today's adults who think that. In some way or another, older ge

14、nerations have been lamenting the youth's decline since the earliest days of civilization. Even Aristotle （ 亚里士多 德）talked smack about how young folks thought they knew everything back in the 4th century BC.So why all the shade on the next generation? A study out earlier this month in Science Adv

15、ances shows that negative opinions about kids aren't always based on their actions; it's more about how adults laud their past and current selves.John Protzko, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara and lead author of the paper, says he was inspired while studyi

16、ng delayed gratification （满足）in children. Asurvey of cognitive development experts found that the majority of experts thought kids hadn't gotten better at controlling themselves around rewards like candy over the past 50 years. Protzko's study, however, proved them wrong.This got him thinkin

17、g what is it about adults that makes them assume the worst about kid;And how does it lead to grumblings about“ kids these days " ?Protzko ' s latest research looked at a trio of traits in three groups of U.S. adults: respect for elders or authoritarianism （权威主义） ,intelligence, and enjoyment

18、 of reading. He and his collaborator （合作者）then asked the participants whether they thought kids in the modern age shared the same qualities. They found that adults who tested especially strong in one of the categories tended to see children today as weak in it.For example, if an adult got tagged or

19、self -identified as intelligent, they were more likely to see “kidsthese days “as less intelligent than they used to be. This, Protzko thinks, is because they remembered their younger selves to be smarter, whether true or not. What' snore, they only reserved their strong opinions for traits they

20、 related to.In another stage of the study, the authors assigned random scores to participants to trick them into thinking how well -read they were. Many of the adults changed their opinions on kid ' reading ability, past and present, as a result.Protzko posits that there are two reasons for the

21、shift: how memories can be fallible and the lack of objective knowledge of what childhood is really like. " Peoplewho are high in a trait, say respect for elders or authority, are imposing their current high standing in that trait back in time,thinkingoh this must have been what all kids were l

22、ike,he says.Over the years, the same memory bias keeps occurring, making it seem like kids are somehow failing more and more. In fact, the older a participant was, the more heavily this bias came into play, Protzko says.原汁文章阅读理解力提升训练1. What does the title mean?根据原文得知 Looking down on today ' sout

23、h says more about how adults perceive their ownabilities.成年人错误的认为自己年轻时是多么的聪明和善于读书，结果误判现在的年轻人不 如当年的自己。2. 判断正误Teenagers nowadays don't read enough books, spend enough time outdoors, or have enough appreciation.(false)解析： 根据原文内容： A study out earlier this month in Science Advances shows that negativ

24、eopinions about kids aren't always based on their actions; it's more about how adults laud their pastand current sekes.本月早些时候发表在科学进展杂志上的一项研究表明，对孩子的负面看法并不总是建立在孩子们的行为基础上；更多的是关于成年人本人如何赞美他们过去和现在的自我。得知不是孩子们表现不好，而是成年人的错误评判。3. What does the underlined word mean in the sentence“In some way or anothe

25、r, older generationshave been lamenting the youth's decline since the earliest days of civilization.”to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth 对感到悲痛; 痛惜； 对 表示 失望In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside.在那首诗里他对乡村遭至 U 的破坏流露出悲哀。解析：原文开头点出成年人认为现在的年轻人不如以前能读书表示很失望

26、：What' s the proofthat kids these days are any less well -read or well -behaved than before?有什么证据表明现在的 孩子比以前更不善于阅读或表现？4. What are the results of John Protzko and his collaborator?1) Negative opinions about kids aren't always based on their actions; it's more about how adultslaud their pa

27、st and current selves.对孩子的负面看法并不总是建立在他们的行为基础上；更多的是关于成年人如何赞美他们过去和现在的自我。2) adults who tested especially strong in one of the categories tended to see children today as weakin it.在其中一项测试中表现特别强的成年人往往认为现在的孩子在这方面很弱。3) “ People who are high in a trait, say respect for elders or authority, are imposing thei

28、r currenthigh standing in that trait back in time, thinking“ oh this must have been what all kids were like.那些在某一特质上比较高的人，比如尊敬长辈或权威的人，会把他们目前在该特质上的高地位追溯到过去，心想哦，这一定是所有孩子都有的样子”4) The older a participant was, the more heavily this bias came into play. 参与者年龄越大，这种偏见发挥的作用就越大5. What does the word "bias

29、 " in the last sentence“In fact, the older a participant was, the moreheavily this bias came into play " ?Kids these days are any less well-read or well-behaved than before.解析：通过标题和开头第一句得知。6. What does John Protzko think of kids these days in terms of reading and behavior?A. Positive B neg

30、ative C neutral D indifferentA根据John Protzko和其团队的研究结果和根据最后一段Over the years, the same memory biaskeeps occurring, making it seem like kids are somehow failing more and more. In fact, the older aparticipant was, the more heavily this bias came into play, Protzko says.多年来， 同样的记忆偏见不断发生，使孩子们似乎越来越失败。得知 Jo

31、hn Protzko认为：事实上，认为现在孩子不如 以前是成年人的偏见。报刊复杂句式品鉴1. Maybe it's because they don't read enough books, spend enough time outdoors, or have enough appreciation - at least that's what their more senior counterparts say.为什么现在的孩子会让老一代人如此敏感？也许是因为孩子们没有读足够的书，没有花足够的时间在户外，或者没有足够的欣赏力，至少他们的资深同事是这么说的。解析：本句

32、含有 because引导的表语从句。2. They found that adults who tested especially strong in one of the categories tended to see children today as weak in it.普罗茨科的最新研究观察了三组美国成年人的三个特点：尊重长辈或威权主义、智力和阅读乐趣。然后，他和他的合作者询问参与者，他们是否认为现代的孩子具有同样的品质。他们发现，在其中一个类别中测试特别强的成年人往往认为现在的孩子在这方面很弱。解析：本句含有 who引导的定语从修饰先行词：adults。主干为：they foun

33、d that 3. “ People who are high in a trait, say respect for elders or authority, are imposing their currenthigh standing in that trait back in time, thinking' oh this must have been what all kids were like,he says.那些性格高尚的人，比如对长辈或权威的尊重，会把他们目前的高地位强加给过去，他们会想哦，这一定是所有孩子的样子解析： 本句主干为： people are imposi

34、ng .thinking 其中.定语从句 who are high in a trait 修饰 people;现在分词短语 thinking 'oh this must have been what all kids were lik儆伴随状语。4. In fact, the older a participant was, the more heavily this bias came into play.事实上，参与者年龄越大，这种偏见就越严重。解析：根据语法 the more +adj/adv.the：匕较级；越.越.双语赏析What' s the proof that

35、kids these days are any less weread or well -behaved than before?有什么证据表明现在的孩子比以前更不善于阅读或表现？-at least thWhat is it about kids these days that makes older generations so touchy? Maybe it's because they don't read enough books, spend enough time outdoors, or have enough appreciation what their m

36、ore senior counterparts say.为什么现在的孩子会让老一代人如此敏感？也许是因为孩子们没有读足够的书，没有花足够的时间在户外，或者没有足够的欣赏力，至少他们的资深同事是这么说的。And it's not just today's adults who think that. In some way or another, older generations have been lamenting the youth's decline since the earliest days of civilization. Even Aristotle

37、talked smack about how young folks thought they knew everything back in the 4th century BC.不仅仅是今天的成年人会这么想。从某种程度上说，老一辈人一直在哀叹年轻人从文明的早期就开始衰落了。甚至亚里士多德也谈到年轻人是如何认为他们早在公元前4世纪就知道一切的。So why all the shade on the next generation? A study out earlier this month in Science Advances shows that negative opinions a

38、bout kids aren't always based on their actions; it's more about how adults laud their past and current selves.那为什么我们对年轻一代不满意呢？本月早些时候发表在科学进展杂志上的一项研究表明，对孩子的负面看法并不总是建立在他们的行为基础上；更多的是关于成年人如何赞美他们过去和现在的自我。John Protzko, a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara and lead au

39、thor of the paper, says he was inspired while studying delayed gratification in children. A survey of cognitive development experts found that the majority of experts thought kids hadn't gotten better at controlling themselves around rewards like candy over the past 50 years. Protzko's study

40、, however, proved them wrong.加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的认知科学家、论文的主要作者约翰普罗茨科( John Protzko)说， 他在研究儿童延迟满足感时受到启发。一项针对认知发展专家的调查发现，大多数专家认为，在过去50年里，孩子们在控制糖果等奖励方面并没有取得更好的成绩。然而，普罗茨科的 研究证明他们错了。This got him thinking what is it about adthtst makes them assume the worst about kids?And how does it lead to grumblings about“ kids

41、 these days " ?这让他思考是什么让成年人对孩子做出最坏的假设？又是如何导致人们对现在的孩子”的抱怨呢？Protzko ' s latest research looked at a trio of traits in three groups of U.S. adults: respect for elders or authoritarianism, intelligence, and enjoyment of reading. He and his collaborator then asked the participants whether they t

42、hought kids in the modern age shared the same qualities. They found that adults who tested especially strong in one of the categories tended to see children today as weak in it.尊重长辈或威权主义、智力和阅读普罗茨科的最新研究观察了三组美国成年人的三个特点:乐趣。然后，他和他的合作者询问参与者，他们是否认为现代的孩子具有同样的品质。他们发现，在其中一个类别中测试特别强的成年人往往认为现在的孩子在这方面很弱。For example, if an adult got tagged or self -identified as intelligent, they were more likely to see “ki