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时代新词 　　Lawnmower parents 割草机父母 　　The lawnmower parent comes as well-intentioned parents increasingly tring to clean the problems from their children’s lives. 　　Instead of hovering over their children closely monitoring them as helicopter parents are said to， lawnmower parents get out in front of their children to try and clear the way for them. They try to remove obstacles that children might need to face. 　　Constant monitoring， overscheduling and protecting children from their own problems can come at a cost. Overprotection may be contributing to the rising number of children who have anxiety disorders. 　　越来越多心怀好意的父母试图扫清孩子生活中的一切障碍，于是“割草机父母”就出现了。 　　“割草机父母”不像“直升机父母”那样整天盘旋在孩子头顶密切关注他们的一举一动，而是随时赶在孩子前面，帮助他们扫清道路上的障碍。他们想要扫清孩子可能会面临的所有障碍。 　　持续监控、为孩子制订过多计划、不让孩子自己面对问题，这些做法最后都可能导致不良后果。过度保护可能是导致越来越多孩子有焦虑症的原因之一。 　　Peer pressure 同伴压力 　　Peer pressure can happen when we are influenced to do something we usually would not do， or we are stopped from doing something we would like to do. This may be because we want to be accepted by our peers. 　　A peer can be anyone you look up to or someone who you would think is an equal in age or ability. A peer could be a friend， someone in the community or even someone on TV. You may experience peer pressure as you live up to either the individual’s or group’s expectations， or follow a particular fashion or trend. 　　我们受同辈影响做一些我们平时不会做的事情，或者因为同伴而不再做我们原本喜欢做的事情，这就是“同伴压力”。我们之所以会受影响是因为我们想要得到同伴的认可和接受。 　　影响我们的同伴可能是你仰慕的一个人，也可能是跟你同龄或实力相当的某个人。可以是你的朋友，也可以是同一社区的一个人，或者是电视上的什么人。当你为了达到某人或者某个群体的期许，而追逐某种时尚风潮时，你可能就在经受“同伴压力”。 　　Idle car owners 捧车族 　　Idle car owners are the car owners who rarely get behind the wheel of their cars because of rising petrol， insurance and registration costs. Their cars park in parking lots or on streets most of the time， only being used at weekends or during holidays and vacations. 　　Having a car is convenient for commuting or taking trips. But nowadays， some private car owners are leaving their cars in the garage， driv