专题08-家庭与社会生活（原卷版）-备战2021年高考英语.doc

备战2021年高考英语·爱尚阅读 专题08 家庭与社会生活 【美文阅读1】 Empty Nest Syndrome While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”. In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves. The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”. 空巢综合征 收入焦虑是老年人普遍存在的问题，而孤独则是老年父母可能面临的另一个问题。在所有解释他们孤独的原因中，父母和孩子之间的地理距离是主要原因。这种现象通常被称为“空巢综合症”。为了在国外寻求更好的机会，许多年轻人出国了，留下的父母不清楚他们什么时候回国。他们的父母花了无数孤独的日日夜夜，照顾自己，希望有一天他们的孩子会回来和他们在一起。事实上，这些年轻人中的大多数已经进入了欧洲化或美国化的社会，这使得他们不太可能像当初离开自己的国家时那样，紧紧抓住责任的价值。不管是什么情况，人们注意到，它们所持有的价值并不一定与它们实际所做的相符。这种地理和文化上的距离也阻止了成年儿童及时为他们年迈的父母独自生活作出反应。 成年儿童远离父母居住的情况被称为“远亲现象”，这种现象在发达国家和发展中国家都很普遍。我们的社会还没有为“空巢综合症”做好准备。 生词注解： 1. geographical ?[d?i:??gr?fik(?)l] a.地理(学)的 2. phenomenon [fi?n?m?n?n] n.现象，迹象；非凡的人，特殊的事物 3. nest [nest] n.巢，窝 vi.筑巢 4. syndrome [?sindr?um] n.综合症状；一系列表现(事件等) 5.