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必修二Unit2Let’stalkteens

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Doeseverydinnerwithyourparentsseemtoturnintoabattle?Haveyouroncewarmandopen

conversationsbecomecoldandguarded?Doyoufeelthatyoujustcannotseeeyetoeyewiththem

onanything?Youarenotalone.Heatedargumentsandcoldsilencesarecommonbetweenteenagers

andtheirparents.

Teenagers’physicalchangesmayresultinsuchfamilytensions.Youmayfeelanxiousthatyouare

developingatadifferentratetoyourfriends,shootingupinheightorgettingleftfarbehind.You

mightworryaboutyourchangingvoice,weightproblemsorspots.Whenitallgetstoomuch,your

parentsareoftenthefirsttargetsofyouranger.

Itcanbeabigheadachetobalanceyourdevelopingmentalneedstoo.Youenterastrangemiddle

ground—nolongerasmallchildbutnotquiteanadult.Youhavebothanewdesireforindependence

andacontinuedneedforyourparents’loveandsupport.Youfeelreadytobemoreresponsibleand

makedecisionsonyourown.Unfortunately,yourparentsdonotalwaysagreeandthatmakesyou

feelunhappy.“Whycan’ttheyjustletmego?”youmaywonder.Ontheotherhand,whenyouare

strugglingtocontrolyourfeelings,youwishtheycouldbemorecaringandpatient—sometimesthey

forgetthatgrowingupisaroughride.Itcanbedifficultwhenyourparentstreatyoulikeachildbut

expectyoutoactlikeanadult.Allofthiscanleadtoabreakdowninyourrelationship.

Althoughsometimesitmayseemimpossibletogetalongasafamily,youcantakeactiontoimprove

thesituation.Thekeytokeepingthepeaceisregularandhonestcommunication.Whenyoudisagree

withyourparents,takeaminutetocalmdownandtrytounderstandthesituationfromtheirpointof

view.Perhapstheyhaveexperiencedsomethingsimilaranddonotwantyoutogothroughthesame

pain.

Afteryouhavethoughtitthrough,explainyouractio