研究生_谙熟阅读The_No-child_Family.ppt

Paragraph 8Words and Expressions vary widely: be greatly different family therapist: someone specializing in giving counsel on family problems 家庭咨询师 the herd instinct : the inborn tendency to associate with others and follow the group’s behavior 群居本能 feel a reluctance (reluctant) to: be unwilling to lead sb. to do/ doing: cause sb. to realize oneself: realize sb.’s value Paragraph 9 Question Some psychiatrists say that those who want to remain childless are narcissistic. Why are these people called narcissistic? Because they love themselves so much that they are unwilling to take care of children, much less love them. Paragraph 9 Words and Expressions narcissistic: self- loving make a virtue out of necessity:心甘情愿地做非做不可的事 care for: look after have no margin of … : have no extra… chime in: 插话赞同 deficits：亏损，欠缺 enthusiastic a. 热情的 Paragraph 9 Narcissist In Greek mythology, a handsome youth scorned all women, consequently he was made to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool by the godness of love, Aphrodite (爱与美女神—阿佛洛狄特). Later he turned down Echo’s proposal and thus suffered punishment. When he died he turned into the narcissus flower(水仙花). So if people have excessive concern only for themselves, they are sometimes called narcissistic or narcissists. make a virtue out of necessity: do sth with a good grace because one has to do it anyway Being short of money, I made a virtue of necessary and gave up smoking. 我因缺钱，倒也乐得把烟戒了。 I had a couple of months to spare between jobs so I thought I’d make a virtue out of necessity by acquiring a few new skills. 在没有找到工作前有一段空闲时间，我想乐得利用来学些新的手艺。 care for: look after; have a taste for So many incidents point to the fact that he cares for classic music. Who will care for the children if their mother dies? have no margin of …没有多余的…… Who have no margin of love to spare them (line 5): who have no extra love to give children/who are too self-loving to love children e.g. 我没有足够的时间看电视。 I have no margin of time for