第一百零八讲

    Text Study
    Para. 3 Lilico, explaining the need for his rather different approach, calls it “really disgusting” that--according to his own research– the average time spent communicating between father and adolescent son is eight seconds a day.

    approach
    1. 动词 靠近;接近;走近 When you approach something, you get closer to it
    He didn't approach the front door at once... 他没有马上走向前门。
    When I approached, they grew silent... 当我走近时，他们就不说话了。
    We turned to see the approaching car slow down. 我们转身看见驶近的车慢慢停下。
    2. 名词 路径;途径;道路 An approach to a place is a road, path, or other route that leads to it.
    The path serves as an approach to the boat house. 这条小路通往船屋。
    3. VERB 动词 与…接洽；找…商量 If you approach someone about something, you speak to them about it for the first time, often making an offer or request.
    Chappel approached me about the job, my first reaction was of disbelief... 当查普尔为这份工作找我商量时，我的第一反应是不相信。
    approach
    3. 动词 探讨；处理；对待
    Employers are interested in how you approach problems. 雇主们对你如何处理问题感兴趣。
    4. 可数名词 方法;态度;手段 Your approach to a task, problem, or situation is the way you deal with it or think about it.
    We will be exploring different approaches to gathering information. 我们将探索收集信息的不同方法。

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    disgusting
    1. 形容词 令人厌恶的;令人作呕的 If you say that something is disgusting, you are criticizing it because it is extremely unpleasant.
    It tasted disgusting... 这味道令人作呕。
    Smoking is a disgusting habit. 吸烟是一个不良嗜好。
    2. 形容词完全不能接受的;可怕的 If you say that something is disgusting, you mean that you find it completely unacceptable.
    It's disgusting that the taxpayer is subsidizing this project. 由纳税人来资助这一项目实在是说不过去。

    disgust
    1. 可数名词 厌恶;憎恶 Disgust is a feeling of very strong dislike or disapproval.
    A look of disgust came over his face... 他脸上显出厌恶的表情。
    I threw the book aside in disgust. 我厌恶地把书扔到一边。
    2. 动词使厌恶;使憎恶 To disgust someone means to make them feel a strong sense of dislike and disapproval.
    He disgusted many with his boorish behavior. 他的粗野行为让很多人都讨厌他。

    average
    1. 名词平均数；均值 An average is the result that you get when you add two or more numbers together and divide the total by the number of numbers you added together.
    Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred. 算出那些比率的平均值再乘以100。
    Average is also an adjective.
    The average price of goods rose by just 2.2%... 商品平均价格只上涨了2.2％。
    Of America's million millionaires in 1985, the average age was 63. 1985年美国上百万的百万富翁的平均年龄是63岁。
    2. 形容词一般的;通常的;普通的 An average person or thing is typical or normal.
    The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day... 普通成年男子每天消耗的热量为1,500到2,000卡路里。
    Packaging is about a third of what is found in an average British dustbin. 英国垃圾桶里平均约有1/3是产品包装。
    3. 形容词 普通的；寻常的；一般的 Something that is average is neither very good nor very bad, usually when you had hoped it would be better.
    I was only average academically. 我的学习成绩一般。
    averagely
    Most children are not geniuses or stars. They just do averagely well... 大多数孩子既不是天才也不是明星，他们只是表现平平。

    adolescent
    形容词 青少年的;青春期的 Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behavior.
    He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band. 他在教堂的乐队里弹吉他，度过了他的青少年时期。
    ...adolescent rebellion. 青春期的叛逆
    An adolescent is an adolescent boy or girl.青少年
    Young adolescents are happiest with small groups of close friends. 青少年在和自己小圈子里的好友呆在一起时最为开心。
    Translation
    Para. 3 成长 李力克解释了他这种有点与众不同的方法的必要性。根据他自己的一项研究显示：父亲与青春期的儿子之间的对话时间仅为平均每天八分钟。他称这样的结果“真是太糟糕了”。