Part Ⅰ Cloze
Most Americans believe that our society of consumption-happy, fun-loving, jet-traveling people creates the greatest happiness for the greatest number. Contrary to this view, I believe that our present way of life leads to increasing anxiety, helplessness and, eventually, to the 1 of our culture. I refuse to identify fun with pleasure, consumption with joy, busyness with happiness, or the faceless, buck-passing "organization man" with an independent individual.
From this critical view our rates of alcoholism, suicide and divorce, as well as juvenile 2 , gang rule, acts of violence and indifference to life, are characteristic sy ……此处隐藏89710个字…… rough development can we protect basic civil rights of the people; only through development can we promote the progress of human society. 50、(1)他们觉得得到什么都是应该的,这种对权力的歪曲认识在工作中和人际交往中都会成为阻碍他们成功的绊脚石。心理学家们说,其实溺爱子女的父母可能会使子女将来更容易产生焦虑和沮丧情绪。
(2)对小学生进行的一项调查表明,如果他们渴望得到什么新玩意儿,大部分人都准备求上至少八九遍,父母才能屈服。
(3)“你想躲也躲不过。市场营销人员称之为‘终身品牌忠诚度。’他们想让孩子从出生的那一刻起就消费他们的产品。”
(4)于是,这一代父母要顶住无休止的压力,可谓捉襟见肘。在各种价值观相互激荡的二十世纪六七十年代成长起来的婴儿潮一代,决心换一套做法,与孩子建立更为亲密的关系。
(5)现在的父母花在工作上的时间更长;工作了整整一周后,他们更愿意用“是”来换取太平——而不是让冲突毁掉家人在一起的宝贵时光。但是这些父母混淆了纵容与爱这两个概念。专家们一致认为,过多的爱不会宠坏孩子,但过少的限制却会宠坏孩子。