今日短語
表達(dá) “a difficult middle child” 指的既不是兄弟姐妹當(dāng)中的老大,也不是老小,而是那個(gè)夾在中間總愛闖禍、難管教的孩子。
人們猜測(cè),“a difficult middle child” 所指的這類孩子因?yàn)槟挲g在兄弟姐妹當(dāng)中不上不下,既沒有老大的姿態(tài),也不像老末那樣受盡寵愛,所以他們的不良行為可能是由于感到被人忽視和嫉妒引起的,而惹事也許是想從父母或權(quán)威人物那里得到更多關(guān)注的一種方式。
例句
Clara has an older and younger sister and always got into loads of trouble at school. Her sisters never behaved badly - she was definitely a difficult middle child!
克萊拉有一個(gè)姐姐和一個(gè)妹妹,她上學(xué)時(shí)總是闖禍。她的姐妹們從不調(diào)皮搗蛋,她的確是姐妹中間那個(gè)難管教的老二!
My parents always said my brother was a difficult middle child because he was so naughty. I thought he was so cool, though!
我父母過去總說我哥哥是夾在兄弟姐妹中間那個(gè)難管教的老二,因?yàn)樗詺饬恕2贿^那時(shí)我倒是覺得他很酷!
I was a really difficult middle child, but now I have children of my own, I feel really bad about how I used to behave!
我小時(shí)候是個(gè)很難相處的老二,但現(xiàn)在有了自己的孩子后,我對(duì)自己過去的行為感到很愧疚!