人一辈子,要经过infancy(/??nf?nsi/婴儿期), childhood(/?t?a?ldh?d/童年期), adolescence(/??d??lesns/青春期), maturity(/m??t???r?ti; m??tj??r?ti/成年期)和old age几个阶段。
【婴儿】常用词有baby(幼儿,宝宝)和infant(/??nf?nt/婴儿,幼儿)。如:
① ①She had a baby last year. 她去年生了个孩子。
② ②She was seriously ill as an infant. 她年幼时曾患重病。
【儿童】常用词有child(小孩)和kid(小孩)。如:
① I lived in London as a child. 我小时候住在伦敦。
② Do you have any kids? 你有孩子吗?
【青少年】常用词有boy(男孩), girl(女孩), youngster(/?j??st?(r)/年轻人), youth(/ju?θ/青年男子;小伙子), teenager(/?ti?ne?d??(r)/十三到十九岁的青少年), juvenile(/?d?u?v?na?l/青少年)和adolescent(/??d??lesnt/青春期少年)。如:
① He was still just a boy. 他那时还只是个小男孩。
② She is an eleven-year-old girl. 她是一个11岁的女孩。
③ The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. 这次夏令营是为8至14岁的少年儿童安排的。
④ The fight was started by a gang of youths. 这场打斗是一伙少年人挑起来的。
⑤ As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School. 十几岁时,他上了塔尔斯山高级中学。
⑥ Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate. 青少年犯罪在以惊人的速度增加。
⑦ Young adolescents are happiest with small groups of close friends. 年轻的青春期少年们和一小圈亲近的朋友在一起时最高兴。
【未成年人】常用词minor(/?ma?n?(r)/未成年人)和 under age(未到法定年龄的)。如:
① We shouldn’t serve alcohol to minors. 我们不应该向未成年人提供酒精。
② It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age. 售香烟给未到法定年龄的儿童是非法的。
【成年】常用词有man(男人), woman(妇女), adult(/??d?lt; ??d?lt/成年人, grown-up(/'ɡr?un'?p/大人)。如:
① I have always regarded him as a man of integrity. 我一直把他看作个正直的男人。
② I prefer to see a woman doctor. 我希望让女医生给我看病。
③ Children must be accompanied by an adult. 儿童必须要有大人陪同。
④ If you're good,you can eat with the grown-ups. 你要是听话,就可以跟大人一起吃饭。
【老年】常用词汇有old(老的), aged(/'e?d??d/年迈的), elderly(/?eld?li/上了年经的)和of advanced years(年事已高的)。如:
① She was a woman grown old before her time. 她显得未老先衰。
② She has an aged parent她有个年迈的父亲(母亲)。
③ There was an elderly couple on the terrace. 阳台上有一对上年纪的老人。
④ He was a man of advanced years. 他年事已高。
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