2011 英语一 Text 4｜明星妈妈的光鲜形象，让育儿显得更累
主旨
封面文章《我爱我的孩子，我恨我的生活》引发热议：作者主张重新定义幸福，把它看作”过去时”，育儿当下很苦，日后却能带来强烈的满足 → 报刊亭上满是明星妈妈的照片，社会如此歌颂生育 → 在这种氛围下，承认后悔生孩子几乎等于承认支持虐猫；无子女者还总被暗示：孩子是世上最重要的东西，他们的不快乐一定源于生活里缺个孩子 → 明星杂志呈现的育儿形象极不现实，尤其是单亲妈妈：研究显示单亲父母最不快乐，明星却说独自带娃易如反掌（其实有全天候帮手）→ 很少有人会因明星光鲜而想要孩子，但这些毫无压力的育儿画面，也许在潜意识里加剧了我们对真实育儿的不满。
原文：2011 Text 4 · 话题：家庭 / 媒体 · 答案：36 C｜37 D｜38 D｜39 D｜40 B
一、核心词
| 词 | 本文义 | 原文搭配 | 拆解 / 记忆 |
|---|---|---|---|
| insightful adj. | 有见地的 | Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story | insight 洞察 |
| provocative adj. | 引人深思的，挑衅的 | Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story | provoke 激起 |
| chatter n. | 议论，闲谈 | is arousing much chatter | |
| rearing n. | 抚养 | child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience | rear 抚养 |
| fulfilling adj. | 令人满足的 | child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience | fulfil |
| miserable adj. | 痛苦的 | make parents either happy or miserable | 名词 misery |
| redefine v. | 重新定义 | we need to redefine happiness | re- + define |
| dampen v. | 抑制，使扫兴 | dampen our moods | damp 潮湿 → 泼冷水 |
| intense adj. | 强烈的 | sources of intense gratification and delight | |
| gratification n. | 满足 | sources of intense gratification and delight | grat 满意，感激 |
| newsstand n. | 报刊亭 | on newsstands this week | news + stand |
| adoptive adj. | 收养的 | newly adoptive | adopt 收养 |
| pregnant adj. | 怀孕的 | ”Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news | |
| celebrity n. | 名人 | Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom | celebr 著名 |
| persistently adv. | 执着地，持续地 | so persistently celebrates procreation | persist 坚持 |
| procreation n. | 生育 | so persistently celebrates procreation | pro- + create 创造 |
| equivalent adj. | 等同的 | is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing | equi 相等 + val 价值 |
| misery n. | 痛苦 | their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives | |
| gaping adj. | 大开口的 | the gaping baby-size holes in their lives | gape 张大嘴 |
| parenthood n. | 为人父母 | the image of parenthood | parent + -hood |
| unrealistic adj. | 不现实的 | is hugely unrealistic | un- + realistic |
| round-the-clock adj. | 全天候的 | with round-the-clock help | 绕钟一圈 = 24 小时 |
| glamorous adj. | 光鲜迷人的 | make it look so glamorous | glamour 魅力 |
| subconscious adj. | 潜意识的 | in some small, subconscious way | sub- 下 + conscious |
| dissatisfaction n. | 不满 | contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience | dis- + satisfaction |
二、搭配与写作迁移
| 原文表达 | 含义 | 写作迁移 |
|---|---|---|
| It’s no surprise that … | ……不足为奇 | It’s no surprise that the plan failed. |
| arouse much chatter | 引发热议 | arouse heated debate |
| nothing gets people talking like … | 没有什么比……更能引发议论 | |
| anything less than | 远非，绝不是 | |
| think of A as B | 把 A 看作 B | |
| be measured by | 用……来衡量 | Success should not be measured by money alone. |
| dampen one’s mood | 使扫兴 | |
| a source of gratification and delight | 满足与喜悦的来源 | |
| be hardly the only | 远非唯一 | |
| Is it any wonder that …? | ……难道奇怪吗？（难怪） | Is it any wonder that young people feel anxious? |
| be equivalent to | 等于 | |
| be bothered with | 被……困扰 | |
| a direct result of | ……的直接结果 | |
| lean on | 依靠 | a friend to lean on |
| a piece of cake | 小菜一碟 | |
| make A look glamorous | 让 A 看起来光鲜 | |
| contribute to one’s dissatisfaction with | 加剧对……的不满 | |
| in the same way that | 就像……一样 |
三、熟词僻义
- story n. 报道（cover story 封面文章，≠故事）：Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story
- rearing n. 抚养（≠后部）：child rearing
- practically adv. 几乎（≠实际地）：Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom
- feature v. 刊登，以……为主角（≠特征 n.）：Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom
- read 意思是（≠读）：read: with round-the-clock help
- a piece of cake 小菜一碟（≠一块蛋糕）：is a piece of cake
四、题目与选项词
| 词 / 搭配 | 义 | 出处 | 拆解 / 记忆 |
|---|---|---|---|
| temporary adj. | 暂时的 | Q36 [A] | tempor 时间 |
| in progress | 进行中 | Q36 [B] | |
| in retrospect | 回想起来 | Q36 [C] | retro 向后 + spect 看 |
| gossip n. | 八卦 | Q37 [A] | |
| entertaining adj. | 有趣的 | Q37 [C] | |
| be exposed to | 受到，暴露于 | Q38 [A] | |
| soothing adj. | 抚慰的 | Q39 [A] | soothe 安慰 |
| ambiguous adj. | 模棱两可的 | Q39 [B] | |
| compensatory adj. | 补偿性的 | Q39 [C] | compensate 补偿 |
| misleading adj. | 误导性的 | Q39 [D] | |
| intensify v. | 加剧 | Q40 [C] | intense + -ify |
| neglect v. | 忽视 | Q40 [D] |
五、同义替换：原文 → 正确项
| 题 | 原文 | 正确项 |
|---|---|---|
| 36 C | we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition / can later be sources of intense gratification and delight | happiness in retrospect |
| 37 D | Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom / so persistently celebrates procreation | having children is highly valued by the public |
| 38 D | their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives | are less likely to be satisfied with their life |
| 39 D | is hugely unrealistic / is a piece of cake | misleading |
| 40 B | contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience | Celebrity moms have influenced our attitude towards child rearing |
六、长难句
① 形式主语 + 破折号 + 同位语从句（开篇）
It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story, “I love My Children, I Hate My Life,” is arousing much chatter – nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience.
- 前半句：It’s no surprise that …（it 形式主语），that 从句主干 story is arousing much chatter
- 破折号后：解释原因；that child rearing is …：同位语从句，解释 suggestion
- anything less than：远不是，绝非
- 译：詹妮弗·西尼尔那篇见解深刻、发人深省的杂志封面文章《我爱我的孩子，我恨我的生活》引发热议，这毫不奇怪：没有什么比”养育孩子并非完全充实、丰富人生的经历”这种说法更能让人议论纷纷了。
② 定语从句 + 反问 + 动名词主语（Q37 / Q38 背景）
In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing?
- 主干：is it any wonder that …?（反问，= 这不奇怪）
- In a society that …：地点状语，that 定语从句修饰 society
- that 从句：动名词短语 admitting you regret having children 作主语，is equivalent to admitting …
- 译：在一个如此执着地歌颂生育的社会里，承认后悔生孩子几乎等同于承认支持虐待小猫，这难道有什么奇怪的吗？
③ if 宾语从句 + 分词短语 + in the same way that（Q40 出处）
But it’s interesting to wonder if the images we see every week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren’t in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissatisfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of us hoped getting “the Rachel” might make us look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.
- 主干：it’s interesting to wonder if …（it 形式主语）
- if 从句主干：the images … aren’t contributing to our own dissatisfactions；we see every week 是省略关系词的定语从句，of … parenthood 修饰 images
- in the same way that …：方式状语，类比剪”瑞秋头”就想变得像安妮斯顿
- 译：但有意思的是，我们每周看到的那些毫无压力、增添幸福的育儿画面，是否正以某种细微的、潜意识的方式加剧我们对真实育儿经历的不满？就像我们心里有一小部分曾希望，剪个”瑞秋头”就能让自己看起来有点像詹妮弗·安妮斯顿一样。
七、句型
- Rather than concluding that A, B suggests we need to …（换一种思路） 原句：Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness 套用：Rather than concluding that technology makes us lonely, we need to rethink how we use it.
- A is hardly the only …（远非个例） 原句：is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week 套用：This school is hardly the only one facing a teacher shortage.
- It doesn’t seem quite fair, then, to compare A to B.（质疑比较是否公平） 原句：It doesn’t seem quite fair, then, to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the childless. 套用：It doesn’t seem quite fair, then, to compare city students to rural students.
- Of course, the image of A that B present is hugely unrealistic.（批评媒体形象） 原句：Of course, the image of parenthood that celebrity magazines like Us Weekly and People present is hugely unrealistic 套用：Of course, the image of success that social media present is hugely unrealistic.
- No shock there, considering how much …（合乎情理） 原句：No shock there, considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on 套用：No surprise there, considering how much pressure students are under.
- It’s hard to imagine that many people are dumb enough to … just because …（反讽） 原句：It’s hard to imagine that many people are dumb enough to want children just because Reese and Angelina make it look so glamorous 套用：It’s hard to imagine that many people are foolish enough to buy a product just because a star uses it.