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儿童节为什么是  Children's Day？

这就要讲讲 kid 和 child 的区别了：

• child：是 children 的单数形式，法律意义上，指的是未满18岁的未成年人，生物学上是指青春期前的孩子。

  
  

• kid：是对小孩子称呼的俚语，几乎不会再有任何学术或者专业的领域使用。所以，作为一个正式场合使用的节日名称，当然是 Children's Day 啦。

  
  

02.

内在小孩，童心

inner child

• For me, recovery has been all about finding my inner child and accepting her.

  对我来说，康复就是发现我的内在孩童并接受她。

  
  

• Listen to your inner child. Become a kid again.

  听从你的童心，做回一个孩子。

  
  

03.

糖果，甜食

confections

• I have no tooth for confection.

  我不喜欢吃糖果。

  
  

• It is a confection made with honey and nuts.

  这是一种用蜂蜜和坚果做的甜食。

  
  

04.

黏住，依靠

cling to

• All she had to cling to was her husband.

  她所有的依靠就是她的丈夫。

  
  

• She would cling to the doll until she felt safe.

  她会紧紧依偎着布娃娃来获得安全感。

  
  

05.

直觉，第六感

gut feeling

• Always trust your gut feeling!

  永远相信你的直觉！

  
  

• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.

  我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

  
  

06.

辨别，区别

distinguish

intuitively 直观地，直觉地

• Could he distinguish right from wrong?

  他能辨别是非吗？

  
  

• It's important to distinguish fact from fiction.

  区别真实和虚构是重要的。

  
  

• He seemed to know intuitively that I must be missing my mother.

  他似乎凭直觉知道我一定是在思念我的母亲。

  
  

• Intuitively, she knew that he was lying.

  她凭直觉知道他在说谎。

  
  

07.

经过磨练，经受严格训练

go through the mill

constructive 建设性的，有助益的

• When you join the army, you have to go through the mill as the training is very severe.

  如果你参军，你就得经受磨练，因为训练是非常严格的。

  
  

• They just haven't gone through the mill.

  他们没有经过严格训练。

  
  

• She welcomes constructive criticism.

  她欢迎建设性的批评意见。

  
  

• How will China play a constructive role?

  中方将怎样发挥建设性作用？

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