时差N小时 青少年该学会喝酒吗?(上)

Teenager‘s experiment with alcohol. In many countries and societies, that’s just a fact. And so many parents of teenagers may think that it’s a good idea to teach their kids to drink responsibly by having a few drinks with them. But according to at least one study, drinking with teens is not a good idea. In fact, it’s a very bad idea. The study argues that kids who are allowed to drink under adult supervision¹ are more likely to develop drinking problems than kids whose parents have a hard and fast policy on their not drinking until they turn twenty-one. Now, this might strike you as strange and even unlikely. Will allowing your teenage kids to have a beer or two or a glass of wine with dinner really turn them into alcoholics²？ No, not in such absolute terms.

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在许多国家和社会，青少年喝酒已经是一个不辨的事实。许多青少年的父母也许认为和孩子们一起喝酒并教教孩子们有鉴别力地去喝酒是个很好的注意。但是根据最新的一项研究表明，和青少年一起喝酒并不是一个好注意。事实上，那是个很糟糕的主意。研究说被允许在成年人的监护下喝酒的青少年比直到年满21岁才被允许喝酒的青少年更可能形成许多酗酒问题。这可能让你感到很奇怪并感到不可能。吃饭时允许你的孩子喝一两杯啤酒或是一杯白酒真的让使他们成为酒鬼吗？不是的，不能一概而论。

1 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

2 Alcoholics   

n.嗜酒者，酒鬼( alcoholic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many alcoholics go on drinking sprees that continue for days at a time. 许多酒鬼一次要狂饮好几天。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Do you have a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous book? 你手上有戒酒匿名会的书吗？ 来自互联网