[請益] 幾個疑問..

[Cadi ( )]

大家好，
我有一些疑問查了很久也想了很久，還是沒有答案，想在這裡請教。
這些疑問的出處是一本關於教養青少年的書，作者的觀點是：

父母應該注重孩子本身的天賦和夢想，
而不是一昧的逼他們要成績好、表現好，一昧的想把他們送進頂尖大學。

當青少年叛逆、疏離父母時，
父母也不需要氣急敗壞，可以試著從不同的角度面對這種情況。


我的疑問如下：

1. 這應該是個好笑的玩笑，可是我看不懂...

   前文提到很多學生擠破頭想進入美國的頂尖大學，
   這種時候，他們高中時的學業表現就很重要了。

   有些學生參加了戲劇社，
   當家長擔心「參加過演出」列在成績單裡看起來觀感如何時，
   有一位 director of the drama department 會這樣子對他們解釋：

        Each.
        Play
        Goes.
        On.
        A.
        Separate.
        Line.

   "See, it's transcript real estate!
    Drama club provides plenty of land in the right district!

   然後家長就會鬆一大口氣。

   請問笑點在..？？


2. "It is not loving to expect a child to be good at everything all the time
    -- to be a smooth and sleek academic, a social, artistic, and athletic
    machine."
    請問 a smooth and sleek academic 是甚麼意思呢？

3. "I belong to a group of school counselors, and over the past ten years the
    tales of the hidden toll, the dark side of teens' striving for perfection,
    have become the most common topic of discussion at our meetings."
   請問這裡的 hidden toll 是指學生自殺的事件嗎？

4. "Our culture has such a narrow definition of success: grades,
    gregariousness, ambition, and appearance.
    While each of these qualities can fit onto a longer, deeper,
    and more nuanced list of ingredients for a satisfying adult life,
    we forget that our children come to us in God's image."
   請問 fit onto 的意思是...？
   而 deeper、nuanced 在這裡的意義是什麼？我覺得很抽象，抓不到那個意思.. :(

5. "Nowhere does parents' anxiety about their teen's futures come into
    sharper relief than in that grand acceptance derby: college admissions."
   請問這句是
   "家長在收到大學錄取通知書的時候終於可以把心上的石頭放下來" 之類的意思嗎？


6. 前文是，家長為了讓大學的招生委員會留下好印象，
   強行"徵用"青少年的學業生涯及私人生活，而且心裡會這樣子想：
   "I have to do it for him or it won't get done."
   "No, he can't take time off from Model United Nations to join film club.
    Everyone knows film club is code for 'slacker kid'."

   請問第一句是指做什麼呢？
   這句沒頭沒尾的，我看不出來 it 是指特定的某件事情，
   還是指家長可能會想幫孩子做的任何一件事情..

   而第二句的 film club is code for "slacker kid"，又是為什麼呢？


7. "The teens turn away from parents, from the cozy family cocoon you've spent
    so much money and energy to create, and form their own protective tribe.
    They develop convictions, intentionally unlike yours,
    about the only tolerable food, clothing, books, and music."
   請問 they develop convictions about the only tolerable food, clothing...
   是指 "青少年覺得父母吃的東西、穿的衣服... 的偏好都令他們覺得難以忍受" 嗎？


8. "I didn't remember that you were away. And I didn't notice
    the decorations on the chocolates before I ate them."
    And this was true: he didn't and he hadn't.
   請問最後一句為什麼有 hadn't 呢？這一句不是跟上一句相對應嗎？
   前一句是 I didn't... and I didn't...
   為什麼最後一句會變成 he didn't and he hadn't 呢？
   是因為句子如果變成 he didn't and he didn't，讀起來怪怪的嗎？

9. "I can't go to school with my hair like this.
    I look like the wrong kind of person."
   請問 the wrong kind of person 是甚麼意思？

10. "Fantastic. I would have no idea how to pull together a CD mix like that."
    請問 CD mix 是指什麼呢？

11. "There was a time when a young person rose when an adult entered the room,
     would not consider calling adults by their first names,
     and automatically came to the door to pick up a date."
    請問這裡的 to pick up a date 是甚麼意思呢？我查很久都查不出來..


謝謝！！



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→ dunchee:因為在那學生的"transcript"上頭，他可以把他有參與演出的
→ dunchee:plays一行一行的列出來。 (如果你是那種在申請學校時要寫
→ dunchee:.... 比如學校背景一類的東西卻因為沒有什麼特別的東西可
→ dunchee:以寫時，你就會知道"有東西可寫"的好處 - - 光是"視覺"
→ dunchee:效果就不錯
→ Cadi:原來如此，謝謝dun大~!!