Girls Running Away More than Boys

I. ROOT 詞根 :  “chrono” means TIME

          1. chronic（尤指疾病或不好的事物）慢性的，長期的

chronic diseases/conditions  慢性病

chronic arthritis/pain 慢性關節炎／長期的疼痛

There is a chronic shortage of teachers. 教師長期短缺。

          2. chronicle編年史；年代記；大事記 or（報紙名稱）…新聞，…記事報

II. IDIOM成語: Have a chip on your shoulder （因覺得受委屈或不如別人優秀而）好生氣

He's got a chip on his shoulder about not having been to university.  他因上不到大學而耿耿於懷

III. Vocabulary (Review Games)

1. female雌性動物；女子

The kitten was actually a female, not a male. 這隻小貓的確是母的，不是公的。

Females (= women) represent 40% of the country's workforce. 女性佔全國勞動力的40%。

 2. male雄性，男性

The male of the species is less aggressive. 這個物種的雄性攻擊性較弱。

Among the bodies are two unidentified British males. 屍體中有兩具屬於身分不明的英國男子。

3. single- parent單親（某人有孩子，但沒有丈夫或妻子，也沒有共同生活的伴侶）

4. related (to something) 涉及；與…相關；有關

Chapter nine relates to the effects of inflation on consumers.  第九章的內容是關於通貨膨脹對消費者的影響的。

5. gap差距；分歧；隔閡 difference or empty space缺口；豁口；裂口

The gap between rich and poor is still widening (= becoming greater). 貧富差距仍在繼續拉大。

The children squeezed through a gap in the wall. 孩子們從牆的一個缺口處硬擠了過去。

She has a small gap between her front teeth.  她的門牙之間有條細縫。

 6. dealing (with something) （尤指工作上）與（某人）打交道，對付

She's used to dealing with difficult customers. 她已經習慣了與難纏的顧客打交道。

7. relationships浪漫關係；情愛關係；（常指）性關係

Have you had any serious relationships in the past year?

過去一年中你有沒有正經八百地同誰談過戀愛？

 8. shelter掩蔽（處）；遮蔽（處）

an air-raid shelter 防空洞

They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.

他們開設了一個收容所，爲該市的無家可歸者提供臨時的住宿。

The trees gave/provided some shelter from the rain.  這些樹遮了一些雨。

9. prevent阻止，妨礙；預防

Label your suitcases to prevent confusion.

在你的手提箱上貼上標籤以防搞混。

His disability prevents him (from) driving. 他有殘疾，不能開車。

10. strict要求嚴格的，嚴厲的

My parents were very strict with me when I was young.小時候父母對我要求非常嚴格。

Stricter controls on air pollution would help to reduce acid rain.  加強控制空氣污染將會有助於減少酸雨。

A strict curfew has been imposed from dusk till dawn. 從黃昏到黎明實行了嚴格的宵禁。

We follow very strict guidelines on the use and storage of personal details on computers. 對於電腦上個人資料的使用和儲存，我們遵循極為嚴格的規定。

Do you think stricter gun laws would reduce the murder rate in the United States?

你認為制定更為嚴格的槍械法律會降低美國謀殺案的發生率嗎？

11. dating約會，（和…）談戀愛

They were dating for five years before they got married. 他們談了5年戀愛才結婚。

How long have you been dating Nicky? 你和尼基談戀愛有多久了？

Girls running away from home more than boys: poll  (Fri, Sep 25, 2015)

The number of girls running away from home was three times (3X) that of boys, a survey (調查) by the Child Welfare League Foundation showed. The foundation (基金會) said that its survey of 251 children and teenagers who ran away from home found that the number of female runaways was 3.1 times that of their male counterparts. A larger number of the runaways came from single-parent families, it said. Nearly 60% of young people who run away from home do it again after the first time. A large number of teenagers leave home because of problems with their girlfriends or boyfriends, foundation director Chen Li-ju (陳麗如) said, adding that this is related to the gap between parents and children on dealing with social (社交的，交際的) relationships. More than 50 percent of runaways look for shelter at the homes of their boyfriends or girlfriends, and those who take them in could even be friends they had just met on the Internet, Chen said. The foundation urged parents to improve communication and their relationship with their children to prevent them from running away. Yang Li-jung (楊俐容), an expert (專家, 內行, 行家) on parent-child issues, said the fact that girl runaways far outnumber boys might be because of their earlier beginning of puberty (青春期), parents’ stricter rules on dating and easier access to assistance from others outside of their families.

 

1. How many more times are female teens running away from home than males?

2. Why are girls running away more than boys?

3. Where do they stay?

4. How can parents prevent them from running away?

Resources:

Child Welfare League Foundation

Reading 2: Calvin and Hobbes comic

 Use the words: [trail, threw off]

1. They _____________their clothes and jumped in the sea. 他們扯下衣服跳入大海。

2. The police admit that the thieves have left no _______for them to follow up.

警方承認小偷沒有留下可供他們追蹤的線索。