Teenager‘s experiment with alcohol. In manycountries and societies, that’s just a fact. And somany parents of teenagers may think that it’s a goodidea to teach their kids to drink responsibly byhaving a few drinks with them. But according to atleast one study, drinking with teens is not a goodidea. In fact, it’s a very bad idea. The study arguesthat kids who are allowed to drink under adultsupervision are more likely to develop drinkingproblems than kids whose parents have a hard andfast policy on their not drinking until they turntwenty-one. Now, this might strike you as strange and even unlikely. Will allowing yourteenage kids to have a beer or two or a glass of wine with dinner really turn them intoalcoholics? No, not in such absolute terms.

【生词注释】

alcohol n.酒

responsibly adv. 有鉴别力地, 能明辨是非地

supervision n. 监督; 管理

policy n.规定

alcoholic n. 酒鬼

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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。