《第19期Passage3》歌词

[00:00:00] 第19期Passage3-英语听力

[00:00:00] The most common type of child abuse, you know,

[00:00:03] is beating with hands or with an instrument,

[00:00:05] usually a cane in some places.

[00:00:08] Nearly a third of the abused children we see are in the

[00:00:12] age group between 6 and 10,

[00:00:14] and about 65% of them are boys.

[00:00:18] This is the age group when children are first expected to

[00:00:21] study hard, and parents have great expectations of their

[00:00:25] progress in school.

[00:00:27] Boys, of course, attract more abuse such as beating,

[00:00:31] because once again parental expectations are high and boys

[00:00:36] tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls.

[00:00:41] Most experts seem to agree that child abuse is caused by a

[00:00:46] combination of social and psychological factors.

[00:00:51] Families who beat their children are not particularly

[00:00:54] different from other people.

[00:00:56] The only difference that exists between them is

[00:00:59] that they lack skills in establishing good relationships with

[00:01:03] their children.

[00:01:04] These families too, generally speaking, have other problems

[00:01:09] such as marriage problems or financial problems.

[00:01:13] Some parents are hurting their children

[00:01:15] because they strongly believe in the use of traditional

[00:01:18] disciplinary methods.

[00:01:21] But many of them have emotional problems.

[00:01:24] They are often the victims of violence themselves.

[00:01:27] Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child

[00:01:32] because they believe that the child has brought the family

[00:01:36] bad luck.