语言点：

　　1. Between 1982 and 1986， the amount of television time allocated（过去分词作后置定语） each week to（把什么分配给某人，尤指时间） violent programs increased significantly.学历教育

　　2. Given（考虑到） the amount of time that children watch television， it has become one of the most powerful models they want to follow.

　　3. Recover  恢复（v.）； recovery  恢复

　　4. Realistic  现实的（adj.）； unrealistic  不现实的（adj.）

　　5. Children naturally often want the toys shown（过去分词shown做toys的宾语补足语，表是被上演） on and advertised during these programs.

　　6. Imitate  模仿（v.）； imitative  （adj.）

　　7. Imagine  想象（v.）； imaginative （adj.）

　　8. Children simply imitate the behavior observed during the program， thus undermining （现在分词做结果状语， 表示破坏）both the imaginative and the expressive functions of play.

　　9. Appear to be +形容词；e.g. appear to be crazy  好像疯了一样

　　10. It would be a good idea to control his viewing.（动名词观看电视作宾语）

　　11. Controlling viewing（动名词作主语） is easier to do during the preschool years than during the school years， so you should initiate a pattern of restricted television watching now.

　　12. Help your child to interpret what she sees-to think of explanations for the events depicted（过分作后置定语，表示被描述的）and to imagine how the show is put together.

　　13.   Violent  暴力的；nonviolent  非暴力的

　　Text B　Why Don‘t Girls Think Like Boys？

　　搭配：

　　1. Be better at sth./doing sth.  擅长做某事

　　2. According to  根据

　　3. On the average  平均地

　　4. Show ability in sth./doing sth.  有做某事的能力

　　5. Be determined by sb./sth.  有什么（人）决定

　　6. Have an advantage  有什么优势

　　7. Keep close to sb.  与某人亲密本科学历

　　8. Insist upon doing sth.  坚持做某事