瞬间秒杀听力 第481期:福星高照

（单词翻译）

I remember when I was a young boy,

life was tough.

My parents made me

do many things for them.

For example, they had me do the laundry,

the dishes and the house cleaning.

They even got me to work part-time

to help with the family expenses.

Nowadays, life is quite different for kids.

Parents can't force them to do anything.

On the contrary, it seems as if children

can get their parents

to do anything for them.

It amazes¹ me, therefore,

whenever I hear youngsters² complain.

Instead, they should be

thanking their lucky stars.

我记得我是个小男孩的时候，日子过得很苦。

我父母让我帮他们做很多事情。

例如，他们会叫我洗衣服、

洗碗盘和打扫家里。

他们甚至叫我去打工来贴补家用。

现在小孩的生活却大不相同。

做父母的不能强迫他们做任何事。

相反地，做孩子的似乎有办法

叫父母为他们做任何事。

因此，每当我听到青少年抱怨时，

我就感到很惊讶。

他们应该感到庆幸才对。