今日短語
A difficult middle child 夾在中間難管教的老二
今日短語
表達 “a difficult middle child” 指的既不是兄弟姐妹當中的老大，也不是老小，而是那個夾在中間總愛闖禍、難管教的孩子。
人們猜測，“a difficult middle child” 所指的這類孩子因為年齡在兄弟姐妹當中不上不下，既沒有老大的姿態(tài)，也不像老末那樣受盡寵愛，所以他們的不良行為可能是由于感到被人忽視和嫉妒引起的，而惹事也許是想從父母或權威人物那里得到更多關注的一種方式。
例句
Clara has an older and younger sister and always got into loads of trouble at school. Her sisters never behaved badly - she was definitely a difficult middle child!
克萊拉有一個姐姐和一個妹妹，她上學時總是闖禍。她的姐妹們從不調皮搗蛋，她的確是姐妹中間那個難管教的老二！
My parents always said my brother was a difficult middle child because he was so naughty. I thought he was so cool, though!
我父母過去總說我哥哥是夾在兄弟姐妹中間那個難管教的老二，因為他太淘氣了。不過那時我倒是覺得他很酷！
I was a really difficult middle child, but now I have children of my own, I feel really bad about how I used to behave!
我小時候是個很難相處的老二，但現在有了自己的孩子后，我對自己過去的行為感到很愧疚！
