【正确答案】杂志和报纸上有关儿童保护的文章数不胜数。这么多的建议，使父母们不知道还能做些什么了。其结果是，他们什么也不做。
因此，从孩子的幼年开始，他们就处于主导地位，而父母的生活则根据孩子的需要而调整。多年来，父母的管教不严使青少年反抗父母的事件愈演愈烈。
心理学家应该对此负大部分责任。他们应该闭上嘴，让父母们自己管教孩子。
有种观点也许是对的：童年时生活过于优越的孩子长大后会变成讨人厌的家伙，他的人生也不会成功。

【答案解析】[听力原文]
There are countless articles on childcare in magazines and newspapers. With so much advice flying about, mum and dad just don't know what to do any more. In the end, they do nothing at all.
So, from early childhood, the kids are in charge and parents' lives are regulated according to the needs of their offspring. Lax authority over the years makes adolescent rebellion against parents all the more violent.
The psychologists have much to answer for. They should keep their mouths shut and let parents get on with the job.
Perhaps there's some truth in the idea that children who've had a surfeit of happiness in their childhood emerge like stodgy puddings and fail to make a success of life.
Passage 2 is about the economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.