Growing up
成長
Find out about puberty by reading this article from a health magazine.
通過閱讀健康雜志的這篇文章了解有關青春期的話題。
Puberty - the phase of life when youths leave childhood and head into adulthood - is a difficult physical and emotional process.
青春期—青少年告別童年步入成年的生命階段—是個艱難的生理和情感過程。
As a teenager, you need to understand what is going on with your body,
作為青少年的你需要了解自己身體正在發生什么變化,
how to handle those changes, and how to start taking responsibility for yourself.
如何應付那些變化,以及如何開始自己承擔責任。
One young person may begin puberty at eight years of age, while another may not show signs of puberty until fourteen or fifteen.
一個年輕人可能在8歲時進入青春期,而另一個直到14歲或15歲進入青春期。
Generally, girls tend to enter puberty two years ahead of boys.
一般來說,女孩子比男孩子早兩年進入青春期。
For both sexes, it is usually complete by the age of eighteen.
男孩和女孩通常在18歲結束青春期。
During these years, voices deepen, pimples grow and many other changes happen. Emotions can also seesaw.
在這些年期間,聲音變低沉,長粉刺,還發生其他很多變化。情緒也會搖擺不定。
This is due in part to hormones, changing relationships with parents and friends, and pressure from peers.
這部分與荷爾蒙有關,還有就是來自與父母、朋友之間變化著的關系或是來自同齡人的壓力。