The following monologue is about the mentality （思想，精神）of students in adolescence（青春期）.Students in adolescence are likely to be confused （迷茫，迷惑）mentally, to be subject to involuntary（不知不覺的，無意的） distractions（分心，注意力分散） and romantic（浪漫的，空想的 ）dreaminess.
be likely to 可能會…… be subject to 受制於to be subject to 不定式作狀語，表原因.譯文：青春期的學生，由於想入非非，容易分心，而心理上可能感到困惑。
They are basically timid（怯弱，膽小的 ）or self-conscious（自我意識的）;they lack frankness（坦率 ）and are usually sensitive（敏感的） but hate to admit it.
Basically作評註性狀語英語的狀語主要有三種，一種是修飾性狀語，二是評註性狀語，三是連接性狀語。評註性狀語表明說話人的態度看法或方式1. To be honest, I don’t like him at all.2.Certainly they must know the results of such speeches.3. Luckily, the police came in time.
They are motivated（激發） either by great ambition, （抱負，野心）probably out of all proportion（比例，均衡 ）to their capabilities（能力）, or by extreme laziness caused by the fear of not attaining（達到，獲得 ）their objectives.（目的）
句子主幹：They are motivated either by great ambition or by extreme laziness caused by the fear of not attaining their objectives.詞語色彩：ambition抱負，野心motivate誘導，激發Out of的否定含義 out of work失業，out of proportion不相稱， 不成比例probably out of all proportion to their capabilities評註性狀語譯文：他們或是抱有與自己能力不相符的雄心壯志，或是因害怕達不到目的而極度懶散。
Fundamentally （從根本上講）they want to be kept busy （讓自己忙起來）but they refuse to admit it. They are usually willing to work, but they hate to work without obtaining the results they think they should obtain. Their critical（批評的，批判的）faculties（能力 are beginning to develop（形成） and they are critical of their instructors （導師）and of the materials they are given to learn.
the results （that）they think they should obtain.they think 為插入語be critical of 對…持批評態度；對…不滿
They are beginning to feel the pressure （壓力）of time; and although they seldom say so, they really want to be consulted（參考，商量 ）and given an opportunity （機會）to direct their own affairs,（事情） but they need considerable（相當大的，可觀的 ）guidance. （指導）
譯文：雖然他們很少說，但他們也想和別人商量，給他們機會做自己的事情，只是還需要一定的指導。
They seldom admit that they need this guidance and they frequently rebel （反叛，造反）against it, but if it is intelligently（明智地） offered they accept it with enthusiasm.Students can be most easily and permanently（永久地） influenced.Their outlook on life is usually extremely exaggerated（誇張）.They are either far too modest（謙虛） or too boastful（自負自誇的）.They are much more susceptible（易受影響的）to the influence of a strong personality（個性） than that of a great intelligence.（比起受智力上的影響，他們更容易受到個性強的人的影響。）outlook on life 對生活的憧憬plastic age可塑期