2010年考研經典短文背誦之家庭關系類六

　 Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:
　　 1) describe the drawing briefly,
　　 2) state your views, and then
　　 3) give your comments.

　　 范文：
　　 There is a popular Chinese song, named “Go Home Often”, which encourages people to spend more time with their retired parents. The young man in the picture does go home frequently, but for a very different reason—he brazenly asks for money so that he can afford to play around with pretty girls. From his parents’ face express we can read surprise and anger.
　　 Sad as it is, this phenomenon does not occur rarely in today’s society, while both parents and children are responsible for it. For one thing, a number of young people are so used to relying financially on their families that they could never actually stand on their own feet when commencing their own life. These ingrates never feel grateful of how hard their parents have strived to meet their ceaseless demand for money. For another, parents indulge children in consumption rather than instill in them with an objective outlook on money, and to teach them how to manage personal finances.
　　 To solve this problem, the whole society should take immediate actions, in order to raise the next generatioin with sound methods. In my opinion, the awareness of struggling for one’s own life independently is elementary for paving the way towards success.
　　 譯文：
　　 有一首流行的中國歌曲叫《常回家看看》，意在鼓勵人們花更多的時間陪他們已經退休的父母。圖中的這個年輕人倒也確實經常回家，但原因卻非常不同—他無恥地向父母要錢用來和女孩們廝混。從他父母的表情中我們讀出了驚愕和憤怒。
　　 這種情況很讓人傷心，但是在現今社會中卻并不少見，對此家長和子女都是負有責任的。一方面，很多人習慣于在財政上過于依賴家庭，他們即使開始自己的生活也不愿意真正獨立。這些忘恩負義的人們從不感激父母們努力奮斗賺錢來供他們花銷。另一方面，父母們不該縱容孩子們盲目消費，而是應該教給他們正確客觀的金錢觀，教他們如何理財。
　　 為了解決這一問題，全社會都應該行動起來，用正確的方法培養我們的下一代，我認為，一個人必須意識到要為自己的生活獨立奮斗，這種意識對于鋪平他們將來的成功道路有重要的作用。
　　 閃光詞匯及詞組：
　　 brazen: adj. 厚顏無恥的
　　 play around with: 與……在一起廝混
　　 financial: adj. 財政的
　　 stand on one’s own feet: 獨立
　　 commence: v. 開始
　　 ingrate: adj. 不知恩的，忘恩的
　　 strive: adj. 努力，奮斗
　　 indulge: v. 縱容
　　 objective: adj. 客觀的
　　 elementary: adj. 基本的，重要的
　　 pave the way towards: 為……鋪平道路
　　 萬能句型：
　　 Sad as it is, this phenomenon does not occur rarely in today’s society…
　　 To solve this problem, the whole society should take immediate actions, in order to…