雅思作文素材--父母的悲观对孩子的影响

 　　Does parental¹ permissiveness affect childrens development?

　　Arguments

　　1. The excessive permissiveness of present-day parents is doing more harm than good to children and society as well.

　　2. Children should develop the habit of working and living independently and, meanwhile, practise the virtue² of being filial to their parents.

　　3. Children who have a surfeit³ of happiness in their child hood⁴ often emerge like stodgy⁵ puddings and fail to make a success of life.

　　4. The fact that young people nowadays are self-centred, indifferent and inconsiderate of others is largely the outcome of parental permissiveness in their childhood.

　　5. Parental authority in a family helps a child to develop his character healthily.

　　6. Parents should exercise strict discipline over their children because, the more permissive the parents are, the more rebellious⁶ against their parents the children will become.

　　7. Lavish⁷ care and excessive permissiveness will only give rise to hedonism among the younger generation.

　　8. If one lets the child do whatever he wants to, he will ruin the child for life.

　　9. We have to admit the fact that we now have got a generation of spoilt, self-centred brats⁸ with no respect for their elders.

　　10. The spread of juvenile⁹ delinquency in our age is largely due to parental permissiveness.

　　Counter-arguments

　　1. More care for children is not the same as permissiveness to them.

　　2. The truth is that parents nowadays do not take enough care of their children and often neglect their development because the parents are only interested in their careers.

　　3. Parents are not at all permissive to their children. Violence often takes place in families in which children are abused.

　　4. Only a relaxed family atmosphere can help the physical and psychological growth of children.

　　5. To let children do what they like contributes to their independence and competence¹⁰ in their adult lives.

　　6. It is unfair to blame parents for the spread of juvenile delinquency. There are a lot of other causes involved.

　　7. Many cases show that children leave home and become members of street gangs just because they can not bear authoritarian¹¹ control over them by their parents.

　　8. Strict discipline does not always work in terms of developing childrens personal qualities. Too much pressure on children leads to rebellion and other extreme actions.

　　9. Parents are not justified¹² in using violence to keep discipline and maintain their authority over the children.

　　10. Children are human beings, too. They need to be protected instead of being frequently scolded or physically¹³ abused.

1 parental   

adj.父母的；父的；母的

参考例句：

• He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
• Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。

2 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

3 surfeit   

v.使饮食过度；n.(食物)过量，过度

参考例句：

• The voters are pretty sick of such a surfeit of primary sloganeering.选民们对于初选时没完没了地空喊口号的现象感到发腻了。
• A surfeit of food makes one sick.饮食过量使人生病。

4 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

5 stodgy   

adj.易饱的；笨重的；滞涩的；古板的

参考例句：

• It wasn't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.母亲给她吃易饱的家常菜，她想减掉婴儿肥可是很难。
• The gateman was a stodgy fellow of 60.看门人是个六十岁的矮胖子。

6 rebellious   

adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的

参考例句：

• They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
• Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。

7 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

8 brats   

n.调皮捣蛋的孩子( brat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've been waiting to get my hands on you brats. 我等着干你们这些小毛头已经很久了。 来自电影对白
• The charming family had turned into a parcel of brats. 那个可爱的家庭一下子变成了一窝臭小子。 来自互联网

9 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

10 competence   

n.能力，胜任，称职

参考例句：

• This mess is a poor reflection on his competence.这种混乱情况说明他难当此任。
• These are matters within the competence of the court.这些是法院权限以内的事。

11 authoritarian   

n./adj.专制(的)，专制主义者，独裁主义者

参考例句：

• Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
• The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。

12 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

13 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。