[2017年职称英语 考试 报名]2017职称英语综合类阅读精选：WhatDoParentsOweTheirChildre

What Do Parents Owe Their Children 父母欠子女什么？

1.If J had to select a word that best describes the majority of American I parents,that word would be guilt-ridden. How sad it is to see parents become the | willing victims of the "givc-me game*1,only lo discover that,no matter what they j do,it isn't enough. In the end,they are despised for their lack of firmness and blamed when their spoiled children get in trouble. With this in mind,I shall first answer this question:" What do parents owe their children?" and I shall start with what they don't owe them.

1、如果我必须挑选取一个词，来描述美国的大多数父母，这个词便是“内疚”。目睹父母们甘愿做“给我游戏”的牺牲者是很令人伤心的。但我们发现无论他们怎么做，都还是不够。到最后，父母们都会因自己的软弱而受到蔑视，因他们宠坏的孩子惹出事端而受到责备。认识到这些，我们应该首先回答这个问题：“父母欠子女些什么？”而我首先要从他们不欠子女什么谈起。

2.Parents don't owe their children every minute of their day and every ounce of their energy. They don*t owe them round-the-clock car service,singing lessons,tennis lessons,expensive bicycles,a motorcycle or a car when they reach sixteen,or a trip to Hurope when they graduate.

2、父母不必把分分钞钞、点点滴滴的精力都花在孩子们身上。不必时时准备替他们开车外出，不必让他们上音乐课和网球课，不必给他们买很贵的自行车、摩托车、或在他们满十六岁时给他们买汽车，也不在他们毕业时出钱让他们去欧洲旅游。父母并不欠子女这些。

3.I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can afford it,line; they can certainly send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guiltily if they can't. If the children really want lo go,they'll find a way. There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and eager who can't afford to pay.

3、我还确信父母并不欠孩子高等教育的费用。如果付的起，很好，他们当然可以将子女送进一流大学。但付不起亦无须感到愧疚。假如子女们真愿意上大学，他们自己会找到办法。因为有许多为聪明好学而又无力支付学费的年轻人设立的贷款项目和奖学金。

4.After children marry,their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house or money for the furniture. They do not have an obligation to baby-sit or to take their grandchildren in their house when the parents were on vacation. If they want ro do it,it must be considered a favor,not an obligation.

4、孩子结婚后，父母无须为他们分期付款买房子而出底金，无须为他们购买家具，也不一定要照顾孙辈。倘若父母乐意这么做，子女应把这看作恩惠而不是义务。

5.In my opinion,'parents do not owe their children an inheritance,no matter how much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce a loafer is to let children know that their future is assured.

5、在我看来，无论父母多么有钱，都不一定要给子女一笔遗产。让子女知道自己前途已有保障无疑最能使他们变为懒虫。

6.Do parents owe their children anything ? Yes,they owe them a great deal.

6、那么，父母难道就不欠子女什么了吗？不，欠得很多很多。

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