【TheChineseareverygenerouswhenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.SomeparentssendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtoEngland,theUSorAustralia,regardlessofhowmuchthiscosts.Manyalsowanttheirchildrentotak】
TheChineseareverygenerouswhenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.SomeparentssendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtoEngland,theUSorAustralia,regardlessofhowmuchthiscosts.Manyalsowanttheirchildrentotakeextra-curriculumactivities(课外活动)wheretheyeitherlearnamusicalinstrumentorballet,orotherclassesthatwillgivethemabetterstartinlife.TheChinesebelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationis,thebetteritis,soparentsoftenspendalargeamountofmoneyoneducation.Evenpoorparentsmanagetobuyacomputerfortheirsonordaughter.
Infact,mostparentsfailtoseethatthebesteducationtheycangivetheirchildrenisusuallyverycheap.Parentscanseethattheirchildren’sskillsaredifferent;theywillusuallybeskilledinsomeareaswhilepoorinothers.However,theyfailtorealizethattoday’schildrenarelack(缺乏)ofself-respectandself-confidence.
Theproblemisthatparentsareonlyeducatingtheirchildrenonhowtotakeexamsandhowtostudyeffectively.Theyarenotteachingthemthemostimportantskillstheyneed.Theydonotteachthemtobeconfident,happyandclever.
Parentscanhelpachievethisbyteachingtheirchildrenpracticalskillslikecooking,sewingandotherhousework.
Teachingachildtocookwillimprovemanyoftheskillsthathewillneedlaterinlife.Cookingdemandspatienceandtime.Itisanenjoyablebutdifficultexperience.Agoodcookalwaystriestoimprovehiscooking,sohewilllearntoworkhardandfinishhisjobstepbystep.Theresult,awell--cookeddinner,willgiveachildalotofsatisfactionandconfidence.Allthesewillhelpthechildrensteptosuccessinthefuture.
AnoldmachinesuchasabrokenradioorTVsetthatyougiveyourchildasatoymaymakehimcuriousandarouse(唤醒)hisinterest.Ifhewillspendhourslookingatit,andtrytomendit;yourchildmightbecomeanengineerwhenhegrowsup.Suchactivitiesdomorethanteachingachildtoreadabook.Theyteachthemtothinkandtousetheirminds.Thisismuchmoreimportantthanlearningbyreadingabook.
1.IsthewritersatisfiedwiththeChineseparents’ideasofeducatingtheirchildren?
2.Puttheunderlinedsentence“themoreexpensiveaneducationis,thebetteritis”intoChinese.
3.Whatarethec