中石油2016通用英语选读课文33What Do Parents Owe Their Children父母欠子女什么.doc

33 What Do Parents Owe欠 Their Children 父母欠子女什么？ 1. If had to select选择，挑选 a word that best describes the majority of American parents, that word would be guilt-ridden内疚. How sad it is to see parents become the willing victims牺牲者 of the give-me game, only to discover that, no matter what they do, it isnt enough. In the end, they are despised轻视，蔑视 for their lack of firmness坚定 and blamed责备 when their spoiled宠坏的 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 dont owe them. 1. 如果我必须挑选一个词，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 dont owe their children every minute of their day and every ounce一点儿，盎司 of their energy. They dont owe them round-the-clock时时刻刻的全天候的 car service, singing lessons, tennis lessons, expensive bicycles, a motorcycle or a car when they reach sixteen, or a trip to Europe when they graduate毕业. 2. 父母不必把分分秒秒、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或网球课，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，也不必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确信 that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can afford it, fine; they can certainly send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guiltily内疚地 if they cant. If the children really want to go, theyll find a way. There are plenty of loans贷款项目 and scholarships金学金 for the bright and eager who cant 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，，4. After children marry, their parents do not owe them a down payment底金，首付 on a house or money for the furniture家具. They do not have an obligation债务，义务，责任 to baby-sit照顾婴儿 or to take their grandchildren in their house when the parents were on vacation. If they want to do it, it must be considered a favor恩惠, not an obligation. 4. 孩子结婚后，，，， 5. In my opinion, parents do not owe their children an inheritance遗产, no matter how much mo