■ Direction You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. Your response will be judged on the basis of The quality of writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and the relationship to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words. ■ Question Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading
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▶ Topic : The parents of today have less understanding of their kids than those of 50 years ago. |
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▶ Your Answer :
Regardless of the period, parents are known
to take care of their children with great concern. It is true that the parents
make a huge commitment to their kids these days, so some people might believe
that they understand their children well similar to when it is 50 years ago.
However, in my opinion, the level of parents' understanding of their offsprings
is lowered than that of 50 years ago for following reasons.
To begin with, technology made a huge
progress compared to the past, which increased the gap between generations.
Owing to the development of Information Technology, nowadays teenagers or young
adults have very different lifestyles from those in 50 years ago. To be
specific, frequently used media shifted from printed ones to visualized ones
such as internet and video clips. Most students employ smartphones that contain
various functions like fast internet network, entertainment applications, and
even automated learning tools. Let me bring up my own experience as an example.
I and my younger brothers oftentimes enjoy watching Youtube or playing games
with our mobile phone in our free time. Also, we employ more video lectures
than books when we study. My parents lived in a generation that did not
commonly use these, so they cannot understand why we spend so much time on
looking at electronic devices. This shows that they have more trouble
understanding us than their parents had of them in the past.
On top of that, these days, people are
busier to make living, which means that parents lack time to carefully concern
their kids. Since the society changed for women to secure a job and constantly
work compared to the old days, there are a great number of mothers who engage
in their jobs. Also, fathers too should concentrate more on making incomes to
support their family. As the parents invest a lot of time and effort in their
occupation, they relatively do not afford to care their children. According to
a study conducted in New York Times, double income families have less bond
among the family members because of the decreased quality time they all spend
together these days. This demonstrates it is highly possible the gap between
the parents and their kids gets more and more insurmountable. Above all, limited
time of parents makes them have less understanding of their children.
In conclusion, owing to technology
development and busy working schedule, the parents of today cannot understand
their children more fully than 5 decades ago. All things considered, it is my
belief that this argument is precisely and clearly delivered with the reasons
mentioned above.
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