Question

Guided Writing

Directions：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

在一个人的成长过程中，家庭教育十分重要，同时朋友的影响也不可忽视。这两者中你认为哪一个更重要？请谈谈你的看法。

Answer 1

One possible version：

The famous Chinese saying that it’s the parents’ fault if the child is not well taught indicates that family plays a very important role in children’s growth. While another idiom goes like this “birds of a feather flock together”, which affirms friends’ great influence on people. Both sayings are truisms, but in my point of view, family is the most important influence on young adults.

It is not exaggeration that family plays the utmost role in our life. This is the place we live, learn and grow. As young adults are not yet independent, mostly they live with their parents, brothers or sisters, and then inevitably they exert a subtle influence on young adults’ character. Adolescence is a vital period of one’s life. Many people form their character and outlook on life in their youth.

There are many examples that children in a good family environment become contributors to society. While at the same time we can see that juvenile delinquency increases just because the divorce rate increases. Once parents divorce, the family falls apart. Without parents’ instruction or influence, it’s easy for children to be led astray.

On the whole, compared with their peers, family is more important to teenagers. Parents must provide the best environment and behave themselves better. But all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice and put them on right roads, and the final forming of their character lies in their own hands.