Question

假定你是某中學學生李明。最近，你班同學正在參加《中國日報》21世紀中學生英文報“大家談”欄目的一個討論。本次話題為：父母的收入有沒有必要讓孩子知道?
請你根據下表所列情況給報社寫一封信，客觀地介紹討論情況，并談談你的見解。

70％的同學認為：	30％的學生認為：	你的觀點：
父母的收入應該讓孩子知道。	父母的收入沒有必要讓孩子知道。	1． 2．
1．知其來之不易，能夠更加努力學習；	1．如果知道父母收入較好，會助長亂花錢風氣；
2．可以理解家長艱辛，學會節儉，為大人分憂。	2．知道父母收入后，會以為不用努力，也能靠父母，影響學習動力。

4． 參考詞匯：form a wasteful habit

Answer 1

Dear editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve recently had about whether we should know our parents’ income.
We do have different opinions on this matter. Most of us(about 70%) think we should know our parents’ income since it will help us understand how hard our parents have to work, no matter how much they earn. Then we will study harder and will not waste money any more. We may also learn to share our parents’ trouble.
About 30% of my classmates think it unnecessary to let the children know how much their parents earn. If they know their parents have enough money to support the family, they will not study hard since they needn’t worry about the future. It is said，especially when their parents have a higher income, the children will easily form a wasteful habit. 
In my opinion, ---          
Yours,
Li Ming.

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