托福作文范文：家人相助

 　　托福作文范文：家人相助

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "Nowadays, it is much easier toachieve success with help from one's family than in the past" Use specific reasons andexamples or details to support your answer.

　　范文:

　　Help from one's family is a great advantage to one's achieving success, in the faster and easierway. Now more than in the past, it is really fortunate to be with the family's help just as it isvery unfortunate to be without. In this competitive¹ society, there is no such thing as a self-made person because--like it or not-- you will reach your goals only with the help of others,particularly your family members, in terms of financial stability² and career potential.

　　To start with, freedom from the pressure of money, or rather the lack of it, can contribute toone's confidence in the financial credibility. For instance, those young people from well-to-dofamilies may become aware that rarely do they have to achieve success the hard way. Incontrast, most of their peers³ from families that are short of money must depend largely ontheir own to succeed economically. As a rule, the richer the family you are from; the better areyour chances to triumph. Truly, stories have repeatedly been told about persons starting fromscratches to prosperity; nevertheless, these examples are exceptions that prove the rule.And this is exactly why such fate-changing "role models", who (without counting on help fromthe family) are able to work their way to high places where they stand, deserve to be widelyand deeply admired.

　　Also, there is no secret that being successful in life is often associated with one'srecommendable educational background. This implies your reliance⁴ on your family to pay foryour college education in the hope of having a rewarding career. It is the same today as it wasin the past that higher education is usually expensive to get in and through, even though theeffort is worthwhile. Education being concerned with the money factor, parents who canafford it are anxious to send their children to get career preparation either because they wentto university or they did not. This goes to illustrate⁵ the importance of a financially supportivefamily. On the other hand, young people with low-income parents might as well move up theeconomic ladder, but the question would be at what price?

　　Nowadays, in order to achieve economic and career success, the need to benefit from helpprovided by family members is more obvious than before. Without such help, the road tosuccess seems often under construction. For those young people who can make use of thefinancial advantage, there appears to be always a short cut to success.

1 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。

2 stability   

n.稳定，稳固

参考例句：

• The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
• She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。

3 peers   

n.同等的人，贵族vi.凝视，窥视vt.与…同等，封为贵族v.凝视( peer的第三人称单数 )；盯着看；同等；比得上

参考例句：

• She enjoys the respect of her peers. 她受到同侪的尊敬。
• She peers into my eyes. 她盯着我的眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 reliance   

n.信任，信赖，信心

参考例句：

• A child has reliance on his or her mother.孩子都依赖于母亲。
• Our policy should rest on the basis of self-reliance.我们的方针要放在自力更生的基点上。

5 illustrate   

v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图

参考例句：

• The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
• This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。