托福作文范文：homework 家庭作业

 　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents should help children to dotheir work or encourage children to do their work independently? Use specific reasons andrelevant examples to support your opinion.

　　范文：

　　While helping¹ children with homework is understandable, especially those kids who arestruggling with assignments, actually doing their homework is parental² involvement gone bad.Nowadays, many well-meaning but misguided parents not only demonstrate unethical cheatingto children, but also deny their chances to master the material being taught by teachers. Forparents, the right thing to do is to encourage school kids to do their homework independentlyand monitor progress accordingly.

　　It is crucial for parents to show an interest in communicating the fact that school work mattersand needs to be taken seriously. In this respect, children should be advised to completehomework on their own to the best of their ability. This means urging children to watch lesstelevision and spend more time studying and reading. Indirect family involvement in education,merely through "supervising," leads children to develop wholesome³ habits and attitudes thatwill benefit them throughout life. From an early age, children are able to make sense of doinghomework in response to their parents' high expectations. Hence, it is clear enough thathomework is the duty of children to succeed in school, and all parents have to do is no morethan to limit screen time at home.

　　Parents who are doing assignments for their children are doing them no favors. To begin with,children feel inadequate⁴ when a parent finishes homework. Thus, they are likely to face a visionof failure. Likewise, they feel a sense of incompetence⁵ since they can never hope to do thework as well as mommy or daddy. This can only foster increased dependency plus sensationof helplessness on the part of the children. What is more, it is nothing short of an act likecheating that will eventually come to light at test time, which is not in the best interest ofeither children or parents.

　　Getting kids to do homework is one of the challenges of raising children, but this must be donein such a responsible way as only to remind them of what is important to them. As far asassignments are concerned, it is not the business of parents to be directly engaged inchildren's business. Besides, more often than not, parents are the worst teachers at home.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 parental   

adj.父母的；父的；母的

参考例句：

• He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
• Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。

3 wholesome   

adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的

参考例句：

• In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
• It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。

4 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

5 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。