Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent? You should write at least 120 words folllowing the outline given below.
1. 目前不少父母为孩子包办一切
2. 为了让孩子独立, 父母应该……
作文范文
How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?
Today in China, many families have only one child. So the children usually doted upon by all family members. Gradually some of them get used to depending on their parents and family members, as a result they lack the ability to face their lives by themselves.
There are some ways to help children to be independent. First, the child should have a chance to see the world around him individually to understand that there are various people and competitions in their lives, and learn to find his right position in the society only by individual efforts. Second, it is impossible to ask a child not to depend on parents at once.The parents may give the child enough help and space to make him feel comfortable. A child needs help from their families. Because without any help, the child may lose his faith. Thirdly, parents can help their children make their own decisions, which can challenge his ability to deal with problems. A child should be praised when he is successful or encouraged when he fails.
To be independent is vital for the children, because no parents can go with their children for the whole life. Only an independent person can live and enjoy a full and meaningful life.
参考译文
父母应该如何帮助孩子独立？
在今天的中国，很多家庭只有一个孩子。所以孩子受到了所有家庭成员的宠爱。渐渐地他们习惯了依赖父母和家庭成员，因此他们缺乏面对生活的能力自己。
有一些方法帮助孩子独立。第一，孩子应该有机会看到他周围的世界了解个别有不同的人在他们的生活和竞争，只有通过个人的努力和学习，找到自己的位置。其次，它是不可能要求一个孩子不依赖父母。父母可以给孩子足够的帮助和空间，让他感觉很舒服。一个孩子需要帮助的家庭。因为没有任何帮助，孩子可能失去信心。再次，父母可以帮助他们的孩子做出自己的决定，可以挑战自己的处理问题的能力。孩子应该受到表扬时，他是成功或失败时，他鼓励。
独立对于孩子是非常重要的，因为没有父母可以与孩子的一生。只有独立的人才能够享受生活充实而有意义的生活。
作文范文二：
How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?
Nowadays, there is a growing concern over such a phenomenon, that is, some parents take care of almost everything concerned with their children, including study, work and marriage. Some parents believe that this is love, however, it is only to destroy children’s independence thoroughly.
For the future of the next generation, more efforts should be made by parents to help their children to be independent. The fundamental one is to cultivate the awareness, namely, the importance and necessity of being independent, which is supposed to begin from childhood. Children should be taught that no one can be stronger and more helpful than themselves in this world.
The quality of independence is so indispensable for us that parents had better act as a tutor, not a dictator. And only with parent's trust, can the next generation accumulate confidence step by step.
参考译文
父母应该如何帮助孩子独立？
如今，有了这样一个现象，那就是越来越多的关注，一些父母照顾一切关心孩子，包括学习，工作和婚姻。一些家长认为这是爱，然而，只有彻底影响孩子的独立性。
为下一代的未来，更多的努力应该由父母帮助他们的孩子独立。最基本的一点就是培养意识，即，独立的重要性和必要性，这是应该从小开始。应该教育孩子们，没有人能比自己更强大更有用在这个世界上。
独立的质量对我们来说是必不可少的，父母最好作为一个导师，不是一个独裁者。只有父母的信任，可以下一代积累信心的一步。
