Topic(题目)：
What are the important qualities of a good sonor daughter? Have these qualities changed orremained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples to supportyour answer.
Model Essay(范文)：
The qualities of a good son and daughter---obedience, loyalty, respect---have not changed. Any patent will tell you that, like their ancestors, they expect these qualities from theirchildren. However, they do not always get what they expect from their children.
Parents demand that their sons and daughters, regardless of age, obey them. Even if thechildren are married and have their own children, they should still do whatever their parentsask of them. At last, that's the way it was. Now, children tend to obey their parents until thechildren are of college age. Then they feel they are adult enough and can make their owndecisions even if these decisions are against the parent's wishes.
Parents also expect loyalty from their children. If there was a dispute in the neighborhoodor between families, the parents would expect their children to side with their own family. Thisquality is probably still very common. Most children today will support their family againstothers.
Parents, of course, demand respect. As people become more mobile, and introduced tonon-traditional ways of doing things, this quality may not endure. Parents are sometimesviewed as old-fashioned. Children don't think their parents can appreciate the way life reallyis. They think their parents are too old to understand. They lose respect for their parents.
Obedience, loyalty, and respect are virtues that are being challenged today. We may notobey our parents, give them the loyalty or respect they wish or deserve, but I hope mychildren obey me, are loyal to me, and respect me.
重点单词 全部解释
understand[.ʌndə'stænd]vt. 理解，懂，听说，获悉，将 ... 理解为，认为<
tend[tend]v. 趋向，易于，照料，护理
patent['peitənt, 'pætənt]n. 专利，特许
adj. 专利的，显著的
endure[in'djuə]vt. 忍耐，容忍
vi. 持久，持续
deserve[di'zə:v]vi. 应该得到
vt. 应受，值得
loyalty['lɔiəlti]n. 忠诚，忠心
dispute[di'spju:t]v. 争论，争议，辩驳，质疑
n. 争论，争吵
obedience[ə'bi:djəns]n. 服从，顺从
quality['kwɔliti]n. 品质，特质，才能
adj. 高品质的
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
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