Question

下面的柱状图 (bar chart) 显示了不同年龄段孩子与父母谈心的情况。

Time spent in talking with parents
(平均每周花费的时间)
（年龄组）
根据上图信息，请以“Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents”为题，用英语写一篇90词左右的短文。要求如下：
1．简要描述图中信息；
2．说明原因，如：忙于学习或工作、由于代沟 (generation gap) 而缺少共同话题……；
3．谈谈你的看法。
注意：文章的标题和开头已给出 (不计入总词数)。
Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents
As is shown in the bar chart,                                                  
                                                                              

Answer 1

Heart-to-Heart Talks with Parents
As is shown in the bar chart, children spend less time having heart-to-heart talks with their parents when they grow older. For example, while the 7-9 age group spends as many as 6 hours per week on average, the 16-18 age group spends only half the time.
There are two major reasons for this: both parents and children are too busy working or studying, and there aren’t many topics of common interest for them to talk about.
In my opinion, children should let their parents know more about what they are interested in. At the same time, parents should spend more time talking with their children and sharing opinions with them. Only in this way can they better understand each other

试题分析：这是一篇利用图表的给材料作文。要求介绍不同年龄段孩子与父母谈心的情况，并说明原因表达自己的观点。
【亮点说明】这篇短文三方面介绍的都较完整，并应用了大量的连接词和丰富的句式，如For example, In my opinion，Only in this way can they better understand each other等。要想在写作中能灵活运用短语和连词需要平时的积累。