Question

继 “卡奴”、“车奴”、“房奴”之后, 现在很多父母又成为了“孩奴”：养育孩子耗费了他们绝大部分的精力和收入。出现这种现象的原因主要在于经济压力，也有攀比心理在作怪。试分析这种现象。
注意：①可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；②词数为120左右；③开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s slave” is nowadays a hot topic in China.

Answer 1

Parents’ Being Slaves to the Children
Parents’ being slaves to their children or “child’s slave” is nowadays a hot topic in China. It refers to many parents who have to spend a large part of their energy and income on children. These parents feel great strain under the burden of raising a child and struggle hard to make as much money as possible.
The cost of raising a child in China is becoming greater and greater. But economic pressure is not the only reason that makes those parents “child’s slave”. Parents’ competing with each other in trying to provide the best possible living conditions for their children is also to blame. Retailers know it so well that infant and child commodities become increasingly expensive.
If the phenomenon continues, these parents are sure to suffer from huge economic pressure, which may pose a threat to their marriages or physical and mental health.
As far as I’m concerned, parents shouldn’t put so much pressure on themselves.

试题分析：考查半开放性作文。作文给出了一个话题，本文讨论的话题是现在很多父母成为了“孩奴”， 并有部分的文字提示。要求考生在保证内容要点全部概括的基础上可以充分发挥自己的想象，进而用自己的语言来表达某种观点或看法，增添了写作的灵活性，同时能较好地考查考生的想象能力和英语语言表达能力。给考生自由发挥的余地较大。对于考生的综合能力要求较高，要求考生有很强的谋篇布局的能力和组织要点的能力。在完成开放性作文时，首先要选择自己熟悉的短语或者句型，在你的能力范围之内，选择句式时要赋予变化，因为这样你才可以更好的驾驭。同时也要选择合适的连接词，把各个要点组织成一个完整的整体，如besides, further, last but not least等。在发表个人观点的时候，可以使用谚语来提升整个文章的档次和文采，也能增加得高分的可能性。
【亮点说明】范文中有一些常用的词组：as much money as possible.尽可能多的钱，Be to blame应受责备，，put so much pressure on 给…施加太多压力，As far as I’m concerned据我所知,范文还使用了一些复杂的句型：It refers to many parents who have to spend a large part of their energy and income on children.这句话用了定语从句， But economic pressure is not the only reason that makes those parents “child’s slave”. 这句话也是定语从句，Parents’ competing with each other in trying to provide the best possible living conditions for their children is also to blame. 这句话用了动名词做主语，Retailers know it so well that infant and child commodities become increasingly expensive.这句话用了it做形式宾语， If the phenomenon continues, these parents are sure to suffer from huge economic pressure, which may pose a threat to their marriages or physical and mental health. 这句话是非限制性定语从句。