托福写作素材：家长影响

Children are prone to observe and follow their parents’ behaviors. For example, a child who sees his/her father exercising regularly will probably be active as an adult. Other positive behaviors demonstrated by parents could affect their children in various ways, including their dressing style, dental hygiene and table manners. On the contrary, children of smokers are more likely to pick up the habit of smoking because of parental modeling and because they have increased access to cigarettes. According to a recent survey conducted by the Kentucky Department for Public Health, a child of an alcoholic parent is four times more likely to become an alcoholic when he/she becomes an adult. In the cases above, the influences of parental modeling should never be underestimated with regards to how these actions affect their children.

托福写作举一反三：

① affect 影响

=influence, impact

✎ The children and spouse of a smoker will be adversely affected by the constant smoke in their environment.

② underestimate 低估

=underrate

✎ Children always look to their mother for guidance, and therefore the influence that a mother has over a child could never be underestimated.

✎ Under no circumstances should we underestimate the importance of helping students obtain a thorough understanding of what has been printed in their textbooks.

✎ 反义词：overestimate

-托福写作话题词汇-

家族纽带 family tie

亲情 family bond

代沟 generation gap

家庭观念 family value

核心家庭 nuclear family

父母指导 parental guidance

相互理解 mutual understanding

尊重父母 respect one’s parents

托福写作真题重现：

✎ Parents learn more from their children than children learn from their parents. (2013.11.9)

✎ Teachers had a greater influence on young people in the past than they do today. (2012.5.26)

 2016新托福阅读/听力/写作评分标准 

【汇总】2016托福:托福口语评分标准和答题技巧

【汇总】2016托福考点介绍及报名时间 

上海新东方英语学习班报名地址
托福	雅思	GRE	GMAT	SAT
基础班	IELTS 5.5分班	基础班	强化班	基础班
强化班	IELTS 6.5分班	强化班		强化班
精讲精练班	IELTS 7分班	精讲精练班	精讲精练班	精讲精练班
点题班	雅思词汇班	模考班	模考班	模考班
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