Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture

below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and

comment on parents’ role in their children’s growth. You should write at least 150

words but no more than 180 words.

“Good news mom! I was accepted to the college of your choice.”

范文：

As is clearly depicted in the above picture, a daughter tells his mother a piece of good news that she has been admitted to a university as her mother desires. There is no denial in saying that the cartoon leaves us such a deep impression that we can not help thinking over a question: What role should parents play in their children’s growth?

From my point of view, during the process of a child’s growth, the role of parents is mainly listed as the following two aspects. On one hand, there is no doubt that parents are liable to take good care of their children. On the other hand, in children’s personal growth, parents ought to play a role as a person who helps children develop self-dependence, which carries more significant to children’s future life. In other words, parents should encourage their sons or daughters to be independent rather than reliant on others.

To conclude, in children’s personal growth, parents are responsible to care for their children. However, considering that they will grow up and live their own life in some day, parents should enable their children to acquire the ability to be self-independent.

译文：

如上所示，一个女儿告诉她妈妈有一个好消息：她已经考上妈妈为她选择的大学了。不可否认的是，这幅画给我们留下了非常深刻的印象，因此我们禁不住要思考这样一个问题，那就是，父母在子女成长过程中应该扮演什么角色呢？

个人认为，父母在子女成长过程中所扮演的角色主要有以下两方面。一方面，毫无疑问，父母有责任照顾好自己子女。另一方面，在子女的成长过程中，父母应扮演帮助子女养成自立的角色，因为自立对子女的未来成长是至关重要的。换句话说，父母应该鼓励自己的孩子自力更生而不是依赖他人。

总之，在子女的个人成长过程中，父母有责任照顾好子女。然而，考虑到总有一天子女会长大成人，自己生活，因此父母应该让子女养成自立更胜的能力。