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Vocabulary
Innocent (adj) morally good and with no wish to harm anyone
Laugh your head off (idiom) laugh loud and long
Tenderly (adv) softly and gently
Come over (phrasal verb) visit someone
To be aware of (v) Having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact
Can’t help something (v) used for saying that someone cannot stop themselves doing
something
Can’t take your eyes off somebody (phrase) unable to stop looking at them because they
are so attractive or interesting
QUESTIONS FOR PART 3
11.1. Are sweets a good thing to reward children?
Definitely yes. From my experience, children are often thrilled to bits when they catch
sight of pieces of candies, especially those with colorful packaging. It can be easily
understandable because children have a sweet tooth and candies are no wonder a
perfect suit for them.
Vocabulary
Thrilled to bits (adj) excited and happy
Have a sweet tooth (phrase) like to eat sweet things
11.2. What social values should parents teach children?
I strongly believe that parents should take more responsibility for educating their kids
about various social values as early as possible. Out of these, the thing I’d like to single
out is that children should be taught about the sense of community when they are still
young. For example, they should lend a hand to those in need of support by stuff like
helping an elderly cross the road or yielding their seat to the disabled on the bus. On
top of this, adopting moral and social etiquettes should be another thing worth teaching
them. Kids today are becoming cheeky and stubborn, some even fail to greet elderly
people, or use bad language. Considering this, they should be taught to behave more
politely.
Vocabulary
Take more responsibility for (phrase) be more responsible for
Single out (phrasal verb) choose one out of a group of things
Sense of community (noun) the feeling that you belong to a community
Lend/Give somebody a hand (phrase) give somebody help
11.3. Why do children feel happy easily?
As the mindset of a small child is very simple and optimistic, he has quite an outgoing
and relaxed attitude towards life. What a child does is to play and he also receives much
protection and care from their parents. They don’t have to worry much about how to
make ends meet or other complicated situations in life. Moreover, they tend to take
things less seriously and only retain sweet memories in their minds.
11.4. How important is childhood?
It is perhaps the most important stage in one’s life. It shapes most of one’s personality
in addition to all those beautiful memories that can last with one for a life-time.
11.5. Do parents in your country spend a lot of time with their children?
As far as I can tell, Vietnamese people are constantly up to ears in their work and hardly
spare enough time for their kids. Instead, I reckon grandparents are often the ones who
look after them as people in my country generally live in extended families and these
elderly members have more free time. The direct result of this is that children end up
being closer to their grandparents than their own mother and father.
Up to ears/neck in something (idiom) very busy doing something
Extended family (noun) a family unit that includes grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts,
and uncles, etc. in addition to parents and children >< Nuclear family (noun) a family
consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles,
grandparents, etc.
11.6. Why do children tend to be happier than adults?
I guess the first and foremost reason is because children tend to let their feelings go
while adults tend to hold their feelings back. In fact, children’s thoughts are simple and
innocent. They also have the ability to simplify everything that they see, feel and
encounter, which helps them to be more careless and not over-analyze things like most
adults do. Besides, they don’t have to face up with any troubles at work and they often
forget what just happened. They have no worries, no doubts, no disappointment about
anything. Thus, their life is much easier and happier.
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