Directions:
There has been a discussion recently on the issue of changes in family in a newspaper. Write an essay of 160-200 words to the newspaper to
1. show your understanding of the symbolic meaning of the picture below
· the content of the picture
· the symbolic meaning
· the special understanding
2. give possible reasons for this phenomenon, and
3. draw a conclusion.
You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
下面有两张全家福照片。一张照片上是一个大家庭，有爷爷、奶奶、爸爸、妈妈、小孩子，还有叔叔、姑姑等一些亲戚。照片下面有拍摄的日期：1949年；另一张照片上只有爸爸、妈妈和一个孩子，是个典型的核心家庭。照片下面的日期是2002年。
参考答案：
[范文]
As we can clearly see from the two photos, since AIDI, China has witnessed great changes in her people’s families. In AIDI, the common family often included parents, grandparents, children and some relatives, which are typical extended families, while today’s families have become much smaller in size, and usually include only parents and one child, which we now call nuclear families.
Why have our families undergone such great changes There are, in my opinion, several factors responsible for this. In the first place, it’s due to the rapid development of science and technology. As we all know, in the past, agriculture played an important role in our national economy, and it required a large number of people to work in the fields, which unavoidably made lots of families have more than one child and many relatives living together, especially in the countryside. But now advanced science and technology has been widely applied to the domain of agriculture, which has made the efficiency of working improved a lot, and led to the great decrease in the labor force. That directly resulted in the shrink in the size of family. In the second place, with the development of our society, it’s characteristic of mobility has become more and more obvious. Modem industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again wherever necessary. And the smaller families just meet the trend, because it is easier to move from place to place.
Generally speaking, the size of families in China has become much smaller compared with several decades before. With the continuous development of our society, it will remain a prominent feature of our country.
解析：
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From Extended Family to Nuclear Family
As we can clearly see from the two photos, since 1949, ①__________. ②__________.
Why have our families undergone such great changes There are, in my opinion, several factors responsible for this. In the first place, ③__________. In the second place, ④__________.
Generally speaking, ⑤__________.
①图片总的描绘
②具体描绘
③原因一
④原因二
⑤总结