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Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parenthood by their parents, who think that ha
Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parenthood by their parents, who think that ha
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2012-02-02
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问题
Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parenthood by their parents, who think that happiness among older people depends on having a grand-child to spoil. We need an organization to help beat down the persistent campaigns of grandchildless parents. It’s time to establish Planned Grandparenthood, which would have many global and local benefits.
Part of its mission would be to promote the risks and realities associated with being a grandparent. The staff would include depressed grandparents who would explain how grandkids break lamps, bite, scream and kick. Others would detail how an hour of babysitting often turns into a crying marathon. More grandparents would testify that they had to pay for their grandchild’s expensive college education.
Planned grandparenthood’s carefully written literature would detail all the joys of grand-child-free life: a calm living room, extra money for luxuries during the golden years, etc. Potential grandparents would be reminded that, without grandchildren around, it’s possible to have a conversation with your kids, who incidentally would have more time for their own parents.
Meanwhile, most children are vulnerable to the enormous influence exerted by grand-childless parents aiming to persuade their kids to produce children. They will take a call from a persistent parent, even if they’re loaded with works. In addition, some parents make handsome money offers payable upon the grandchild’s birth. Sometimes these gifts not only cover expenses associated with the infant’s birth, but extras, too, like a vacation. In any case, cash gifts can weaken the resolve of even the noblest person.
At Planned Grandparenthood, children targeted by their parents to reproduce could obtain non-biased information about the insanity of having their own kids. The catastrophic psychological and economic costs of childbearing would be emphasized. The symptoms of morning sickness would be listed and horrors of childbirth pictured. A monthly newsletter would contain stories about overwhelmed parents and offer guidance on how childless adults can respond to the different lobbying tactics that would-be grandparents employ.
When I think about all the problems of our overpopulated world and look at our boy grabbing at the lamp by the sofa, I wish I could have turned to Planned Grandparenthood when my parents were putting the grandchild squeeze on me.
If I could have, I might not be in this parenthood predicament (窘境). But here’s the crazy irony, I don’t want my child-free life back. Dylan’s too much fun. (406 words)
According to the passage, some couples may eventually choose to have children because______.
选项
A、they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents
B、they have learn from other parents about the joys of having children
C、they feel more and more lonely as they grow older
D、they have found it irrational to remain childless
答案
A
解析
本题属于事实细节题。题干问的是为什么一些夫妇最终还是有了孩子。第四段表达得很清楚:“…most children are vulnerable to the enormous influence exerted by grandchildless parents aiming to persuade their kids to produce children…In addition,some parents make handsome money offers payable upon the grandchild’s birth.”可见有两个原因:一个是夫妇对自己求孙心切的父母施加的影响无可奈何;另一个是他们的父母常常会用金钱来诱惑。因此选A。
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