首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parent-hood by their parents, who think that h
Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parent-hood by their parents, who think that h
admin
2018-05-11
10
问题
Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly (无情的) manipulated into parent-hood by their parents, who think that happiness among older people depends on having a grandchild 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 baby-sitting 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 life grandchild-free: 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 grandchildless parents aiming to persuade their kids to produce children. They will take a call from a persistent parent, even if they’re loaded with work. 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.
Planned Grandparenthood would include depressed grandparents on its staff in order to ______.
选项
A、show them the joys of life grandparents may have in raising grandchildren
B、draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause
C、share their experience in raising grandchildren in a more scientific way
D、help raise funds to cover the high expense of education for grandchildren
答案
B
解析
第2段第2句指出Planned Grandparenthood组织的工作人员应该包括沮丧的祖父母。他们会向人们解释孙子孙女如何打破灯具、乱咬乱叫、拳打脚踢。结合末句提到的“更多的祖父母会作证说明他们还必须为孙子孙女支付昂贵的大学费用”。可知B符合文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OMT7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
WhenMomandDadGrowOld[A]Theprospectoftalkingtoincreasinglyfragileparentsabouttheirfuturecanbe"oneofthemost
WhenMomandDadGrowOld[A]Theprospectoftalkingtoincreasinglyfragileparentsabouttheirfuturecanbe"oneofthemost
A、Theywillremindthemofdifferentstagesoftheirmarriage.B、Theycansaysomethingmoresentimentalintheletters.C、They
Somefuturologistshaveassumedthatthevastupsurge(剧增)ofwomenintheworkforcemayportendarejectionofmarriage.Manywom
A、Themostsuccessfuldayswithlotsofhonor.B、Verygloomydaysduetoabrokenmarriage.C、Adarkperiodwithalotoffailur
A、Poverty.B、Diseases.C、Brokenmarriage.D、Failure.D录音开头,说话人开门见山地指出自己在大学生时代最害怕的不是贫穷而是失败,故D正确。
Somefuturologistshaveassumedthatthevastupsurge(剧增)ofwomenintheworkforcemayportendarejectionofmarriage.Manyw
Somefuturologistshaveassumedthatthevastupsurge(剧增)ofwomenintheworkforcemayportendarejectionofmarriage.Manyw
Somefuturologistshaveassumedthatthevastupsurge(剧增)ofwomenintheworkforcemayportendarejectionofmarriage.Manywom
随机试题
1967年,老一辈革命家与中央文革小组错误做法进行的抗争被诬称为()
试述膀胱的形态。
产生“薄厥”的病因,多是
动物小肠的黏膜上皮为()。
下列选项中,关于尖锐湿疣的叙述,错误的是
A.红丝疔B.失荣C.漆疮D.水火烫伤E.酒渣鼻
债的民事法律关系中,不包括的要素是()。
垃圾填埋场污染防治措施的主要内容包括()。
光脑,人们也许还陌生,但制造光脑的尝试,科技界早在20世纪50年代就开始了,直到80年代中后期,才可以说有了决定意义的突破。20世纪90年代中期,世界上有一台光脑已由欧共体的英国、法国、比利时、德国、意大利等国的70多名科学家研制成功,其运算速度比电脑快1
一水池装有甲、乙、丙三个进水管.单独开放甲管,45小时可以注满全池;单独开放乙管,60小时可注满;单独开放丙管,90小时可注满.若三管一齐开放,注满水池需()小时.
最新回复
(
0
)