Family values are a set of principles and beliefs that a family agrees upon, such as emphasizing the importance of honest behaviors or valuing effort and persistence in achieving goals. They are fundamental and determine how members of a home interact with each other and with the world.
Family values determine what you think is important and what is good. These values can help you stay consistent when making decisions in everyday life, especially in moments of uncertainty. This is particularly true when you’re going to make quick decisions based on an emotional reaction. For example, if honesty and communication are your important family values, you’re more likely to approach conflicts with an open mind and a willing heart to talk through issues. When finding your family member has lied to you, instead of acting thoughtlessly, you know what to do—have a talk sincerely.
Family values serve as a guiding force within the home, but their impact extends far beyond, shaping societal norms and behaviors. For example, if several families plant generosity in their values, the next generation will grow up to be more generous. As a result, adults in this generation are more likely to take other people’s needs into consideration when making difficult choices. They become positive contributors to the society, developing an atmosphere of care and consideration that enhances communal well-being.
Great influence as it has, family values are not taught consciously. Often, they get passed down without being noticed. Those values don’t ever get questioned. Whether you’ve outlined them or not, they’re present. And once you take ownership of those values, you can shape them to be in line with what you expect your family to be.
1. What are family values?2. How can family values help to make decisions in everyday life?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Family values have great influence within the home, but they have nothing to do with shaping common behaviors and rules in a society.
4. Please share one of your family values and explain how it influences you. (In about 40 words)
Recently, in some big cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, balcony gardening
1. What is Frank usually responsible for at home?
A.Doing the washing. | B.Cleaning the house. | C.Preparing the food. |
A.Relax more. | B.Study harder. | C.Do some chores. |
1. What is Stan doing at first?
A.Making his bed. | B.Playing video games. | C.Doing his schoolwork. |
A.Change his clothes. | B.Brush his teeth. | C.Take a bath. |
A.At 10:10 p.m. | B.At 10:00 p.m. | C.Around 9:00 p.m. |
5 . Joe and Della were a new couple. They were both interested in art--one in painting, the other in music. They lived in a small flat. They loved each other and they were happy.
But one day they found that they had spent all their money. One afternoon Della told Joe that she had found a
Every day they parted in the morning and
A week
The next week, Joe
“What do you do every day, Della? Do you
Della cried. She told Joe that she was working in a laundry (洗衣店),
Joe told Della that he worked in the engine-room of the same laundry where she worked. They both let out their
A.pupil | B.teacher | C.painter | D.director |
A.worried | B.busy | C.glad | D.surprising |
A.studied | B.met | C.worked | D.talked |
A.killed | B.spent | C.wasted | D.passed |
A.tired | B.excited | C.fatter | D.stranger |
A.puzzled | B.disappointed | C.anxious | D.happy |
A.borrowed | B.brought | C.applied | D.stored |
A.result | B.job | C.matter | D.bandage |
A.foot | B.face | C.arm | D.hand |
A.really | B.often | C.seldom | D.finally |
A.reason | B.cause | C.truth | D.incident |
A.making | B.repairing | C.ironing | D.selling |
A.picked up | B.set down | C.poured out | D.filled with |
A.slight | B.bad | C.soft | D.hard |
A.secrets | B.lessons | C.ideas | D.opinions |
6 . As an eco-minimalist, Su Yige has maintained an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle for the past three years while studying in Canada. She takes her own bag when she goes grocery shopping and uses second-hand items as often as possible. She avoids almost all paper-related products unless she has to use a public toilet while away from home.
Diligence and thrift are time-honored traditional Chinese virtues. Su's family is a good example of this, according to the native of Weihai, Shandong province. Although they have little formal “green” knowledge, her parents lead a very environmentally friendly life.
For example, the family has used the same hair dryer for more than a decade, and Su remembers many of her mother's clothes from as far back as kindergarten. “As long as something can still be used, my mother will not replace it with a new item,” she said.
“I frequently asked my father to bring the plastic bag back home after dumping our waste in the trash bin. He was unhappy, and argued that instead of making that request, I should go downstairs to dump the waste myself” she said. In another move, her father criticized her for doing too much shopping online. Eventually, they both made steps toward becoming better environmentalists. Her father brings the bag back for reuse and she has only bought two pieces of clothing online in the past six months.
Back in Canada, Su is looking forward to finding a job related to sustainable development in China after she graduates as a computer science major in the summer.
1. Which of the following best describes Su Yige?A.Conservative. | B.Nostalgic. | C.Economical. | D.Productive. |
A.She has a lot of formal green knowledge. |
B.She regards using the same items as a lifestyle. |
C.She always wears old clothes due to lack of money. |
D.She will not replace the old items until they are out of style. |
A.Both of them like to criticize each other. |
B.Su's father is particular about her clothes. |
C.The relationship between them is very tense. |
D.They urge each other to become more environmentally friendly. |
A.She will stay there to look for a job. |
B.She will put effort into computer science. |
C.She will devote herself to her motherland's future. |
D.She will come back to China to stay with her parents. |