Caring for children is probably the most important job in any society.Because of this,all mothers and fathers should be required to take a course that prepares them to be good parents.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?
翻译：在任何社会中，照顾孩子似乎都是父母最重要的工作。因此,所有的父母都应该被要求参加帮助他们成为优 秀父母的课程。你在多大程度上同意或不同意？
话题：教育类
类型：同意与否
解析：
在这道题目中，大家需要去表述是否同意所有的父母都必须去上育儿课(a course that prepares them to be good parents/parenting class)。题中all是个绝 对词，你需要考虑，是否所有家庭都需要。而be required to一词指出是强制参加，被要求参加。
也就是这个题目如果你同意题目观点，你的立场就是-所有家长必须参加育儿课-育儿课应该变成强制课程-甚至应该立法强制每一位家长参加育儿课
而你如果不同意，则意味着-育儿课不必要有，或者育儿课可以有但是参与与否是自愿的而非必须的
我们先来看看育儿课都学些什么，再来想点会更简单一些。
很多即将成为父母的人或者是初为父母者对如果育儿都感到困惑，Parenting class为这些家长提供养育孩子的建议，策略及提供一些实用的工具。（很多育儿课都是针对产妇夫妻的，也有部分育儿课是针对新生儿父母的）
有任何疑问都可以在育儿课上进行提问，有育儿经验的家长也会来分享经验。（The purpose of parenting classes is to help parents feel more connected,involved and focused on their child.Parenting classes provide advice,strategies,and tools on how to raise children and provide an opportunity for parents to share ideas and concerns with parents going through similar issues.）
而参与完parenting class的家长，感觉到自己的知识增长
看到了很多优 秀的育儿例子，育儿成功的信心会大大增加（Parents come away from classes feeling more confident about and more supported in their parenting decisions.）
由此可见参加育儿课程有很多好处：可以增加育儿信心、学习新的技能、让家长学会更好的帮助孩子成长（Parenting classes are a wonderful way to increase your confidence,acquire new skills and strategies,and learn more about your child's development.）
然而这么有益处的育儿课又何来的反对声音呢？我们来看一下，反对者的观点：
1.每个孩子的个性都不同，况且学的这些知识明明都可以通过看书习得-Each child has their own individual needs,and why pay money to attend parenting classes when you can go to the library and get books and read about it?You can also ask your family members for advice if you need it.
2.可以参加育儿课，但是这只应该是个选择（should be a choice），而不应该是强制强求（be required to）。How does the teacher know what is right?Who made the rules?How do they know what is right?Every parent has the right to raise their child as they see fit.It is a learning process and something that every parent should have to figure out on their own.
3.太耗时了（It would take too much time.）
如上我们看到，育儿课是有好处有帮助的，新手家长可以选择去上育儿课，但是育儿课不一定是必须的，因为耗时间等原因，另外的确不是所有家长都需要，如果强制去上甚至立法的话也许会适得其反。大家觉得呢？
好啦，接下来我们一起看今天的精选范文，这篇范文是Simon老师的大作。
范文分析：
It is true that parents shoulder a huge responsibility and that raising children is by no means（好词，见文后词汇分析）an easy task.However,I completely disagree with the idea that we should therefore force all mothers and fathers to attend parenting courses.
（开头：引入话题+表达观点-记住同意与否一定要上来就表态，态度一定要明确清晰，比如像Simon老师用的词：completely disagree）
In my opinion,the idea that all future parents should take a parenthood preparation course is completely impractical(不切实际的，无法执行的).Many prospective parents（Prospective parents:还没有真正成为父母，但是未来将要成为父母。同样的还有prospective buyers,employers,etc:they are not yet buyers,employers,but are expected to be in the future）have jobs and busy schedules,and they may not be willing or able to attend regular parenting classes.This raises the question of whether those who missed the classes,or perhaps refused to attend,would be punished.I believe that it would be wrong to do this,and it would therefore be impossible to enforce（好词，见文后词汇解析）the idea of compulsory training for parents.Besides,even if parents could be forced to attend,I doubt that people would agree on what good parenting entails（好词，见文后词汇解析）,and so it would be difficult to create a parenting course to suit everyone.
（本段的观点是-impractical不实际，给出了两条原因论证为什么不实际-原因1.时间不够，原因2.很难设计出适合每一个家庭的课程）
As well as being impractical,I would argue that training courses for parents are unnecessary.Mothers and fathers have been raising children without any formal help or official interference(n.干扰，干涉)for thousands of years.Parenting skills are learnt from family members,friends,neighbours and the surrounding culture.Perhaps more importantly,adults learn to be good parents by instinct(n.本能，直觉),by trial and error,and by getting to know their own children;for example,a good parent will try different strategies when faced with a badly-behaved child,and will gradually develop an understanding of what works to correct the behaviour.None of this requires the intervention(n.介入)of a taught course.
(本段观点为-不必要unnecessary-后面列举了unnecessary的原因-parenting skills可以用过父母，朋友，邻里甚至是自己的直觉来获得，不一定非要去特意上个课程进行学习)
In conclusion,while compulsory parenting lessons might seem like a good idea,I believe that such a scheme would be unworkable and largely pointless.
（总结全文+重述观点-unworkable=impractical,largely pointless=unnecessary）
(289 words,band 9)
好词：
1.By no means:
by no means=not by any means=not at all一点也不,完全不是，决不
eg.This is by no means the best solution of this problem.
2.Enforce：动词-实施，执行；强迫，强制
经常和法律法规一起使用：enforce a law/a rule
Eg.It is the duty of the police to enforce the law.
The government is planning to enforce a ban on smoking.
常见搭配：
动词：be difficult to/be hard to/be impossible to enforce…
Seek to/take steps to enforce…
refuse to enforce…
3.entail:to involve something
同义词：involve
Eg.What does the job entail?
The job entails a lot of hard work.
It will entail driving a long distance.
常见副词搭配：actually/inevitably/necessarily+entail
本文值得借鉴的点：
Simon老师的这篇文章；
1.个人观点清晰-completely disagree
2.主体段的主题清晰，每个主体段都可以用一个形容词概括出来
1）主体1段-impractical
2）主体2段-unnecessary
开头2个句子，两个主体段分别一个主体段5个句子，结尾1个句子
全文一共13个句子，逻辑十分清晰。
学后反思：
检查你的文章，是不是个人观点很清晰？
主体段的中心论点是否能用1-5个词给简明的讲出来？
数一数你文章中的句子，是不是每一句都有明确的作用，有没有冗余的没有意义去掉也无妨的句子？
