"Parents Want Individuals, Not Kids Who Obey." So read a newspaper headline. This reporting was based on the results of a survey done in New Zealand, which revealed that only 22 percent of respondents (问卷调查答卷人) think children should be taught obedience at home, and that most parents today believe it is far more important to teach children such things as good manners, independence and _______ 1 _______.But does it mean that childhood obedience can simply be _______ 2 _______ as something old-fashioned or out-of-date? Or should obedience be among the most important lessons that children should learn and will benefit from? The wiser choice is the latter. To begin with, when obedience at home is concerned, it makes good sense that parents have the advantage of age and experience. Though they may not know well about how to help their children learn better in school, they are likely to know a lot about how to _______ 3 _______ life’s problems. Young people, on the other hand, often lack the mental _______ 4 _______ for well-balanced thinking. Hence, they tend to be _______ 5 _______ in decision-making and yield to negative peer pressure, which, in turn, may _______ 6 _______ their mental development.The benefits of obedience go far beyond the parent-child relationship. For human society to function smoothly and productively, there must be cooperation, which also requires a measure of obedience. For instance, in a marriage, it is the readiness for one to yield, rather than being demanding and _______ 7 _______ to the feelings of the other, that results in a happy, peaceful and _______ 8 _______ relationship. And in a workplace, people who disobey authority and rules are often _______ 9 _______ from peer workers and find it hard to engage with any groups.So, the lesson of obedience learned in childhood can extend _______ 10 _______ throughout a person’s life. It remains important for parents to teach children obedience today.
"Parents Want Individuals, Not Kids Who Obey." So read a newspaper headline. This reporting was based on the results of a survey done in New Zealand, which revealed that only 22 percent of respondents (问卷调查答卷人) think children should be taught obedience at home, and that most parents today believe it is far more important to teach children such things as good manners, independence and _______ 1 _______.
But does it mean that childhood obedience can simply be _______ 2 _______ as something old-fashioned or out-of-date? Or should obedience be among the most important lessons that children should learn and will benefit from? The wiser choice is the latter. To begin with, when obedience at home is concerned, it makes good sense that parents have the advantage of age and experience. Though they may not know well about how to help their children learn better in school, they are likely to know a lot about how to _______ 3 _______ life’s problems. Young people, on the other hand, often lack the mental _______ 4 _______ for well-balanced thinking. Hence, they tend to be _______ 5 _______ in decision-making and yield to negative peer pressure, which, in turn, may _______ 6 _______ their mental development.
The benefits of obedience go far beyond the parent-child relationship. For human society to function smoothly and productively, there must be cooperation, which also requires a measure of obedience. For instance, in a marriage, it is the readiness for one to yield, rather than being demanding and _______ 7 _______ to the feelings of the other, that results in a happy, peaceful and _______ 8 _______ relationship. And in a workplace, people who disobey authority and rules are often _______ 9 _______ from peer workers and find it hard to engage with any groups.
So, the lesson of obedience learned in childhood can extend _______ 10 _______ throughout a person’s life. It remains important for parents to teach children obedience today.
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- 此空与“good manners”和“independence”并列，都是父母应该教给孩子的重要品质，“responsibility”（责任感）符合语境，是积极且重要的品质。
- “be dismissed as”是固定短语，意为“被视为……而摒弃”，这里说童年的顺从是否会被视为过时的东西，符合文意。
- “resolve life’s problems”表示“解决生活中的问题”，父母凭借年龄和经验，更有可能知道如何解决生活问题，该表达贴合上下文。
- “mental maturity”指“心理成熟”，年轻人往往缺乏心理成熟度，难以进行全面平衡的思考，与后文“well - balanced thinking”相呼应。
- “rash in decision - making”意思是“决策轻率”，因为年轻人心理不成熟，所以在做决策时容易轻率，并且会屈服于负面的同伴压力，符合逻辑。
- “impair mental development”表示“损害心理发展”，年轻人决策轻率、屈服于同伴压力等行为会对他们的心理发展产生不良影响，该表达语义匹配。
- “insensitive to feelings”意为“对他人感受不敏感”，在婚姻中，一方如果只考虑自己而对另一方的感受不敏感，就难以有幸福和谐的关系，符合婚姻关系的描述。
- “harmonious relationship”指“和谐的关系”，与“happy, peaceful”并列，共同描述婚姻中理想的关系状态。
- “be alienated from”表示“被疏远”，在职场中，不遵守权威和规则的人往往会被同事疏远，难以融入团队，符合职场场景。
- “extend rewardingly”表示“有回报地延伸”，童年学到的顺从的教训会在一个人的一生中带来积极的回报，总结了全文的主旨。