4. Do you agree that parents are often willing to sacrifice a lot for their children? Discuss and explain your position with examples. (Open.)
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To understand your parents’ love you must raise children yourself.
— Chinese proverb
Interpretation: When you have children of your own and know how much you love them, you’ll be able to understand how much your parents have loved you. The original saying in Chinese is “养 儿方知父母恩”.
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1. Retell what you see in the video clip.
At the beginning of the video, the boy is
running away from home while his mother is
2. What is the ideal relБайду номын сангаасtionship between parents and their children in your view?
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3. In Chinese culture, parents believe that they raise children so that their children will look after them when they are old. Do you accept this view?
Interpretation: My mother had a hard time trying to bring me up as I gave her a lot of trouble when I was a child, but she was happy to go through all the trouble of raising me.
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Watch the following video clip “Parents’ Love” and then do the tasks that follow.
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As long as you have the blessing of your parents, it does not matter even if you live in the mountains.
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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
— Mark Twain
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Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.
1. Do you think that your parents are the most important people in your life? Why or why not?
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— Greek proverb
Interpretation: Parents’ love and good wishes for you are the most important thing in your life. As long as you have their love and good wishes, you are a “rich” person already even if you have to live alone in an isolated place.
begging him not to leave. Next, we find that the son and the father
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Study the following quotes. What do they tell you about the task of parenting and the role of your parents in your life? Do you like these quotes? State your reasons.