When dochildren begin to have their own ideas?

孩子们什么时候开始有自己的想法？

Actually,I’m not sure, but I guess it’s when they enter school. Before they enterschool, parents are their first teachers and they usuallybelieve what their parents believe. But when they become students and start to havelessons and make friends, they are exposed to different opinions, so maybe it’ssince then that they start to think more independently.

我不确定，但是我猜，是在他们进入学校以后。在他们进入学校之前，父母是他们的第一任老师，所以他们通常和父母的观念一致。但是当他们成为学生，开始上课，开始交朋友，他们会接触到不同的思想，所以也许在那个时候，他们开始更独立地思考。

Why arethere more and more differences between children and their parents?

为什么孩子们和父母之间有越来越大的不同？

As I just mentioned, as children grow up, they have access to more things, which maybe totally different from what their parents saw and did since the societykeeps developing, and the children may move to different places, so they becomemore and more different, including their value, habit and lifestyle. 

正如我刚刚所说，随着孩子们长大，他们接触到不同的事物，而这些和他们的父母所曾见过的和做过的并不同，因为社会是持续发展的，而且孩子们也可能会搬到其他地方生活，所以他们之间变得越来越不同，包括他们的价值观，习惯和生活方式。

What are the advantages and disadvantage of setting rules forchildren?

给孩子们定规则的好处和坏处分别是什么？

There are many benefits of it, forexample, rules can make it easier for them to do a lot of things and preventthem from making mistakes, so they are more likely to have a sense ofachievement and feel more motivated and more interested in doing many things.Besides, some rules are necessary for them to have some normal sense and makesure that they can behave themselves in the society, like they need to learntable manners and they should always follow traffic rules. However, I have tosay, there are also some shortcomings. If parents set too manyrules for their kids, their kids maynot be able to think critically and independently, instead, they would tend to relyon other people’s advice when they make decisionsrather than figure out what they really need. If so, they wouldn’t be competitiveor live a happy life when they enter the society.

它有很多好处，比如，规则可以让很多事情变得简单，可以规避一定的错误，所以孩子会更有可能获得成就感，受到激励，从而对很多事情变得更感兴趣。而且有些规则对于让他们有一定的常识，举止规范而言，是必须的，比如他们需要学习餐桌礼仪，遵守交通规则。但我不得不说，规则也会有一些坏处，如果爸妈给孩子设定太多的规则，他们可能不能够批判性地、独立性地思考，相反，当他们要做决定的时候，他们会倾向于依赖别人给出的意见，而不是弄明白自己到底想要什么。如果这样的话，他们在进入社会后，不会很有竞争力，也不会过的很开心。

Is there someone with good ideas that has changed many people’slives?

有没有一个人，他有好的想法，而且改变了人们的生活？

Definitely,we modern peoplelive a different life from our ancestorsthanksto many great men. With their innovations and revolutions, we now can enjoy ourlife better. For example, hybrid rice created by Yuan Longping, which has ahigh yield, saved many people from famine and now, even China has a largepopulation to support, we don’t have to worry about food. Also, digital money calledAlipay as well as on-line shopping application called Taobao, which is launchedby Ma Yun, has brought us a lot of convenience and made our life much easier.

当然，我们现代人现在过着不同的生活，要感谢很多伟大的人。有了他们的创新和改革，我们才更享受我们的生活。比如，袁隆平创造了杂交水稻，水稻是多产的，它使很多人幸免于饥荒之苦，挽救了很多性命，而且现在，尽管中国有巨大的人口，我们不必担心粮食的供给。除此之外，马云创立的叫支付宝的电子货币和叫淘宝的网购平台，都给我们的生活带来了很多便利，也让我们的生活变得更加简单。