Question

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60字左右的内容概要。

In recent years, our parenting culture began to send the message that competence was important for building self-esteem. However, that same parenting culture made a big mistake by telling parents that the way to instill competence in their children was to tell them how competent they were. But here's the problem. Children can't be convinced that they are competent

When parents try to convince their children of how competent they are, they often have the exact opposite effect. There is this little thing called reality that children have to confront on a daily basis. When children are faced with the conflict between what their parents had told them about how good they are and what reality is telling them, the result is the bursting of the “You are the best” bubble that their parents blew up for them.

You can, however, do several things to encourage them to develop their own competence. First, you can give them opportunities in their daily lives to gain a sense of competence, for example, dressing, eating, drawing, cooking, and interacting with others. These daily experiences allow your children to develop specific competencies that will be helpful to them as they progress through childhood and into adulthood.

Second, you can be sure that they gain the most value from their experiences. You can direct their focus to the competencies that enabled those successes (e.g., “You were really focused and worked hard on that project.”) rather than some generic praise of the accomplishment itself (e.g., “Good job.!). And you can praise their accomplishments (e.g., “You must feel so good about your project.”).

But you shouldn't just focus on the successes because, as every parent knows, as your children develop, they will experience far more failures than successes as they begin to gain competence. How you react often dictates how they will respond to those failures. if you are positive and supportive, your children will get the message that failure is okay and just a part of life.

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Answer

Parenting culture misleads parents to instill children’s competence by telling they are competent.（要点一）But it causes the opposite effect that children will be unsure about this competence when they face reality. （要点二）However, parents can offer opportunities like daily chores to develop children’s competence. （要点三）What’s more, ensure them gaining the most value from their experiences by focusing on their competences instead of success itself. （要点四）But beside success, failure should also be focused.（要点五）

【解析】

本篇书面表达要求写一篇内容概要。

读写类书面表达主要要求学生必须熟悉所读材料的整体结构与主旨大意，利用略读和检索阅读的方式寻求信息，对文中信息进行有效筛选、整合和综合概括。在阅读理解的基础上，对阅读信息进行二次理解、加工，归纳要点、整合零散信息，把加工后的信息准确有序的通过短文表达出来。学生应看清答题要求，并在答题中自始至终贯彻其要求。

文章主要讲述了父母对孩子能力的培养方式，范文将内容概要分成五个要点，思路清晰、层次分明。

范文内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。作者在范文中使用了较多高级表达方式，如宾语从句的运用。Parenting culture misleads parents to instill children’s competence by telling they are competent. 和ensure them gaining the most value from their experiences by focusing on their competences instead of success itself.全文中没有中国式英语的句式，显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。另外，文章思路清晰、层次分明，上下句转换自然，为文章增色添彩。