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IV Debating and Discussing IV 4 Loving Mother Always Spoils Her Child Everyday English Topic sentence for today: Oh so-so. Paul: Hi! I’m back! 嗨！我回来了。Alice: You must be exhausted. Have you been working all night? 你肯定累坏了。整晚都在工作吗？Paul: Yes but at least we dealt with most of the casualties. How was your evening? 是的，但是我们至少已处理了大部分的伤亡。今天晚上你过得怎么样？Alice: Oh so-so. 哦，不怎么样。Paul: Was Nancy OK? 汤米还好吗？Alice: She was quite problematic, actually. You should have warned me. 事实上她的问题可多了。你本应该早警告我这一点。Paul: What about? What did you do to her? She’s a perfectly normal 5 year-old. 怎么？你对她做了什么？她只是一个很乖的5岁大的正常小孩。Alice: Normal? You think it’s normal to have a temper tantrum, behave like a spoilt brat and only go to bed because you’re ordered to? If that’s what you call normal, maybe your parenting skills aren’t quite as great as you think they are. Now, I’m going home for some well-earned rest. 正常？你认为表现地像一个被宠坏的捣蛋鬼发脾气，仅仅会按照你的要求上床睡觉就是正常的？如果这就是你所谓的正常，那么你的教育方式可能没有你认为的那么好。现在，我要回家了，理所应当的好好休息一下。 Paul: Alice! 爱丽丝！Alice: And next time you need a babysitter, find some other mug! 下一次，你需要另外找一个傻瓜保姆了！ In-put text for speaking Read the following passage Underline the key words while reading Little Emperors China economic growth has tremendously elevated the annual per capita income of urban areas as women have become increasingly more represented within the workforce frequently resulting in families having two sources of income. This greatly improved purchasing power of the Chinese family unit coupled with excessive pampering of only children is the cause for increased spending on children. From toys to clothes, parents shower their child in material goods and give in to every demand; it is not uncommon for children to be the “best-dressed members of their families.” Recently, it is common for nearly half a family’s income to be spent on the child. This effect has become considerable enough to be noticed on a global scale: marketing groups attribu