2017年5月六級口語考試真題：關於家庭關係是否如之前一樣親密的討論

第六場口語考試小組討論部分（Discussion）的主題爲“家庭關係是否如之前一樣親密”，這一部分要求兩位考生就指定的話題進行討論，討論時間爲三分鐘。隨着國家經濟和人民生活水平的不斷上漲，人民的生活節奏不斷加快，同時日常生活也發生了改變。家庭成員之間的關係也發生着翻天覆地的變化，很多人認爲家庭關係已經不再像從前那麼親密了，但也有人認爲家庭關係雖然在形式上發生了改變，但本質上，家庭成員之間的親密程度並沒有發生變化。對此你的觀點是什麼呢？will the family relationship as close as before? 接下來，我們來看一下就“家庭關係是否如之前一樣親密”這一主題展開的討論中常用的一些表述，供大家進行參考。

A: I will hold the view that our recent family relationship isn’t as close as before. As we all know, great changes have taken place in family life, and once extended family tends to become smaller and smaller. Meanwhile, social competition is becoming increasingly fierce, therefore leaving many children working far away from their parents and becoming emotionally extranged from their parents.
B: I have something different to say. The great changes in our modern world do change the ways we communicate with our family members. But I don’t think these changes have changed our deeper love to our parents. Instead, we can chat with each other through the We-chat and exchange our joys and worries on the Internet, which actually bring much closer ties between children working outside and parents staying at home.
A: Yes, to some extent, what you said is reasonable. But compared with the past, nowadays young adults are urged to concentrate their efforts upon work to achieve success or at least a good standard of life. As a result, they can not afford to spend their leisure hours with their families and actually the importance of bonds of kinships is gradually fading from their mind.
B: I may not agree with you. What I want to say is that an increasing number of families have realized the fact and become to take actions to maintain their bonds of kinships. For example, a large body of working people choose to have a family reunion on holidays or other important occasions. For members of families who live away from one another, regular contact on the phone will bring them the care they need.