新托福独立写作解析：与父母有关的经典事例

　　小故事· 大道理 之 Parenting

　　俗话说的好，父母是孩子的第一任老师，可见父母对孩子的影响之深远，这也是托福写作会考到的一个话题，下面咱们就通过一个小故事，来了解了解父母对孩子的影响具体体现在哪些方面。

　　父母教我们如何待人：

　　There are great tools, seminars and books that provide you with tips on how to treat others equally and respectfully, but the most valuable resource any of us has is at home. Being part of a family(身为家中的一员) has provided all of us with more skills of socializing with others than we realize, and the things we’ve learned at home can transfer seamlessly into our business lives(顺畅地迁移到工作生活中).

　　经典事例

　　There is one trip to the grocery store with my mother that left a great impression on me. As we were approaching the short checkout line(走向快速结账台), an African-American woman was standing in front of us. When this occurred, the civil rights movement was just starting and there was still the expectation that a white person should go in front. It was no surprise(毫不奇怪) when the cashier told the woman she needed to step aside and let my mother in. What was surprising was when my mother placed her hand on the lady’s shoulder and said, “No, no, no—you were ahead of me.” The checkout girl didn’t like it one bit(非常不喜欢), but my mother didn’t relent(没有退让). She put aside accepted social norms and did what was right. I was too little to really logically understand what happened, but I knew it made me really proud of my mom and want to be like that—whatever that was—when I grew up. I now realize my mother was showing me what it meant to be a truly impartial person(成为没有偏见的人意味着什么), and I’ve spent most of my career trying to emulate the examples(效仿榜样) she set for me.