Recent changes in Chinese family life.
With the economics developing rapidly and the impact of the various cultures, a great many earth-shaking changes have taken place in Chinese family life during these two generations.
In my parents’childhood, it was pretty common that four generations lived under the same roof. The adult children usually undertook the responsibility of taking care of their seniors.
The whole family dined together and shared the interesting incidents they encountered in the daily life, which prevents the family members, especially the old people from loneliness. They could feel the warm emotional support from one another.
And the three meals a day prepared by the children with great care were better than any other presents for their parents. At that time, people put the family in the first place.
On the contrary, nowadays more and more nuclear families and dink ones are mushrooming. The majority of the adult children live thousands of miles away from their parents, even in the different cities.
Everything becomes digital, they express their love and care to their parents by means of e-mails, telephones, chatting-on-line and electronic cards. People pay great attention to their career, fame and wealth, but where is the position of family in their hearts?
To my mind, the changes result from the rapid development of the economics and the impact of the various cultures. At any rate, we should.
make great effort to find time for our family, for our parents. After all, they need us and are unique to us.
翻译
最近中国家庭生活的变化。
随着经济的快速发展和各种文化的影响，这两代人的家庭生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。
在我父母的童年时代，四代同堂是很常见的。成年子女通常承担照顾老年人的责任。
全家人一起吃饭，分享他们在日常生活中遇到的有趣的事情，这使家人，特别是老年人免于孤独。他们可以感受到彼此温暖的情感支持。
孩子们精心准备的一日三餐比其他任何礼物都要好。那时，人们把家庭放在首位。
相反，如今越来越多的核心家庭和丁克家庭如雨后春笋般涌现。大多数成年儿童居住在离父母数千英里的地方，甚至在不同的城市。
一切都变得数字化，他们通过电子邮件、电话、在线聊天和电子贺卡向父母表达他们的爱和关怀。人们非常关注自己的事业、名利，但家庭在他们心中的位置在哪里？
在我看来，这些变化是经济快速发展和各种文化影响的结果。无论如何，我们应该努力为我们的家庭，为我们的父母找时间。毕竟，他们需要我们，而且对我们来说是独一无二的。