首页
登录
职称英语
Let me speak first to parents. You are the ones who plant, or fail to plant,
Let me speak first to parents. You are the ones who plant, or fail to plant,
游客
2023-11-04
58
管理
问题
Let me speak first to parents. You are the ones who plant, or fail to plant, the seeds of character in your children. Try from the beginning to put into your children’s minds the capacity to feel shame by letting them know that, just as there are actions for which they can win praise, so there are others — lying, cheating, stealing — that are unacceptable and for which they will be punished.
As parents, you are not alone in your efforts to form character. Organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts teach accountability and strengthen it with pressure of equals. Churches are also strong helpers.
I remember clearly an event from my childhood. In our church’s Sunday school playroom was a set of little lead cowboys and Indians. One day, I took one of them home, and that night my brother saw me playing with it. "I know where you got that, " he said. "You stole it from the church. "
Stole it! From the church! Those words hit me like a thunderbolt. The anger of God, my mother’s anger, the scorn of the world rose up like a terrifying wave in my mind. I ran a mile and a half to return the figure and all the way back home, where my mother put me to bed with a couple of beats for " cattin around " (到处乱跑). I never told her why I had left the house; I was too ashamed. Shame led straight to accountability, and I never again took anything that wasn’t mine.
What about teachers? To them I’d say: your classroom is a small society. Don’t excuse bad behavior. Get students to impose standards upon one another, and work to persuade the school administration to become firmer about discipline.
I’ve heard of high schools where the first time a student is caught with drugs, he’s warned; the second time, he may be kept from school temporarily; the third, possibly driven away. To the principals of such schools I would say, "Why not suspend students the first time?" And I would quote a religious leader’s words: "Punish severely the first offender, for in him lies the greatest hope of reform. "
Finally, a wise teacher might tell a high-school class: "If you choose to play with drugs, the police may never catch you. But your body is responsible to the laws of chemistry and biology. "
What about law enforcement? If I could say just one thing to the designers of that system, it would be: restore fair, swift, sure punishment as one of the key supporters of accountability. There is nothing unreasonable about just punishment, but you’d never know it from watching our law carried out today. Criminals don’t fear the law, because in most cases its punishment is so slow and weakened that any preventing effect is lost. [br] The author’s attitude towards crime is that
选项
A、punishment must be severe in order to prevent crime.
B、the offenders must be warned first of all.
C、those playing with drugs must be told that they might be caught by the police.
D、an excuse should not be found for the youngsters’ bad behavior.
答案
A
解析
根据末段末句“罪犯并不害怕法律,是因为在通常情况下惩罚是如此慢和轻以至于没有任何阻止作用”可推测作者的观点是:惩治犯罪必须从快从严,才能有效预防犯罪,因此答案为[A]。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3157239.html
相关试题推荐
Letmespeakfirsttoparents.Youaretheoneswhoplant,orfailtoplant,
Letmespeakfirsttoparents.Youaretheoneswhoplant,orfailtoplant,
Letmespeakfirsttoparents.Youaretheoneswhoplant,orfailtoplant,
Letmespeakfirsttoparents.Youaretheoneswhoplant,orfailtoplant,
I’dliketohavea______wordwithhisparents.A、peacefulB、quietC、silentD、pers
Thestudentshopedthattheirchoiceofplaywouldbe______withtheirparents.A、
Mikewasveryrespectfulathomeand______tohisparents.A、timidB、submissive
Thestudentshopedthattheirchoiceofplaywouldbe______withtheirparents.A、
I’dliketohavea______wordwithhisparents.A、peacefulB、quietC、silentD、pers
Thestudentshopedthattheirchoiceofplaywouldbe______withtheirparents.A、
随机试题
Theicecreamconeandtheicedteawereallintroducedatthe1904LouisianaPu
Ifyouwerestartingatopuniversitytoday,whatwoulditlooklike?Youw
[originaltext]W:Andy,whathobbywouldyoutakeupifyouhadmoretime?M:I
根据美国((1787年宪法》,众议员名额按照各州人V1比例分配,各州人口数“按自
基金公司软件的使用应充分考虑软件的安全性、可靠性、稳定性和可扩展性,应具备()
统计量的概率分布构成了推断总体参数的理论基础。()
目标市场对产品毫无兴趣或漠不关心,这种状态的需求称为( )。A.负需求 B.
使用特雷诺比率时,一个非常多样化的基金往往会表现出更高的风险。()
在借贷期间可定期调整的利息率是( )。A.优惠利率 B.基准利率 C.浮动
可用于测定各类路基路面的回弹弯沉以评定其整体承载能力的方法是( )。A.贝克曼
最新回复
(
0
)