中国和欧美有一点很大的不同，中国讲究百善孝为先，因此，关于家中老人的话题，也是雅思考官常问的问题。下来请看雅思内容：5-8雅思口语题库Part3：家庭中的老人
雅思口语Part3答案：家庭中的老人
Part3是对Part2的一个升华，主要考察学生的论证能力和临场反应能力，同时也测试学生在深入探讨主题时，能否保证英语各方面，特别是发音和语法不出现太大的失误。
1. Are Chinese families usually big or small?
In the past families in China were large, Mao Zedong encouraged the Chinese people to have more children as a military technique, also for developing agriculture and production. Women usually went to live with her husband’s family after getting married. No couple ever thought of living alone. Today, Chinese families are usually small, because they can only have one child. It can be bigger for instance, if one grandparent passes away, the other would move in and live with extended family. Chinese people often take the responsibility of caring for seniors.
2. In Chinese families, who usually makes the major decisions?
In the past, the eldest male in the family would make the major decisions. Young couples usually lived with and depended on the husband’s parents. Nowadays it is totally different. Most young couples move out to live on their own, and the decision process is shared. In my family my father makes many of the decisions because he is the main bread winner. For important matters, they usually discuss them together, but my mother eventually has the final say, because she’s more sophisticated and clever.
3. Do you think it is good for grandparents to help bring up their grandchildren?
No, I do not think it is good for grandparents to help raise their grandchildren. Grandparents often spoil kids, giving them too much unnecessary love and gifts. What’s more if children grow up with them, they don’t usually gain any useful knowledge. However, it’s undeniable that many children nowadays are raised by their grandparents. Many parents are very busy working long exhausting days, which makes them too tired to take care of feeble babies.
4. What can children learn from grandparents?
By spending time with grandparents, children have a better sense of who they are and where they've come from. They have roots, a history, and a sense of continuity. They develop a sense of pride and responsibility in carrying forward the legacy that has been passed to them. Through sharing in a grandparent's interests, skills, and hobbies; children are introduced to new activities and ideas. Grandparents can be very patient, effective teachers. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes children pick up from grandparents tend to stick with them through life more than those picked up from other sources..
以上为雅思内容：5-8雅思口语题库Part3：家庭中的老人。大家在学习话题语料时，不仅要关于语料的内容，还要同时了解类似的相关话题，这样有助于考试时临场发挥，随机应变。