【正文】 y, don’t be afraid of the difficulties which he encounters in study, etc, But parents play more important roles in such aspect. A child who feels the strong love from his parents will learn to love others. Love of parents is like the sunshine in his life, which will gradually makes himself be grateful in his growing process. The child who is less loved by his parents must have some psychological problems in the future. Of course, most parents love their children so much. Love does not only contribute joys, sweets. Parents’ love is more than that. Parents’ love should let child know the long journey is full of joys and bitterness at the same time, ‘ but dear, don’t be afraid, mother and father will always be your side to help you, we are a family’, to make him be confident, optimistic about future. Trees, when they are lopped and cut, grow up again in a short time, but men, being once lost, cannot easily be recovered. The whole education of students is inclusive, not only the teachers’ responsibility, but also the parents’.2. Questions and answers1)What are the two kinds of parenting styles identified in the study of the text?They are supportive style and the stimulating style.2)What are the four groups of children in the study of the influence parents have on their children?One with supportive parents。 one with stimulating parents。 one whose parents bining both qualities。 and a final group whose parents offered neither. 3)How much time does a father in Holland spend on average in conversation with his children? And what about a father in the United States?Eleven seconds a day in Holland and less than a minute a day in the United States. 4)Why the way in which a parent talks to their children counts?A parent who only gives a brief reply to a child’s questions or gives dull answers will be passing a negative, narrowminded style of thinking. On the other hand, parents happy to take a child step by step through an argument, encouraging him or her to explore ideas will cultivate an open and creative thinking style. 5)What seems to be more important to a child’s development according to the writer, genes or the environment factors?The environment factors such as better parenting and educational techniques. II. Background informationAlbert Einstein: a GermanAmerican physicist, born in Germany in 1879 and died in the US in is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the modern era. As a preeminent physicist, he radically transformed our understanding of the universe. As an ardent humanist, he took an active and outspoken stance on the significant political and social issues of his time. Albert Einstein39。s contribution to modern physics is simply unique. His scientific career was a constant quest for the universal and immutable laws which govern the physical world. His theories spanned the fundamental questions of nature, from the very large to the very small, from the cosmos to subatomic particles. He overturned the established concepts of time and space, energy and matter. Einstein played a crucial role in establishing the two pillars of the 20thcentury physics: He was the father of the theory of relativity and a major contributor to quantum theory.Picasso: born in Spain in 1881. By the age of 15 he was already technically skilled in drawing and painting. Picasso39。s highly original style continuously evolved throughout his long career, expanding the definition of what art could be. In addition to painting, he explored sculpture, ceramics and other art forms, and became one of the most influential artists of the 1900s. Paintings from Picasso39。s blue period (1901－1904) depict forlorn people painted in shades of blue, evoking feelings of sadness and alienation. After his move to Paris in 1904, Picasso39。s rose period paintings took on a warmer and more optimistic mood .In 1907 he and French painter George Braque pioneered cubism. By 1912 Picasso was incorporating newspaper print, postage stamps and other materials into his paintings. This style is called collage. By the late 1920s he turned toward a flat, cubistrelated style. During the 1930s his paintings became militant and political. Guernica (1937), a masterpiece from this period depicts the terror of the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Following World War II, Picasso39。s work became less political and more gentle. He spent the remaining years of his life in an exploration of various historical styles of art, making several reproductions of the work of earlier artists. Picasso died in 1973 at his home in France.Mozart: born in 1756 in Austria and died in 1791. Mozart is probably the greatest genius in Western musical history. Mozart began writing minuets at the age of 5, and by the time of his death at age 35, he had produced 626 cataloged works including nearly 50 symphonies, 20 operas, and 23 piano concertos. His beautifully constructed works, including the famous last symphonies and the operas The Marriage of Fig (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and The Magic Flute (1791), are ranked among the most perfect positions.Karl Friedrich Gauss: born in 1777 and died in 1855 in Germany. Gauss is noted for his wideranging contributions to physics, particularly the study of electromagnetism. At the age of 19 Gauss became interested in mathematics and attempted a solution of the classical problem of constructing a regular heptagon, or sevensided figure, with ruler and pass. He not only succeeded in proving this construction impossible, but went on to give methods of constructing figures with 17, 257, and 65,537 sides. In so doing he proved that the construction, with pass and ruler, of a regular polygon with an odd number of sides was possible only when the number of sides was a prime number of the series 3, 5, 17, 257, and 65,537 or was a multiple of two or more of these numbers. With this discovery he gave u