关于家庭聚餐的托福作文范文

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is important for families to regularly eat their meals together. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
　　你是否同意以下观点？家庭的定期聚餐十分重要，请用具体的理由和事例来说明。

　　I agree that it is important for families to eat their meals together regularly. In my view,eating meals together has a great benefit for the whole family particularly the children.Children need support and guidance from their parents but, since parents work all day and children spend most of the day at school, families spend very little time together.Even in the evenings and on weekends, children are busy with homework and it is common for parents to be busy. Therefore, mealtimes are one of the few opportunities for the family to be together.

　　In modern society, people are more and more alone. They meet with each other less and rely on emails, mobile phones, and QQ to chat to other people. With the one-child policy in China, children do not have brothers or sisters to play with and so will spend their free time alone, for instance surfing the Internet or playing computer games.As a result, it is easy for people to become isolated from each other and this has bad consequences for a harmonious society. Eating meals together brings family member together so they can chat face-to-face and share their experiences and problems. It encourages family members to remember their duty and not to be selfish.

　　There are also many negative influences on children nowadays. Advertising encourages children to do unhealthy things, like eating junk food, and to be materialistic. By eating meals together, parents can teach children about the importance of healthy eating and saving money. Parents can notice if their children have any problems, for example with drugs or computer games, and they can prevent the problem becoming more serious.Even if the family does not have children, eating meals together can stop the husband and wife growing apart, which might lead to divorce. For these reasons, families should remember the importance of regularly eating together.