Being the only child in my family, I really live a happy life. My parents provide me with all the things that I need. I can enjoy all the best things at home.

But I also have some problems. To begin with, my parents do all the housework. They never let me do it. I have no chance to wash clothes, tidy the room. I even can't cook till now. In fact, I'd like to do such simple things in everyday life. If one day I leave my parents and live alone, how can I deal with these things? So I think I must know how to do them.

Secondly, I always feel lonely. I'm not the person who is good at getting along with others. I don't have many friends. I spend most of my time alone. To be the only child at home, it is easy to get into bad habits. I don't like talking, or playing with others. I'd rather stay alone.

Thirdly, I'm selfish. I even didn't realize it at first. Then some of my friends told me about that. After that, I started to know that I don't care much about others, don't help others and only pay attention to my own things. Luckily I changed a lot.

To control the population of China, it's good to have only one child in one family. But there are really some faults with these children. I hope all the society can give us more right instructions and more chances to do what we should do. We ourselves must try to get rid of bad habits. Only in this way can we grow up healthily.

点评：

此文是刘文静同学在全国中学生英语口语竞赛中的即兴演讲辞，作者是在极为有限的时间内完成构思的。所选择的话题具有典型意义。她通过亲身经历和体会反映了一个普遍存在的社会问题：独生子在家庭里是受众星捧月的小皇帝，家长包办了一切家务，而缺少与孩子的情感交流，缺乏与孩子之间的思想沟通；孩子缺乏生活磨练，一切以自己为中心，不能正确处理与同学、老师、家长之间的关系。着应引起所有家庭乃至社会的关注。

在谋篇方面，此文紧扣“feel”这个中心话题，不枝不蔓，表达十分集中。主体部分写烦恼，而开头却从幸福，快乐人笔，很讲究行文的技巧；第二至四段从自己得到锻炼的机会少，内心很孤独，个性上有自私的一面这三点具体加以表述，显得很有层次。

结尾向所有的家庭提出真切的希望——让我们去做，不管成功与失败！全文结构很严谨。在语言表达方面，此文用词准确，句式运用灵活，语句连贯。也适当地使用了若干复杂语句，满足了表情达意的需要。值得英语初学者学习和借鉴。

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