Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.
You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
从前有个农夫嫌他种的禾苗长得慢，就到地里把禾苗一株株地拔高了一点。回家后他对家人说：“今天可真把我累坏了!但我总算让禾苗一下子长高了。”他儿子到地里去一看，禾苗都已死光了。现在有些家长急于让孩子成功，往往步那个农夫的后尘，搞得孩子苦不堪言，却不见孩 子学业长进。这样的家长是否该对这个问题有所醒悟，让孩子自然成长呢?
参考译文：
Once upon a time, there was a farmer who was dissatisfied with the slow growth of his seedlings. So, he went to the field and pulled each seedling up a little bit. When he returned home, he said to his family, "I'm really exhausted today! But I've managed to make the seedlings grow taller all at once." When his son went to the field to check, he found that all the seedlings had withered and died. Nowadays, some parents are eager for their children to succeed and often follow in the footsteps of that farmer, making their children suffer greatly without seeing any academic progress. Should such parents come to their senses about this issue and allow their children to grow naturally?
