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foodSociologistMichaelLewishasbee
studyi
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dtheirchildre
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umberofchildre
getslargerco
versatio
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troltheloud
oisetheymakeThatca
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importa
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aski
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expla
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ofte
seemtohaveahardertimei
lifetha
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gs兄弟姐妹Lewisfou
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di
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versatio
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tero
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dtheyou
gestwho
eedsthemostatte
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arei
visible”saysLewis“Whe
youseesomeo
egetupfromthetablea
dwalkarou
dduri
gdi
ercha
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ethi
gthatstopsallco
versatio
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dpreve
tsa
yo
efromhavi
gatte
tio
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t”36Pare
tswithlargefamiliesaskfewerquestio
satdi
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gfoodtotheirchildre
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gorderatthedi
ertableCtheyhavetopaymoreatte
tio
toyou
gerchildre
Dtheyaretiredouthavi
gpreparedfoodforthewholefamily37Bysayi
g“Middlechildre
arei
visible”i
paragraph3Lewismea
sthatmiddlechildre
______
第3页共10页
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tstoservedi
erBgettheleastatte
tio
fromthefamilyCareofte
keptawayfromthedi
ertableDfi
dithardtokeepupwithotherchildre
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a
swertothequestio
______AwhyTVisimporta
ti
familylifeBwhypare
tsshouldkeepgoodorderCwhychildre
i
smallfamiliesseemtobequieterDwhymiddlechildre
seemtohavemoredifficultiesi
life39Whichofthefollowi
gstateme
tswouldthewriteragreetoAItisimporta
ttohavetherightfoodforchildre
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duri
gdi
erCPare
tsshouldtalktoeachoftheirchildre
freque
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shouldhelptheyou
gero
esatdi
er40Thewriter’spurposei
writi
gthetextisto______Ashowtherelatio
shipbetwee
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tsa
dchildre
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di
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formatio
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