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"Second-generation rich", or fuerdai, has become a new dub for a whole generation who inherit family wealth in one way or another. They are the object of public attention and arouse a mixture of jealousy and revulsion among other people. In the following excerpt, the author presents his opinion on this topic. Read the excerpt carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should: 1. summarize briefly the author’s opinion; 2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous Now decades old, China’s economic boom has brought a better life to hundreds of millions. But it has also created new problems, such as pollution and inequality. And, for the super-rich, a moral conundrum; how, wealthy parents wonder, can they raise children who do not behave like arrogant brats China now has an estimated 1. 09m people with personal wealth of at least 10m yuan ( $ 1. 6m) , and 67, 000 super-rich ones with assets above 100m yuan, including 213 dollar billionaires. Their children, the "second-generation rich", or fuerdai, are the object of public attention in national media and arouse a mixture of envy and revulsion among ordinary folk. They can be seen driving outrageously posh cars which, thanks to stiff import duties, can cost $ 1 m or more. Some of them post ostentatious pictures and vulgar rants about their exploits on social media. A son of one of China’s richest tycoons recently aroused a storm of criticism for posting snaps of his Alaskan husky wearing two gold Apple Watches, which worth tens of thousands of dollars—useful, no doubt, if the dog ever needs to surf the Internet. In June, one national leader told at a government meeting that China’s young rich must curb their hedonistic ways. They should be guided, he said, to think about where their wealth comes from and be patriotic, law-abiding and hard-working. A week after his remarks were made public, state media reported on a training session in the prosperous coastal province of Fujian for 70 offsprings of billionaires, where they were taught traditional Chinese culture, social responsibility and business knowledge—and fined 1,000 yuan if they turned up late. According to some fuerdai, all this will be an uphill battle. Wang Daqi, a 30-year-old man from a moneyed family, profded several of his peers in Burden of Wealth, a book published in May. It sought to paint a more nuanced portrait of the lives the fuerdai lead, but he acknowledges that ostentation is the only value many of them know. "It’s pretty pathetic, actually." he says. Among those who do work, he adds, most choose to invest their family wealth in other businesses. "To build a new business of your own takes a lot of work, but if you just seed startups you don’t have to do the hard work or carry too much responsibility. " Another member of the fuerdai, a 26-year-old Beijing native whose father is a self-made investment banker, says some of his friends are from politically well-connected families and probably owe some of their wealth to corrupt dealings. Others have honest family fortunes built from scratch, and many, he reckons, fall somewhere in between. "We don’t talk too much among ourselves about where the money comes from," he says, "We all understand it can be very sensitive." China’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign, he thinks, is doing more than any training programme to get rich kids to tone things down—at least in public. They still party hard and buy new cars every six months. "But now when they go out, they just take the BMW 7 Series instead of the Aston Martin." Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.