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The Controversy over ‘Tiger Mother’

Yale law professor Amy Chua, who made the cover of

Time magazine in January, provoked heated discussion when

she argued in her book, Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother

(

《虎

妈战歌》

)

, that strict parenting would better prepare children

for harsh future competition.

“What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun

until you’re good at it,” Chua wrote. “To get good at anything

you have to work, and children on their own never want to

work, which is why it is crucial to override their preferences.”

Inevitably, responses from American audiences have

been intensely defensive. One article, titled “Parents like Amy

Chua are the reason Asian Americans like me are in therapy,”

labeled Chua as “a narrow-minded, joyless bigot

(

偏执者

)

.”

Others drew larger parallels about China’s tendency to excel in

technical areas while floundering in areas requiring creativity

and innovation.

“What she describes as traditional ‘Chinese parenting’

has hit hard at a national sore spot: Our fears about losing

ground to China and other rising powers and about adequately

preparing our children to survive in the global economy,”

wrote Annie Murphy Paul

(

美国知名杂志记者、作家

)

in Time.

Excerpts of the book were first published by The Wall

Street Journal

(

《华尔街日报》

)

, with hundreds of responses

posted on the Internet and disseminated by various media

outlets. In the excerpt, Chua describes a heavy-handed parent-

ing style that “would seem unimaginable to Westerners.” Her

list of banned activities is long: no sleepovers

(

在外玩乐并过

夜的聚会

)

, no TV, no sports, no play dates. But what seemed

to provoke readers most was her recollection of an incident, in

which she stood screaming over her 7-year-old daughter Lulu,

denying her food or rest until she could demonstrate mastery

of a French piano piece.

Implied but not overtly

(

公开地

)

stated was the larger

conclusion that America’s seeming slide from global eminence

is the result of such relaxed, ego-coddling

(

娇惯，溺爱

)

par-

enting techniques. However, there were dozens of responses

reflecting the very personal, individual nerves that Chua had

struck among various cross-sections of American society.

“Parenting is so personal,” said Robyn Silverman, a child

development specialist. “When you hear such a strong and op-

posing opinion, your attention tends to turn toward your own

parenting, and makes you question: Am I doing this right?

Maybe this person is doing something better than I am. The

way the article was written, made it sound like she was saying

that her Chinese work ethic would make her children excel be-

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yond anyone else’s.”

Chua argued that she was making fun of herself, and the

piece was meant to be humorous. Even so, in an appearance on

The Today Show, she reiterated her disagreement with West-

ern parenting, listing “how much time Westerners allow their

kids to waste, with hours on Facebook and computer games,

and in some ways, how poorly they prepare them for the fu-

ture. It’s a tough world out there.”

Silverman believes there is value in the Asian parenting

style, but thinks it may squash individuality. “There’s no room

for abuse, ever, but what Western parents do need to learn is

that some children need a stronger push, and others need a

lighter touch. Perhaps on the continuum

(

相邻但截然不同的连

续体

)

of the Eastern-Western views, there’s a need to meet in

the middle.”

(

Word count: 505

)

(

文章中的核心词汇和长句详见第2版

)

For and Against Tiger Mother

’

s

Parenting Style

Excerpted from

Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua, the article

“

Why Chinese Mothers are Superior

”

generated a huge response, both positive and negative.

Large numbers of talented children everywhere

s approach, and instead

would profit from Chua

’

are

frittering away

their gifts

—

they

’

re nice

kids, not brats, but they are also self

-

indulgent

and

inclined

(

倾向于

……

的

) to make excuses for

themselves.

—

Charles Murray, The American

Enterprise Institute

Amy Chua

’

s philosophy of child

-

rearing may

be harsh and not for the fainthearted, but ask

yourself this: is it really more cruel than the

For

for parenting these days?

—Allison Pearson, The Daily Telegraph

laissez

-

faire

(

放任主义

) indifference and

babysitting

-

by

-

TV which too often passes

Research demonstrates that children who

are protected from struggling with difficult

tasks don

’

t develop what psychologists

call

“

mastery experiences.

”

Kids who

have this well

-

earned sense of mastery

are more optimistic and decisive; they

’

ve

learned that they

’

re capable of overcoming

adversity and achieving goals.

—Hara Estroff Marano, editor-at-large of

Psychology Today magazine

The article sounds so incredible to Western

readers

—

and many Asian ones, too

—

that

many people thought the whole thing was

satire

(

讽刺

)... but aspects of her essay

resonated

(

引

起共鸣

) profoundly with many people, espe-

cially Chinese Americans

—

not necessarily in a

good way.

—MSNBC, a cable news channel based

in the U.S

.

The

“

tiger mother

”

approach to parenting

is

“

the exact opposite of everything that the

Against

Western liberal

holds dear

.

—Isabel Berwick, The Financial Times

Chua

’

s parenting style has less to do

with cultural difference and more to

do with affluent

classism

(

阶级歧视

).

Her insistence that her children learn

the piano or violin is reflective of clas-

sic cultural

snobbery

(

自以为优越的态

度或行为

) and that many struggling

working

-

class families could not af-

ford to educate their children the same

way.

—Charing Ball, The Atlanta Post

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2

SHANGHAI STUDENTS’POST

February , 2011

新闻 NEWS

express

热书摘选

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

recital. In other words, Western parents are concerned

about their children’s

psyches

(

心理

)

. Chinese parents

aren't. They assume strength, not fragility, and as a

result they behave very differently.

Second, Chinese parents believe that their kids

owe them everything. The reason for this is a little

unclear, but it’s probably a combination of Confucian

filia

l (

子女对父母的

)

piety and the fact that the parents

have sacrificed and done so much for their children.

(And it’s true that Chinese mothers get in the trenches,

putting in long grueling hours personally tutoring,

training, and spying on their kids.) Anyway, the

understanding is that Chinese children must spend

their lives repaying their parents by obeying them and

making them proud.

By contrast, I don’t think most Westerners have

the same view of children being permanently indebted

to their parents. My husband, Jed, actually has the

opposite view. “Children don’t choose their parents,”

he once said to me. “They don’t even choose to be

born. It’s parents who

foist

(

把……强加于

)

life on

their kids, so it’s the parents’responsibility to provide

for them. Kids don’t owe their parents anything. Their

duty will be to their own kids.” This strikes me as a

terrible deal for the Western parent.

Third, Chinese parents believe that they know

what is best for their children and

therefore override all of their children’s

own desires and preferences. That’s why

Chinese daughters can’t have boyfriends

in high school and why Chinese kids

can’t go to sleepaway camp. It’s also

why no Chinese kid would ever dare

say to their mother, “I got a part in the

school play! I’m Villager Number Six.

I’ll have to stay after school for rehearsal

every day from 3:00 to 7:00, and I’ll also

need a ride on weekends.” God help any

Chinese kid who tried that one.

Don’t get me wrong: It’s not that

Chinese parents don’t care about their

children. Just the opposite. They would

give up anything for their children.

It’s just an entirely different parenting

model.

—Excerpted from Battle Hymn of

The Tiger Mother by Amy Chua.

(

Word count: 550

)

A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise

such stereotypically

(

模式化观念地

)

successful kids.

They wonder what these parents do to produce so

many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it’s like

inside the family, and whether they could do it too.

Well, I can tell them, because I’ve done it. Here are

some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were

never allowed to do:

• attend a sleepover

• have a playdate

• be in a school play

• complain about not being in a school play

• watch TV or play computer games

• choose their own extracurricular

activities

• get any grade less than an A

• not be the No. 1 student in every

subject except gym and drama

• play any instrument other than the

piano or violin

• not play the piano or violin.

... ...

I’ve thought long and hard about

how Chinese parents can get away with

what they do. I think there are three big

differences between the Chinese and

Western parental mind-sets.

First, I’ve noticed that Western

parents are extremely anxious about

their children’s self-esteem. They worry

about how their children will feel if they

fail at something, and they constantly

try to reassure their children about

how good they are notwithstanding a

mediocre performance on a test or at a

W

ords and expressions

新闻词汇学习

Choose the best meaning of the words in bold.

1. To get good at anything you have to work, and chil-

dren on their own never want to work, which is why

it is crucial to override their preferences.

A. to cancel one’s decision by using your authority

B. to be more important than something

2. Others drew larger parallels about China’s tendency

to excel in technical areas while floundering in areas

requiring creativity and innovation.

A. have many problems and may soon fail completely

B. to struggle to know what to say or do

3. Excerpts of the book were first published by The Wall

Street Journal, with hundreds of responses posted on

the Internet and disseminated by various media out-

lets.

A. to spread information, knowledge, etc

B. to copy sth. from websites

4. But what seemed to provoke readers most was

her recollection of an incident, in which she stood

screaming over her 7-year-old daughter Lulu, deny-

ing her food or rest until she could demonstrate mas-

tery of a French piano piece.

A. to say or do sth. deliberately to annoy someone and

try to make them react in an angry way

B. to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect

5. Even so, in an appearance on The Today Show, she re-

iterated her disagreement with Western parenting…

A. to take back what you have said

B. to say sth. again and emphasize it

6. Silverman believes there is value in the Asian parent-

ing style, but thinks it may squash individuality.

A. to destroy sth. B. to make sth. grow slowly

7. Large numbers of talented children everywhere would

profit from Chua’s approach, and instead are fritter-

ing away their gifts…

A. to waste time or money on things that are not important

B. to make little or no use of

8. The “tiger mother” approach to parenting is “the exact

opposite of everything that the Western liberal holds

dear.

A. to think of sth. very expensive

B. to value sth./sb. highly, to care very much for sb./sth.

9. …and they constantly try to reassure their children

about how good they are notwithstanding a mediocre

performance on a test or at a recital.

A. not very good, of only average standard

B. meaningless, or unpleasant

10. And it’s true that Chinese mothers get in the trench-

es, putting in long grueling hours personally tutor-

ing, training, and spying on their kids.

A. time-consuming B. very difficult and tiring

S

entences

新闻长句分析

请分析下列句子结构，并划出句子主干。

1. Yale law professor Amy Chua, who made the cover

of Time magazine, provoked heated discussion when

she argued in her book, Battle Hymn of The Tiger

Mother, that strict parenting would better prepare

children for harsh future competition.

2. But what seemed to provoke readers most was

her recollection of an incident, in which she stood

screaming over her 7-year-old daughter Lulu, deny-

ing her food or rest until she could demonstrate mas-

tery of a French piano piece.

4. Even so, in an appearance on The Today Show, she

reiterated her disagreement with Western parent-

ing, listing “how much time Westerners allow their

kids to waste, with hours on Facebook and computer

games, and in some ways, how poorly they prepare

them for the future. It’s a tough world out there.”

5. Her insistence that her children learn the piano or

violin is reflective of classic cultural snobbery and

that many struggling working-class families could

not afford to educate their children the same way.

6. The reason for this is a little unclear, but it’s probably

a combination of Confucian filial piety and the fact

that the parents have sacrificed and done so much for

their children.

课标词汇链接

Translate the following phrases and sentences from Chinese into English.

8. 为……找借口

9. 有能力克服困难，实现目标

10. 她的这本新书在许多人之间引起强烈

共鸣，尤其是女性读者。

11. 珍惜某事或珍爱某人

12. 如果孩子们遭受了失败，西方国家的

家长会担心他们的感受，并不断地

让孩子知道他们很棒，尽管他们的

考试成绩不如人意。

13. 许多中国家长认为，他们的小孩必须

毕其一生来回报父母，比如服从父母，

让父母引以为豪。

14. 中国家长认为他们知道什么对孩子最好，

因而常常压根不理会孩子们自己的愿望

和喜好。

15. 美国担心其经济衰退，失去全球卓越

地位，输给中国和其他新崛起的国家。

16. 有些小孩子总会为自己犯的错误找借口。

1. 严格的养育方式可以更好地让孩子

做好准备，面对未来残酷的竞争。

2. 心胸狭窄的

3. 在……之间找相似特征

4. 失利

5. 有些孩子需要严加管教，而有些孩

子只需轻轻点拨。

6. 产生巨大的反响

7. 浪费天赋

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