2011春西安交通大学研究生《高级英语写作》期末考试试题.doc
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1、西安交通大学研究生高级英语写作期末考试试题(A卷)姓名学 号英语班号考场所在院系考试日期2011年7月5日Part I: Summary Writing (40 points)Read the following article carefully, and then write a summary of it in about 200 words. Why Chinese Mothers Are SuperiorBy Amy ChuaA lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful
2、 kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what its like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because Ive done it.What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until youre good at it. To get good at an
3、ything you have to work, and children on their own never want to work, which is why it is crucial to override their preferences. This often requires fortitude on the part of the parents because the child will resist; things are always hardest at the beginning, which is where Western parents tend to
4、give up. But if done properly, the Chinese strategy produces a virtuous circle. Tenacious practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America. Once a child starts to excel at somethingwhether its math, piano, pitching or ballethe or she gets praise, admiration and satisfacti
5、on. This builds confidence and makes the once not-fun activity fun. This in turn makes it easier for the parent to get the child to work even more.Chinese parents can get away with things that Western parents cant. Once when I was youngmaybe more than oncewhen I was extremely disrespectful to my mot
6、her, my father angrily called me garbage in our native Hokkien dialect. It worked really well. I felt terrible and deeply ashamed of what I had done. But it didnt damage my self-esteem or anything like that. I knew exactly how highly he thought of me. I didnt actually think I was worthless or feel l
7、ike a piece of garbage.By contrast, Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue, talking in terms of health and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self-image. (I also once heard a Western father toast his adult daughter by c
8、alling her beautiful and incredibly competent. She later told me that made her feel like garbage.) Chinese parents can order their kids to get straight as Western parents can only ask their kids to try their best. Chinese parents can say, Youre lazy. All your classmates are getting ahead of you. By
9、contrast, Western parents have to struggle with their own conflicted feelings about achievement, and try to persuade themselves that theyre not disappointed about how their kids turned out.Ive thought long and hard about how Chinese parents can get away with what they do. I think there are three big
10、 differences between the Chinese and Western parental mind-sets.First, Ive noticed that Western parents are extremely anxious about their childrens 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
11、they are notwithstanding a mediocre performance on a test or at a recital. In other words, Western parents are concerned about their childrens psyches. Chinese parents arent. They assume strength, not fragility, and as a result they behave very differently.For example, if a child comes home with an
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