A Letter to Tiger Mother

ALetterToMyMother5则范文第一篇：A Letter To My MotherA Letter T o My Mother Dear mother: How is everything going recently? Today, I want to express my strong feeling to you.This is the first time in my life I have lost in another world, your love is based upon the power of sound to stir my senses and feelings.Mom, thank you for so many years of care and help me live through all my struggles.I know it is in difficult labor for nine months you c arried me, whereas you didn’t refuse and gave birth to me.So my coming into this world was an unexpected fortune at the price of your painful insistence.You fed me from gentle breast, you sat and watched my infant head, you ran to help me when I fell, you helped me for the first day I was born, you fad me and didn’t sleep for many nights only to make me comfortable, you went for walks with me and was always with me.When I have difficulties, you will do your best to help me.Today I want to say “I love you, my mom!”Mom, you have provided me the best educational opportunities, evoking in me an interest in knowledge.From the first grade of my school, you have been accompanying me, you placed the most emphasis on my education in preparing myself for future development.Besides, you pushed and strived for me to get all that I should.I must speak out my gratitude to your effort and influence.Mom, thanks to your love, I have been doing well not only in my study but also in my positive attitude and conviction towards life.I have known your encouragement can help me reach my full potential, what is the key in pursuing my dream.Today I want to say “I love you, my mom!”Mom, you help me to walk, help me to end my way with loveand patience, those years I know even if I am not the best child you could ever have, you always make me feel that I am the best gift you have ever received from God.Today I want to say “I love you, my mom!” If I should have a chance to be born again, I would have chosen to be again your child.Mom，I will love you with all my life!Your sonRain。

精诚教育A letter to my motherDec. 7thDear mother,I have been good at school. I often think of you when I go to bed because we always go for a walk before go to bed at home. So I miss you everyday. Do you miss me? Why don’t you call me? I’ve got a lot of thing s to tell you. One of the things is about foreign teacher’s daughter. Her name’s Skyler. She lives in Canada. She comes to our class to learn Chinese and English with me in my class. This afternoon, when it was art and craft class, our class were cleaning the gymnasium. And she did it with us too. So I usually talk to her when she doesn’t know what to do? But when the class is over, I always haven’t got enough time to talk to her. And I usually can’t find her. So we don’t have time to introduce to each othe r. But it is the first time that I have a foreign student. So I’m very happy! Mum, you often tell me, “If you are happy, I’ll be happy, too.” So you have to be happy, because I’m happy! I like you when you are happy!In the end I wish you everything is just fine!。

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 虎妈战歌
--- Are Chinese Mothers Superior?
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• An article published under the headline “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” in the Wall Street Journal on January 8, 2011, contained excerpts from her book, in which Chua describes her efforts to give her children what she describes as a traditional, strict “Chinese” upbringing.This piece was controversial.
• Better yet, write a listed a number of rules that she said she enforced on her two daughters. According to the article they were not allowed to:
What kind of reaction might you get?
What kind of reaction might you get?
• In the week since The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt of the new book by Amy Chua, a Yale law professor, under the headline “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Ms. Chua has received death threats, she says, and “hundreds, hundreds” of e-mails. The excerpt generated more than 5,000 comments on the newspaper’s Web site, and countless blog entries referring in shorthand to “that Tiger Mother.” Some argued that the parents of all those Asians among Harvard’s chosen few must be doing something right; many called Ms. Chua a “monster” or “nuts” — and a very savvy provocateur.

Text AReading & DigestingTiger MotherAmy Chua1 A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise successful kids.The fact is that Chinese parents do things that seem unimaginable to Westerners. I think there are three big differences between the Chinese and Western parenting.2 First, I’ve noticed that Western parents are extremely anxious about their children’s self-esteem. Chinese parents aren’t. T hey assume strength,not fragility, and as a result they behave very differently.3 For example, if a child comes home with an A– on a test, a Western parent will most likely praise the child. The Chinese mother will gasp in horror and ask what went wrong. If the child comes home with a B on the test, some Western parents will still praise the child. If a Chinese child gets a B, parents would be screaming. Te angered Chinese mother would then get dozens of practice tests and work through them with her child for as long as it takes to get the grade up to an A.4 Chinese parents demand perfect grades because they believe that their child can get them. If their child doesn’t get them, the Chinese parent assumes it’s because the child didn’t work hard enough. That’s why the solution to it is always to punish and shame the child.5 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 filial piety3 and the fact that the parents have sacrificed and done so much for their children. The understanding is that Chinese children must repay their parents by obeying them and making them proud.6 My husband once said, “Children don’t choose their parents or even choose to be born. So it’s the parents’ responsibility to provide for them.Kids don’t owe their parents a nything.” T his strikes me as an unfair deal for the Western parents.7 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. It’s not that Chinese parents don’t care about their children;instead, it’s just an entirely di fferent parenting style.8 For example, Lulu was about 7, working on a piano piece by a famous French composer. Te piece is really cute, but it’s also incredibly dif ficult for young players because the two hands have to keep different rhythms.9 Lulu couldn’t do it. She worked on it nonstop for a week, but whenever she tried putting her hands together, one always hit into the other, and everything fell apart. Finally, the day before her lesson, Lulu announced that she was giving up and stomped off.10 “Get back to the piano now,” I ordered.11 “You can’t make me.”12 “Oh yes, I can.” I said.13 Lulu got angry and grabbed the music score and tore it up. So then I decided to make a deal with her. If she didn’t have Te Little White Donkey perfect by the next day,I told her I would sell her toys. When she still kept playing the music wrong, I told her she was purposely working herself into a frenzy because she was secretly afraid she couldn’t do it. I told her to stop being lazy and cowardly.14 My husband saw what I was doing and told me to stop insulting Lulu. I felt I was just motivating her but he thought threatening Lulu was unhelpful. Also, he said, maybe Lulu really just could n’t do the technique.Maybe he was right, but I had my way.15 I went back to Lulu and continued to push her. I lost my voice yelling,but still there seemed to be only negative progress, and even I began to have doubts.16 Then, out of the blue, Lulu did it. Her hands suddenly came together— her right and left hands each doing their own thing.17 Lulu realized it the same time I did. I held my breath. She tried it again. Then she played it more confidently and faster, and still the rhythm held. A moment later, she was beaming.18 “Mommy, look —it’s easy!” Af ter that, she wanted to play the piece over and over and wouldn’t leave the piano. Tat night, she came to sleep in my bed and we joked about the progress.19 Western parents worry a lot about their children’s self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child’s self-esteem is to let them give up. Yet, there’s nothing better than learning you can do something you thought you couldn’t.20 Western parents try to res pect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive nurturing environment. By contrast, the Chinese believe that the best way is preparing them for the future and letting them see what they’re capable of. All parents want to do what’s best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.参考译文虎妈蔡美儿许多人对于中国父母如何培养出优秀的子女充满好奇。