研一英语翻译(1-4单元)双语(3)

In China, especially in the era of the one child policy when the lost

opportunities of the Cultural Revolution still have lingering effects, kids are subjects to tremendous pressure.

Parents typically assign extra homework themselves and weekends, evenings, summer and winter holidays are filled with English and math tutoring. Even kindergarten teachers are asked to provide extra work. This requires immense sacrifice from parents who must spend hours each evening supervising homework.

As a result of this cultural devotion to study, Chinese children have far less free time than their North American counterparts with little opportunity for play.

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North American 6-10 year olds play for average of about 2-3 hours a day — more on weekends and holidays. Chinese kids of the same age are lucky to squeeze in a half hour evening trip to the park.

This lack of leisure time extends well into adolescence. In stark contrast to the West, the typical Chinese teenager rarely goes out on evenings or weekends. When I asked one 16-year old in Shanghai how often she hung out with friends after school, she shockingly replied that she did so about once or twice a year. The cultural distinction is evident not only in teenage lifestyle — but also in attitude. North American culture by and large tends to glamorize the rebel and sees the uniqueness of the misfit as worthy of praise.

It accepts — and on occasion even encourages — failure. Chinese society in comparison is massively conformist. “The tall nail gets hammered down”, goes the popular saying.

Idioms such as these pepper the Chinese language and are often used to express near universally held opinions. Westerners on the Chinese mainland soon discover a kind of group-think on topics as diverse as politics, history, food, art and travel.

Unlike in the West, in China it’s cool to be a good student and even being the teacher’s pet is considered OK. Explicit favoritism is widespread.

It is common practice for Chinese schools to publicly rank their students and test results are posted for all to see. There are even cases of classroom seating being arranged according to rank.

While many complain about the cruelty of this lack of privacy and parents often tell their kids to aim toward the middle of the list, this type of overt comparison is generally seen as a positive motivational force.

The differences between methods of learning in the East and the West are thus based on profound cultural differences that will be glacially slow to shift. Yet, while only limited change can be expected from domestic education reforms, a global educational environment is emerging which offers an ever-widening variety of choice.

In China, more and more parents are sending their toddlers to private

American-style preschools that — despite their exorbitant fees — are doing a booming business in the most prosperous cities, such as Shanghai.

Alternatives to Chinese education

Wealthy Chinese parents who worry that their kids cannot face the pressures of the country’s education are finding ways for their children to go to North America for their primary education.

Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post recently reported on South Koreans paying for U.S. couples to adopt their children so that they can gain access to Western education.

Meanwhile, rich Shanghainese couples invest in Canada with the aim of

gaining citizenship so that their children can escape the pressures of Chinese high school.

And, in the United States, private schools offering Asian-style math are becoming increasingly popular and students who are home-schooled use textbooks from Singapore and India.

In the latest outsourcing trend, tutors from Asia are available online. As

increasing numbers of mainlanders seek Western education abroad, Western schools and universities are setting up more and more campuses in China. In a few years time, when my son is ready for school, it is doubtful that any institution in either China or North America will be able to offer a “best of both worlds” combination of Western and Eastern education.

Instead, what globalization offers is a broad range of stark and relatively

unadulterated cultural differences, between which individuals are increasingly free to pick and choose.

Whether it be the Chinese students filling the classrooms and hallways of Western academia or a Western schoolboy learning to speak Mandarin and attending a local Chinese school, it is to these experiments in cultural variation, communication and exchange that people will turn.

Rather than counting on any policy innovation on either side of the Pacific, that is how people will attempt to optimize the balance between technical competence and creative thought.

除了他金色的头发和苍白的皮肤，还有文化差异，已经很明显，区分我15个月大的儿子从他周围的中国本土儿童。

我的儿子是比我们在操场上满足预先确定的遗传和社会条件的一些混合物，产生的其他孩子，品质更积极和坚定的。

他还没来得及坐下，我的儿子花了几个小时紧握他的腹部肌肉，练的是鼓励在健身房锻炼了半仰卧起坐的类型。

自然倾向，但是，通过培育复杂。有无数的方法，中国，在他们的言语，行动和态度，努力控制和压抑自己的孩子与生俱来的意志和能量。

霍华德·加德纳，教育心理学家，曾广泛在中国编写的。他认为，这是显而易见的，即使在最简单的婴幼儿玩的形式，即学习不同的方式开始漫长的学校开始之前。

当西方人有他们的孩子一起玩，他们往往坐下来一点点，给他们空间去发现自己的世界，让他们按照自己的愿望和决定自己的局限性。

在中国，在另一方面，当孩子们探索，通常有一个人徘徊在他们身后右侧，指导他们的运动和活动。

而北美的父母强调自力更生，创造性的解决方案和解决问题的能力，他们的中国同行使用的插图和温柔的指导下，被称为“巴哲寿娇”（教学手控股）学习风格。

在北美的教学艺术，举一个明显的例子，通常包括派漆和纸，鼓励孩子们用自己的想象力。

在中国，另一方面，模型的照片被挂在墙上和美术老师把孩子的手教他们如何画画。

因此，教育，甚至在最初阶段的中国文化强调技术技能的掌握，通过模仿学习，集中的学科 - 和尊重整合的价值。

与此相反，西方文化往往看重免费实验，创造力和原始表达式。中国的婴儿，一般来说，远远超过他们在北美的同行更有纪律。

大部分我儿子的行为是在西方完全可以接受的 - 坐立不安在一个人的座位上，敲打在地板上，在公共场所爬来爬去 - 看起来野性和失控给中国。

西方教师在中国幼儿园工作表示震惊，在严格的等级征收，以及如何在最困难的（阅读：激活）儿童严惩。

而这种高纪律程度有让孩子不愿意主动发挥的负面影响，但它成功地在教学中的自我控制和尊重权威 - 恰恰是那些被认为素质缺乏的美国学校。

朋友和家人在北美地区经常告诉我，钢琴，艺术和体育之间的经验教训，他们的孩子已经工作繁忙，如有超出了他们多年的压力。

然而，不管课外活动的数量，西部儿童的生活相比，中国人是悠闲。

在美国，一般的规则规定，教师应指派10分钟每天每个年级的功课。平均八岁从而有作业30分钟的涨停。如果学校超越这一点，家长抱怨。

在中国，特别是在独生子女政策的时代，文革的失去的机会仍然有挥之不去的影响，孩子们科目巨大的压力。

父母通常指派额外的功课自己和周末，晚上，夏季和冬季假期都充满了英语和数学辅导。

即使是幼儿园教师被要求提供额外的工作。这需要家长谁必须每天晚上花几个小时做作业监督巨大的牺牲。

由于这种文化奉献给研究的结果，中国的孩子们少得多的空闲时间比北美同行玩耍的机会很少。

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北美6-10岁的孩子玩平均每天约2-3小时 - 更在周末和节假日。同龄的中国孩子是幸运的在一个半小时一趟晚上到公园去挤。

这种缺乏闲暇时间延长顺利进入青春期。与之形成鲜明对比的是西方，典型的中国小将很少外出的晚上或周末。

当我在上海问一个16岁的她是如何经常挂出了放学后的朋友，她令人震惊的回答说，她这样做了约一次或两次。

文化的区别是显而易见的，不仅在青少年的生活 - 而且在态度。北美文化大体上倾向于美化反叛和看到的失配值得赞赏的独特性。

它接受 - 而且有时甚至鼓励 - 失败。中国社会中比较大规模循规蹈矩。 “高大的指甲被敲定下来”，那张流行的说法。

习语，如辣椒，这些在中国的语言和通常用来表达接近普遍认同的观点。西方人对中国大陆很快就会发现，内容涉及政治，历史，美食，艺术和旅行的一种群体思考。

与西方不同，在中国它的凉爽是一个好学生，甚至是老师的宠物被认为是OK。明确的偏袒现象非常普遍。

常见的做法是对中国学校排名公开他们的学生和测试结果公布给大家看。有教室座位的情况下，即使按排名被安排。

虽然许多抱怨这种缺乏隐私的残酷和家长经常告诉自己的孩子朝着目标列表的中间，这种类型的显性比较普遍看作是一个积极的推动力。

正在学习在东方和西方的方法之间的差异因此，基于深厚的文化差异，这将是缓慢的冰川转移。

然而，只有有限的变化可以从国内教育的改革预期，一个全球性的教育环境正在形成它提供了一个不断扩大的多种选择。

在中国，越来越多的家长把他们的幼儿到私人美式幼儿园的 - 尽管他们高昂的费用 - 正在做一个蓬勃发展的业务，最繁华的城市，如上海。

替代中国教育

富裕的中国家长谁担心他们的孩子无法面对国家的教育压力正在想方设法为自己的孩子去北美为他们的小学教育。

香港南中国Morning Post近日报道，韩国支付美国夫妇收养自己的孩子，让他们能够获得西方教育。

同时，丰富的上海夫妇在加拿大投资与获得公民身份，使他们的子女能逃脱中国高中生的压力的目的。

而且，在美国，私立学校提供亚洲风格的数学正变得越来越流行和学生谁是来自新加坡和印度的家庭教育使用的教科书。

在最新的外包趋势，来自亚洲的导师可在网上。随着内地越来越多的国外寻求西方教育，西方的学校和大学都设立在中国越来越多的校园。

在几年的时间里，当我的儿子准备去学校，这是值得怀疑的，在中国或北美的任何机构可以提供一个“两全其美”的西方和东方的教育相结合。

相反，提供什么样的全球化是一个范围广泛的鲜明且相对纯粹的文化差异，在它们之间的个

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