【正文】 可分割、神圣的力量，談到其成果時(shí)她說(shuō)：“任何不相信奇跡的人都不是一個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)主義者?！?1992年，奧黛麗患了癌癥。她和羅比、兩個(gè)兒子回到他們?cè)谌鹗康募?，一起度過(guò)了最后一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)。Unit 4Text AThe surprising purpose of travel The larger lesson, though, is that our thoughts are saturated with the brain is a space of near infinite possibility, which means that it spends a lot of time and energy choosing what not to a result, creativity is traded away for efficiency。we think in finite, literal prose, not symbolic bit of distance, however, helps loosen the cognitive chains that imprison us, making it easier to mingle the new with the old。the mundane is grasped from a slightly more abstract to research, the experience of an exotic culture endows us with a valuable openmindedness, making it easier to realize that even a trivial thing can have multiple the act of leaving food on the plate: In China, this is often seen as a pliment, a signal that the host has provided enough to in America the same act is a subtle insult, an indication that the food wasn39。t good enough to 但更應(yīng)該知道的是我們的思想被熟悉的東西所充滿。大腦是一個(gè)幾乎具有無(wú)限可能性的空間，這就意味著它花了大量的時(shí)間和精力選擇不去注意什么。因此,我們犧牲創(chuàng)造力來(lái)?yè)Q取效率。我們以字義明確的散文方式思考，而非以具有象征意義的詩(shī)歌方式思考。然而，一點(diǎn)的距離就可以幫助我們放松禁錮我們認(rèn)知的鏈條，使新舊思想的結(jié)合更容易，對(duì)平淡無(wú)奇的事情可從更抽象的角度加以認(rèn)知。有研究指出，體驗(yàn)異國(guó)文化可以賦予我們寶貴的開(kāi)放性思維，使我們更容易明白即使是微不足道的事物也可以有多種意義。想一想把食物剩在盤子里這個(gè)行為: 在中國(guó)，這通常被看成是一種贊美，說(shuō)明主人提供了足夠的食物。但是在美國(guó)，同樣的行為卻暗含侮辱，表明食物不夠好，人們不愿意吃完。Of course, this mental flexibility doesn39。t e from mere distance, a simple change in latitude and , this renaissance of creativity appears to be a side effect of difference: We need to change cultures, to experience the disorienting diversity of human same facets of foreign travel that are so confusing(Do I tip the waiter? Where is this train taking me?)turn out to have a lasting impact, making us more creative because we39。re less 39。re reminded of all that we don39。t know, which is nearly everything。we39。re surprised by the constant stream of in this globalized age, we can still be amazed at all the earthly things that weren39。t included in the Let39。s Go guidebook and that certainly don39。t exist back 當(dāng)然，這種思維的靈活性不僅僅來(lái)自純粹的距離變化，即簡(jiǎn)單的經(jīng)緯度的變化。相反，這種創(chuàng)造力的復(fù)興似乎是差異所帶來(lái)的副產(chǎn)品: 我們需要處于不同的文化中，體驗(yàn)人類傳統(tǒng)中紛繁復(fù)雜的多樣性。在國(guó)外旅行中讓人迷惑的同一個(gè)方面的問(wèn)題（如我該給服務(wù)生小費(fèi)嗎？火車要把我?guī)У侥睦铮?，產(chǎn)生了一種持久的影響, 使我們更加具有創(chuàng)造性, 因?yàn)槲覀儾辉倌敲匆曇蔼M隘了。我們了解了我們不知道的東西，而這些東西幾乎涵蓋了一切；我們對(duì)接連不斷的驚喜感到驚奇。即使在這個(gè)全球化的時(shí)代，我們?nèi)匀粫?huì)對(duì)所有未包括在《旅行指南》中的、平常的東西感到驚奇，而這些東西在自己家中也不存在。Unit 8 Text AReflections of a Chinese mother in the West The fact is that Chinese parents do things that seem provocative, unimaginable, even illegal, to opinionated mothers can dispense with formal courtesies and say to an obese child who gorges on food, “Hey fatty, lose some weight.” By contrast, Western parents must be humane, tiptoe around the issue, talk in terms of “health”, and never ever mention the still their kids end up in therapy for eating disorders and a negative 39。ve thought long and hard about how Chinese parents can get away with what they do, and I think there are three ideological differences between Chinese and Western 事實(shí)是，中國(guó)父母的做法，對(duì)固執(zhí)己見(jiàn)的西方人來(lái)說(shuō)，令人憤慨，難以想象，甚至是違法的。中**親可以不客氣地對(duì)正在狼吞虎咽的肥胖孩子說(shuō)：“喂，小胖子，你要減肥了?！?與此相反，西方父母必須體諒地、小心翼翼而拐彎抹角地談及“健康”，而且永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)提及“胖”字。結(jié)果，孩子還是因?yàn)轱嬍澄蓙y和消極的自我評(píng)價(jià)得去求醫(yī)問(wèn)藥。長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)我一直苦思冥想，中國(guó)父母這樣做是如何能夠全身而退的，我認(rèn)為中西方的父母之間存在三種意識(shí)形態(tài)上的差異。11 Westerners preach respecting the children39。s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing a positive and nurturing while Western children may have a high opinion of themselves and glowing selfesteem, how do they perform in the real world? Chinese parents protect their children by armoring them for the