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1、YU10TheSocio-CulturalConflictbetweenNewandTraditionalAsian-AmericanIhavebeenlivinginAmericaforalmostayear;thetopsocio-cultureconflictrelevanttomeliesbetweennewChinese-AmericanandtraditionalChinese-Americancultures.ManyChinesefriendsoftencomplainthatitisdifficulttoliv
2、einatraditionalChinesefamilybecausetherearetoomanyinvisibleritesandethicalstandardstofollowafter.“TigerMother”illustrateswell-knowncommonexamplesofsuchconflictsinUS,whichdisplaythetypicallifestylesoftraditionalChinesefamilies.Forthousandsofyears,theChinesehavelivedin
3、acomparativestableandunchanginglife,sotheyalsoactandthinkintraditionalways.ThoughChinesepeople’slifehaschangedalotsincetheopenreformationpolicy,manypeople’svaluestowardslifestaythesameinvariousaspects.EventhoughnewChinese-AmericansandtraditionalChinese-Americansarege
4、ographicallyandphysicallylivingtogether,therearemanyculturaldifferencesbetweenthemduetodistinctivelifestylesandvaluephilosophies.ThenewgenerationswhoaregrowingupintheUShavediversemoral,ethicsaswellasattitudesinlife.Thedisparatesocialstructuresbetweenthemodernandthetr
5、aditionalcreatemanyculturegapsathomeandinsociety.TheessayismainlyfocusingatcomparingthedifferentfamiliesandworkaspectsbetweennewandoldChinese-Americans,andthefundamentalphilosophybehindthecultureissuestoofferpracticalsolutionstobridgethegapsinthefuture.YU10First,newa
6、ndtraditionalChinese-Americansholddifferentattitudestowardswork.ThemodernChinesebelievethatworkisoneofsourcesofhappiness.ProfXu,Hao,directorofsocialpsychologyanddisabilityresearchCentreofTsinghuaUniversity,didaresearchonwhatmakespeoplehappy,andheconcludedthatpassiona
7、ndenthusiasminworkarethemainfactorsthatmakepeoplehappy.Hefoundthatifayoungmanisoutofhisfavorablework,hispossibilityofsuicideratesmaybe40timesasgreaterasthosewhoarenot. MostofthenewChinese-Americanshaveashineeducationalbackground;Forexample,mostofthemholdatleastaBache
8、lordegreeorMBAfromtopuniversitiesintheworld,suchasHarvard,Stanford,andBerkeley;however80%ofthemwouldratherchoosesomeinterestingbutl
