評論
打印
Nature vs.Nurture Are Asians Raised to be Smarter or Just Born that Way
是什么造就了優等生的成就
CNNANCHOR : Well, time now to look at Asian-Americans. Now a common stereotype is that they're smarter than other ethnic groups. Now, academic tests seem to bear this out, but is it genetics, simple hard work or perhaps a bit of both? Now, it's the old nature versus nurture debate and our Dr. Sanjay Gupta weighs in on it.
CNN 主播: 現在我們來談談亞裔美國人。一般的印象是他們比其他種族聰明。如今學術測驗似乎印證了這一點，但這究竟是基因使然還是努力得來的結果?或者兩者都有一點關系?這又回到了究竟是先天使然還是后天養成這個長久以來的辯論話題。本臺的桑杰·古普塔醫師要來探討這個問題。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT : For Jimmy Hom, studying cello at the elite Juilliard : Music School is just one part of a busy life.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 對何吉米而言，在名校茱莉亞音樂學院學習大提琴只不過是他忙碌人生中的一小部分而已。
JIMMY HOM, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: I have been playing since I was four years old. It helps you not only in the musical aspect, but in life, as well. You learn how to deal with yourself. You learn how to deal with pressure.
高三學生 何吉米: 我從4歲起就開始拉大提琴了。它不只在音樂方麗對你有幫助，對你的人生也有幫助。你能學會如何去面對自己，并且學會如何面對壓力。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT : Jimmy Hom is an 18-year-old genius who is editor-in-chief of his high school yearbook, has a perfect math score on his SATs, is a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for a biology project he developed last summer at the Yale Medical School, has a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a high school senior.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 何吉米是名18歲的優等生，在他就讀的高中擔任畢業紀念冊的總編輯，大學入學測驗的數學考滿分(注)，靠著去年夏天在耶魯醫學院進行的生物研究計劃入用英特爾科學征才活動決賽，同時他高氣的學業平均成績達到4.0的滿分。
JIMMY HOM, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: Academics was pretty much, like, the number-one priority in my life. Throughout high school, like, homework and tests were always the first thing that I needed to take care of before I did any other thing.
高三學生何吉米學業在我的人生里排第一。在讀高中的過程中，家庭作業和考試我一定會先顧好，然后才會去做且他的事。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT : And, of course, Jimmy Hom will be starting at Harvard in the fall.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 當然，何吉米今年秋天就要開始就讀于哈佛了。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT : His mother emigrated from Korea, his father from China.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 他的母親是從哪國移民來的，父親則來自中國。
Jimmy was born here, and he's an example of many Asian-Americans. They consistently score higher on SATs and other achievement tests. One-fourth of all Asian-Americans have graduate degrees. That's two and a half times the rate for Americans in general.
吉米在美同出生，他是許多亞裔美同人的范例。他們在大學入學考試和其他學業考試中的成績一直比較高。每四名亞裔美國人就有一人擁有碩士學位，這個比例是一般美同人的兩倍半。
Some scientific evidence suggests that, yes, Asians just might be smarter by nature genetically-higher scores on IQ tests, larger cranium sizes, faster reaction time. There's even a study of Asian children adopted and raised by white parents which shows that they, too, have higher IQ scores.
有些科學證據顯示，的確，亞洲人可能天生比較聰明，他們的智商測驗成績比較高，腦容扯比較大，反應比較快。甚至有一項針對被白人收養的亞裔兒童進行的研究也顯示出他們的智商成績比較高。
But, at U.C. Davis, Dr. Stanley Sue disputes those studies.
但是加州州立大學戴維斯分校的史丹利·蘇博士卻對該項研究提出了質疑。
DR. STANLEY SUE, PSYCHOLOGIST, U. C. DAVIS: They bring up all of these statistics, which appears to be substantial, but, if you really investigate the implications, the methodology and the conclusions, I think the environmental explanation, nurture, really comes out on top.
加州大學戴維斯分校心理學家 史丹利·蘇: 他們提出的一些數據似乎卡分有力，但是如果你仔細研究其中的含意、采用的方法以及結論，我想、真正得出來的結論還是環境論，也就是后天養成。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA，CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT : Sue explains, for many Asians, the cultural view of the ideal person is one who is well-educated, especially for immigrant parents wanting children to succeed.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 蘇解釋，對許多亞裔人而言，文化上即認為理想人物需受良好的教育。對那些期望子女功成名就的移民父母們尤其如此。
DR. STANLEY SUE, PSYCHOLOGIST, U. C. DAVIS : The Asians have found that education has really led to their success in becoming professionals.
加州大學戴維斯分校心理學家 史丹利·蘇: 亞洲人發現唯有教育能讓他們真的出人頭地，躋身專業人士之列。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA，CNN SENIOR MEDCTAL CORRESPONDENT : So, they work longer and harder, and many Asian-Americans excel in their chosen fields.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 因此他們的工作時間比別人長，也更努力。有許多亞裔美國人在他們選擇的領域中大放異彩。
JIMMY HOM, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR: It was never, you know, a matter of telling us how lucky we are to be in the United States, rather than, you know, some other country. But I think, in time, me and my sister and my brother, we all realized that.
高三學生 何吉米: 并沒有人來告訴我們，身在美國而非其他國家是多么幸運的一件事。但是久而久之，我和我的弟弟妹妹都認識到了這一點。
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDTCAL CORRESPONDENT : Yes, Jimmy Hom has put a lot of pressure on himself to succeed. But he and his parents have made sure that he's well-prepared to handle it.
CNN資深醫療特派員 桑杰·古普塔: 是的，何吉米為了成功，給了自己很大的壓力。但他和他的父母也確定，他已經準備好邁向成功了。
