1. Chua recounts her decision to raise her two daughters the "Chinese way", and not give in to the inevitable "family decline" that befalls immigrant families. 蔡妈妈叙述了她决定用“中国方式”抚养她的两个女儿，而不是向移民家庭不可避免的“家庭衰落”妥协。
2. When something really awful happens to you, like a death in the family, a good neighbor will volunteer to help in any way he can. 当你遇到非常糟糕的事情，比如家人去世，一个好邻居会尽其所能去帮助你。
3. This has left the family in a bad way. 这让他的家庭生活很糟糕。
4. Because nothing should get in the way of the relationship between a family and their doctor. 因为没有什么有权力破坏一个家庭与他们喜爱的医生之间的关系。
5. "The way we communicate is changing and your family can't live in a bubble and ignore technology, " she says. 我们交流的方式已经发生了变化，你的家庭不能活在离开了科技的泡沫里。
