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(2016·高考河南八市重点高中联考)The Global Times reports that two online videos showing children telling their parents“I love you” have gone viral in China.The first,filmed by an Anhui TV station,shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them.The responses are mixed.“Are you drunk?” asked one parent.In another similar video,shot by a Shanxi TV station,a father responded even less patiently—“I am going to a meeting,so cut the crap.”
Why don’ t Chinese families use those words?Theories revolve around the nature of Confucian teaching.“The parents’ responses show that many Chinese are not good at expressing positive emotions,” Xia