【读新闻学英语】美国妈妈想妙招，做图表奖励孩子......哦不，奖励自己

Reward charts are a popular way to get children to do their chores but one mum has flipped the idea on its head and come up with a rewards chart that gives chocolate to the true heroes of parent/child negotiations: the parent.
奖励图表是让孩子们做家务的一种流行方式，但是一位妈妈已经把这个想法颠倒了过来，并做出了一张奖励图表，向家长/孩子谈判中的真英雄——父母奖励巧克力。
Chores：零活儿；家常杂务

Maralee Bradley, from Nebraska, US, designed a reward chart inspired by a number of Halloween-related posts she'd seen about counting the calories for the chocolates you eat.
来自美国内布拉斯加州的Maralee Bradley设计了一个奖励图表，其灵感来自于她所看到的关于计算所吃巧克力卡路里的一些与万圣节有关的帖子。
A number of：一些

Instead of rewarding children with sweet treats for their tasks, the chart suggests the parents reward themselves for appropriately handling a tricky exchange with their offspring.
这张图表显示，它不是给做家务的孩子发糖用的，而是让父母在适当地处理与儿女的棘手交涉时进行自我奖励。
Offspring：后代；子女

"Around Halloween I kept seeing this picture go around that listed different candies, their calorie count and what kind of exercise you should do to burn them off," she wrote on Facebook.
“在万圣节前后，我一直看到这张照片，上面列出了不同的糖果还有它们的卡路里数，还写着你应该做什么样的运动才能燃烧掉这些卡路里，”她在Facebook上写道。
Burn off：消耗；燃烧掉

"Motherhood is hard, candy is delicious and maybe it's okay to sometimes give ourselves a little reward for being awesome mums. No amount of candy can 'burn off' the stress and frustration of your average day of motherhood, but I'm not going to say it doesn't help. This is entirely tongue-in-cheek, so I hope you enjoy it in the spirit it was intended."
“母亲很辛苦，糖果很美味，也许有时可以给自己一点点奖励，奖励自己是很棒的妈妈。虽然最多糖果也无法‘燃烧掉’妈妈们每天的压力和沮丧，但我会说它还是有帮助的。这个图表完全是开玩笑的，所以我希望你能在精神上享受它。 “
No amount of：怎么（再多）也……不
Tongue-in-cheek：开玩笑的

The parody chart resonated with a lot of parents online who loved the idea and even recommended bigger rewards.
这张搞笑模仿图表引起了网友的热烈反响，他们喜欢这个主意甚至建议给更大的奖励。
Parody：恶搞的；滑稽地模仿
Resonate with：与……产生共鸣

"That Milky way is way too tiny for meeting a need at 2:37 am," someone commented.
“那个Miky Way巧克力太小了，不足以奖励[妈妈们在]凌晨2点37分满足孩子需要，”有人评论道。
Way too：实在太……

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