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我儿子小时候学汉语特困难,3岁以前基本没机会。我跟他说汉语,他跟没听见一样,该干嘛还干嘛。我每天忙得像陀螺,哪有时间跟他磨洋工。只好我服了他了,顺着他说英语。
3岁半,他就上国际学校了,有中国老师,偶尔有华人孩子。第一个学期他依然我行我素,不说汉语,老师找我谈话,说你怎么不跟他说汉语呢?这么小的孩子学语言会容易的。我心说:你知道有多难吗?早上时间那么紧,我跟他说话,就跟木头说话一样。晚上跟他说汉语,他就找他爸去了,那容易呗。
有一年暑假,我送他去北京的一个双语幼儿园一个月,开始他跟小朋友说英语,没人理他。后来他不得已跟小朋友结结巴巴说汉语,一个月后,汉语提高特快。学校老师赶快趁热打铁,老夸他,他开始跟我说汉语了。
我发现他正八经学习不爱学,说个顺口溜,马上就上口。我教他一次
“从前有个山,山里有个庙,庙里有个和尚写大字,
写、写、写不完,完、完、完不了,了、了、了不起,起、起、起不来,来、来、来上学,学、学文化,化、化、画图画,图、图、图书馆,馆、馆、管不着
着、着、着大火,火、火、火车头,头、头、大贲头”
不用二遍,他就出口成章了。发现他这个歪才后,我就紧着教他中国古诗和顺口溜,唐诗也还行,比较容易,短的还行,长了他就烦了。还是顺口溜容易,也开心。
一次他老师说,他进门撞上了一个同学,一个澳大利亚女同学,小女孩汉语不错,可能比我儿子的强。我儿子上去就跟她道歉:
“对不起,敬个礼” 小女孩马上殷勤地堆着笑,想说“没关系”,没想到,我儿子接着说“放个屁,臭死你”,说着,转过小身子冲着小女孩。小女孩立马脸色变了,哇地哭了。
气死我了,念首诗就费劲,这话他学得快着呢,还活学活用呢。我跟老师都忍不住笑了,没当他面啊。
还有一次我跟闺蜜聊天,我们互殴“大爷的”,说完了,就哈哈大笑。这小东西在一旁就记住了,有一次他在学校说“达爷的”,然后哈哈大笑。我说:“你说谁呢?不许这么说话啊,特别是在学校,那是骂人的话。” 我那3岁的儿子马上就跟我急了,操着老外的洋腔洋调,急赤白脸地说:”妈咪,达爷的是好的……”,
“别说了,不是好的。”我斩钉截铁地说。
“Daddy, 妈咪said 达爷的 is bad word” 小东西气急败坏地跟他爸爸告状去了。
I don't think knowing more than one language is a necessity. There are many jobs for people who don't know any other language but English and those people could live very well. The most important thing is to have a set of skills that are either rare in supply or in popular demands, then you have something to sell in the job market. There are gazilion people who know Chinese or other languages in the U.S so it's not really a special skill or rare commodity, let alone it's not in popular demands. Unlike many Mexican immigrants, Chinese people don't need special services or TV channels. Many of them also speak good English.
If you are a surgeon or a plumber, then your skills are more marketable than just the language skills. You don't need to look for the very narrow niche for using your language skills because everyone needs to hire a plumber at some point, and a surgeon could save your life if you get a brain tumor. The rarity and/or popularity of the two jobs are both very good selling points.
弄弄新年快乐,期待更多的脱口秀。
时间过得好快呀,转眼之间,你儿子都读大学了。当年的小帅哥长大了,祝福他在大学里愉快地学习,快乐地成长。
新年快乐!
太爱看弄弄的文了,逗死了,小帅哥原来小时候长这样!:)
写得生动有趣,谢谢弄弄分享。
新年快乐!