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我兒子小時候學漢語特困難,3歲以前基本沒機會。我跟他說漢語,他跟沒聽見一樣,該幹嘛還幹嘛。我每天忙得像陀螺,哪有時間跟他磨洋工。隻好我服了他了,順著他說英語。
3歲半,他就上國際學校了,有中國老師,偶爾有華人孩子。第一個學期他依然我行我素,不說漢語,老師找我談話,說你怎麽不跟他說漢語呢?這麽小的孩子學語言會容易的。我心說:你知道有多難嗎?早上時間那麽緊,我跟他說話,就跟木頭說話一樣。晚上跟他說漢語,他就找他爸去了,那容易唄。
有一年暑假,我送他去北京的一個雙語幼兒園一個月,開始他跟小朋友說英語,沒人理他。後來他不得已跟小朋友結結巴巴說漢語,一個月後,漢語提高特快。學校老師趕快趁熱打鐵,老誇他,他開始跟我說漢語了。
我發現他正八經學習不愛學,說個順口溜,馬上就上口。我教他一次
“從前有個山,山裏有個廟,廟裏有個和尚寫大字,
寫、寫、寫不完,完、完、完不了,了、了、了不起,起、起、起不來,來、來、來上學,學、學文化,化、化、畫圖畫,圖、圖、圖書館,館、館、管不著
著、著、著大火,火、火、火車頭,頭、頭、大賁頭”
不用二遍,他就出口成章了。發現他這個歪才後,我就緊著教他中國古詩和順口溜,唐詩也還行,比較容易,短的還行,長了他就煩了。還是順口溜容易,也開心。
一次他老師說,他進門撞上了一個同學,一個澳大利亞女同學,小女孩漢語不錯,可能比我兒子的強。我兒子上去就跟她道歉:
“對不起,敬個禮” 小女孩馬上殷勤地堆著笑,想說“沒關係”,沒想到,我兒子接著說“放個屁,臭死你”,說著,轉過小身子衝著小女孩。小女孩立馬臉色變了,哇地哭了。
氣死我了,念首詩就費勁,這話他學得快著呢,還活學活用呢。我跟老師都忍不住笑了,沒當他麵啊。
還有一次我跟閨蜜聊天,我們互毆“大爺的”,說完了,就哈哈大笑。這小東西在一旁就記住了,有一次他在學校說“達爺的”,然後哈哈大笑。我說:“你說誰呢?不許這麽說話啊,特別是在學校,那是罵人的話。” 我那3歲的兒子馬上就跟我急了,操著老外的洋腔洋調,急赤白臉地說:”媽咪,達爺的是好的……”,
“別說了,不是好的。”我斬釘截鐵地說。
“Daddy, 媽咪said 達爺的 is bad word” 小東西氣急敗壞地跟他爸爸告狀去了。
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.
弄弄新年快樂,期待更多的脫口秀。
時間過得好快呀,轉眼之間,你兒子都讀大學了。當年的小帥哥長大了,祝福他在大學裏愉快地學習,快樂地成長。
新年快樂!
太愛看弄弄的文了,逗死了,小帥哥原來小時候長這樣!:)
寫得生動有趣,謝謝弄弄分享。
新年快樂!