去中文學校的路上,話題不知怎麽轉到了Bill Gates donation的事上。我先生邊開車邊說, “嗨,對他來說, 不過就九牛一毛嘛 !”我突然靈機一動, 考考這倆閨女。倆閨女每周六去上中文學校, 每年放暑假還回中國,中文水平怎麽也得有個小學四五年級水平吧! “嗬,你倆說說,這九牛一毛是啥意思啊?”小女兒聳了聳肩, give up了。大女兒眼睛瞪得大大的, 思考著。我心想,“哎,還是老大好, 這小的就是不努力。” “呃。。。”大女兒看著我試探地說,“bought nine cows for 10 cents?” --- 我暈!
下課鈴響了, 小女兒蹦蹦跳跳地出來了, “Mommy, we learned a new lesson today. It’s about 上海是東方之珠。 You know what? I finally got to know what you and your friends were singing at karaoke. I was always wondering why you were so interested in singing about an Eastern Spider,” 看到我沒懂她的意思,“You know, that song, 東方之珠?” --- 徹底暈倒!