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What a 9-year-old American Girl say, do you know?
記得一位中國女士詢問一個9歲英國女孩最要好的同學是誰時,女孩掏出自己與一位男孩的合照說,這是她最親密的男朋友,驚得中國女士張口結舌,一旁的洋媽媽仍然一臉坦然地微笑著
When I just arrived in USA for my graduate studies, my American friend brought me to the elementary school where she worked so that I could experience the new culture.
In my friend's class, a third grade girl (8 or 9 year old), was excited to hear that I was from China and asked me a question in front of the whole class, "Do you have condoms in China?" I was not 張口結舌, I almost fainted--for at the time, I've never seen a condom, though vaguely aware its existence; I don't think I was capable to say the word "condom" loud in front of so many people. |
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