我的孩子来美国一两个月后,收到了学校发的选下学期课程的通知。我仔细阅读,发现他们学校没有英文课,没有专门学习英文的课程,这怎么成? 我大吃一惊,立刻匆匆地跑到学校询问：“没有英文课,孩子怎样学英文的生词,语法和写作?”不料,学校的学生指导比我还吃惊,不解地问：“什么?你们中国的中小学,学习中文的时候,每个学期都读一本特地为不同年龄的孩子编的课本?” One or two months after my child came to the United States, I received a notification from the school about the selection of the next semester course. I read carefully and found out that their school did not have English classes and did not specifically study English. How did this happen? I was taken aback and immediately hurried to the school and asked, “I don’t have English classes. How do children learn English words, grammar and writing?” Unexpectedly, the student guidance of the school was more amazed than me. I asked in a puzzled way: “What? When you study Chinese in Chinese elementary and middle schools, you will read a specially prepared textbook for children of different ages every semester?”