For example, she took the girls to Western restaurants with bands where she then encouraged the girls to get up on stage and sing in English. And if she happened to spot a foreigner at an adjacent table during dinner, she would push the girls to go chat, thus improving their listening comprehension and ability to speak colloquially. When the girls began middle school, she began training them for English-language speech competitions.
媽媽還想辦法訓練兩姊妹膽量，例如到有歌星駐唱的西餐廳，媽媽會鼓勵兩女上台獻唱英文歌，甚至在餐廳吃飯，看到老外在鄰桌，鮑媽媽便會要女兒上前「搭訕」，聽力、口語就這樣訓練出來。