"But a tree that has grown up in an all-English environment still has to be pruned," says Lu. A child is bound to prefer to use her stronger language. Her daughter used to read only English signs on the road, and didn't note those in Chinese. So Lu had no option but to teach her daughter Chinese while driving the car.
「全美語環境長出來的樹還是要修剪，」盧貞穎說，小孩確實會比較習慣使用自己純熟的語文，以前女兒在路上只看英文標語、不看中文，她只好一邊開車、一邊教中文。