"As I get older, I feel that knowing one's culture and language is more and more important," he says, speaking slowly and enunciating each word. It was not easy for him to begin studying Chinese at the age of 47, all the while managing a business. But he was so determined that he spent two hours studying each night after his family had gone to bed.
「年紀愈大，愈覺得文化語言的重要，」說話速度稍慢，咬字清晰的陳偉林說，47 歲從頭學中文、還要經營一家公司，當然辛苦，但強烈的動機讓他每天晚上家人入睡後還捧書苦讀 2 個小時，才有今天的程度。