When I am driving a car, my kids sit in the back seats
always sing. The song they sing is very popular. I think all parents have sung
this song to their kids. It is “The wheels on the bus”.
One day I drove with my kids to the park. They were very
happy and they sang this song together. I really felt happy and I follow them
to sing this song, too. “The wheels on the bus go round and round. Round and
round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round. All through
the town.” Suddenly my kids stopped
singing and laughed aloud. When they laughed, I stopped singing, too. I asked
them why they were laughing. They did not tell me. After a while they sang
again. I followed them, too. But when I sang at the point of “Bus”, they
stopped to laugh again. I really was confused and I asked my daughter
sincerely. “Please tell me why you laugh aloud.” This time my daughter told me
the real reason. “Dad, you said Bus like 84. It is not 84. It should be Bus.” At this time I realized that my pronunciation
was wrong. But I really do know where I was wrong. At this time, my wife said.
“You can not open your mouth wildly.”
I felt a little embarrass at this moment and I realized that
the pronunciation was very important. And I did not worry about my kids a lot because
they can learn English faster than me.
Maxwell Hu
2013-05-07
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