story of Jerry DAI

Story of Jerry DAI



Mr. Jerry DAI, a young Chinese man living and working in Canada, gives hopes to all Chinese overseas students like me that we can master English even though we started our studies abroad older than 12 year old.



His story is amazing and exciting. Jerry immigrated to Canada when he was 20 years old with his parents. He came from Daqing, known for its oil fields and comrade WANG Jingxi, Iron Man.



When he arrived at Canada, his English was very poor. In the first evening after his arrival, when he was watching local TV, he believed that the TV program was French program given Canada is a bilingual country, because he understood nothing.



But, just on basis of such low foundation, he embarked on his marathon toward a English mastering. He chose to learn English by himself since he wanted to help his parents in terms of finances. He used every opportunity to practice English, to imitate, to memory, to correct his pronunciation. Five years later, he became a English teacher in Victoria Training school in Vancouver. His personal experience and achievement were so convincing that many adult Chinese technical immigrants started learning English with him.



I often listen and watch his online open and free lectures given in a perfect English. I really appreciate his efforts and his role model. He sets a good example for all of us in English learning.



Please don’t make mistake here: I never meet him in person, and he doesn’t know me. So I am not paid by him or the Victoria school to make any advertisements.



Some suggest that Jerry is only good at the accent. Except his good accent, his vocabulary is not large and rich enough. He made some grammatical errors from time to time. It is true. And there is still rooms for improvement for him. He may need to continue to lift his proficiency to a new higher level. But no one can deny that, taking into account the fact that he learnt English by himself starting from 20 years old, without studying in any university, it is a quite achievement. Otherwise, we cannot explain why so many postgraduate students, many Chinese IT engineers with Ph.D or master diploma in their pockets, want to pay and learn English after this 29 year old boy( in 2009).

I hope, we hope that more and more Chinese students, both domestic and overseas students can master this important tool as soon as possible in order to overcome this nightmare, this difficult obstacle and enter into a free kingdom.

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新华网瑞士伯尔尼9月27日电 特写:瑞士华侨华人载歌载舞迎国庆

　　新华网记者杨伶 刘国远

　　插满蜡烛的生日蛋糕,欢天喜地的锣鼓秧歌,京腔京韵的文武戏段,激情澎湃的大合唱……27日,瑞士华侨华人在伯尔尼举行联欢会,共庆新中国成立60周年。

　　联欢会会场红灯高挂,舞台大屏幕上放映着反映新中国发展历程和伟大成就的纪录片,在场500多人无不感到振奋激动。

　　中国驻瑞士大使董津义致辞说,60年来,在中国共产党和中国政府的坚强领导下,中国人民励精图治、奋发图强,战胜了前进道路上的各种艰难险阻,取得了举世瞩目的伟大成就。中国从一个满目疮痍、贫穷落后的国家快速发展成为世界重要大国,综合国力不断增强,在国际事务中发挥着越来越重要的作用。

　　董津义表示,新中国成长壮大的60年,也是广大瑞士华侨华人艰苦创业并取得巨大成功的60年。华侨华人在为当地经济发展、社会和谐作出独特贡献的同时,也心系中国,致力于弘扬中华文明,搭建中瑞友好桥梁。

　　随后,舞台大幕拉起,几名儿童推着一个大蛋糕走上舞台。在红烛映衬下,蛋糕上“60”两个数字熠熠闪光。董津义与孩子们一起吹熄蜡烛,全场观众齐唱生日歌。
　　苏黎世学中文协会女士秧歌队在《好日子》的欢快乐曲声中,为大家带来了腰鼓、秧歌表演;京剧科班出身的钟声和朱欣华分别为大家表演了京剧选段《家住安源》和《三岔口》武戏片段;伯尔尼武术学院的学员们用精彩的群体武术表演和个人单刀表演将联欢会气氛推向高潮。此外,儿童舞蹈《今天是你的生日》、长笛四重奏《卡门》以及魔术表演等节目也精彩纷呈。
　　不知不觉间,两个小时过去,瑞士精武武术学院的舞狮队上场了。一金一白两头狮子在高桌上辗转腾挪,在圆球上进行高难度的跳跃,引来掌声不断。表演到最精彩处,两头狮子用口衔起一个横幅,上书四个大字:“祖国万岁”。
　最后,全场观众齐声高唱《我的祖国》《把根留住》和《歌唱祖国》,联欢会在歌声和掌声中、在对中国的祝福声中圆满结束。(本文来源：新华网)