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messages for a while. When we had our

first child Alicia, I was overjoyed that I

even could learn English with her, or

sometimes, from her. Improving my

English subconsciously became one of

my priorities. I practiced with Alicia

while she was growing, reading books

for her at night, picking up new words

along the way and engaging

conversations in English with her at

home. That habit inadvertently made

my wife’s effort of teaching her Chinese

largely wasted.

Soon after I joined my current company,

my boss hinted that I should improve

my English, so I even joined

Toastmaster International for a while to

practice my impromptu response and

public speak, which helped me quite a

bit in understanding the subtleness and