口語式短文：加拿大伯公

Canadian grand uncle :

•  My Canadian grand uncle is my maternal grandpa's older brother. He and grand aunt have lived in Canada for almost 40 years.

• 加拿大伯公是我阿公的哥哥，他和伯婆住在加拿大已經快要四十年了。

•  Grand uncle graduated from National Taiwan University majoring in agricultural economics. He had taken classes taught by ex-president Lee Teng Hui.

• 伯公畢業於台大農業經濟系，他也上過李登輝前總統的課。

•  After he graduated from NTU, grand uncle himself alone went to Canada to study for and finally got his PhD degree.

• 伯公從台大畢業後，獨自一人到加拿大留學，取得博士學位。

•  At first he joined the faculty of Manitoba University. Only then did grand aunt take then-preschool uncle David to Canada to reunite with him.

• 他先在加拿大的曼尼托巴大學教書，伯婆這時才帶著還沒上學的大衛叔叔去加拿大和他團聚。

•  Grand uncle later on switched jobs to join the federal department of agriculture and agri-food. He worked there until he retired.

• 伯公後來轉到加拿大農業部工作，一直做到退休。

•  After retiring he came back to Taiwan and became a professor and chairman of agribusiness management at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. He worked there until he retired at 65 and went back to Canada.

• 他退休後回到台灣，在屏東科技大學農企業管理系當教授和系主任，一直做到 65 歲才退休返回加拿大。

•  When mom was conceiving me, grand uncle and aunt still lived in Pingtung. They often prepared sumptuous meals for mom to nourish herself.

• 媽媽懷我時，他們還住在屏東，常常準備豐盛的大餐給媽媽補充營養。

•  When I was at 5, I had been to grand uncle and aunt's house at Ottawa, Canada, and stayed there for two weeks. Shirley and John had joined me, too.

• 我五歲時有去他們加拿大渥太華的家住過兩個星期， Shirley 和 John 也有去。

•  Now they come back to Taiwan every other one or two years. There's always a boisterous family get-together when they come back here.

• 他們現在每隔一、兩年回台灣一次，每次回來都會舉辦熱鬧的家族大聚會。

發表時間：2009/07/22 著作人：周國華老師

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