小儿子开心在上武术课。 The younger son happy in martial arts class. 武校的孩子们和叶塞尼亚一家用手机看星座。 Specially children and leaf plug a Virginia home phone see constellation.

　　日暮时分，在河南登封一所简陋的武术学校的院子里，操练了一天的孩子们或蹲或坐在厨房外面的空地上，每人手捧一大碗面条狼吞虎咽地吃着。人群中，有三个孩子与众不同，他们有着引人注目的白皮肤和褐色卷发。

Eventide time,In henan dengfeng experience a humble martial arts school yard,Drill a day of children or squat or sitting at the kitchen of open space on the outside,Each holding a large bowl of noodles devouring.crowd,There are three different children,They have striking white skin and brown curly hair.

　　和其他孩子一样，他们也席地而坐，捧着面条碗，吃得很香，他们是美国的三兄弟，而这所武术学校，是他们中国游学之旅的其中一站。

And other children,They also people.the,Holding noodles bowl,Eat very sweet,They are the three brothers,And the martial arts school,Is their study tour overseas in China one of the station.

　　近年，“游学”在中国不断升温，从暑假到黄金周，动辄数万元的海外天价游学报名人满为患，带着孩子逛名校，吃大餐，住豪华酒店似乎成了中国家长们的一种时尚，然而在美国妈妈叶塞尼亚的心里，游学完全是另外一个概念。不久前，她带着三个儿子在中国游学一个多月，记者一路追访，亲历了这趟“苦旅”，其艰苦程度足以令城市人望而却步。然而三个美国孩子却乐在其中，而这样的旅行，他们已经在世界各地经历过多次，有“狼妈”之嫌的叶塞尼亚给我们提供了一种崭新的游学范本。

In recent years,"travel"In China, increase,From the summer to the golden week,Tens of thousands of yuan frequently purchased overseas travel registration packed,Take their children to school,Eat dinner,Live luxury hotel seems to become China's parents of a kind of fashion,However, in the United States mother leaf plug California heart,Travel is totally another concept.Not long ago,She took three sons studies in China for more than a month,Reporter chased visit,Experience of this trip"Journeyed to",The degree of hard enough to make urban people flinch.However three American children but enjoy it,This travel,They have in all over the world has undergone many,have"The Wolf mom"Don't think of the leaf plug Virginia offers us a new model studies.

　　

武术学校学功夫 Martial arts school learning kung fu

　　

吃饭顿顿是面条 Eat button is noodles

　　位于河南登封的这所偏远的武术学校是叶塞尼亚带着她的三个儿子在中国游学的重要一站，十一岁的才智(Nakai)、十岁的勇士(Kekoa)、八岁的开心(Kikko)曾经在北京生活过两年，他们会说汉语，热爱中国武术。

Is located in henan dengfeng the remote martial arts school is Virginia leaf plug with her three sons in China studies of important points,Eleven talents(Nakai)/Ten men of war(Kekoa)/At the age of 8 happy(Kikko)Once living in Beijing in two years,They will speak Chinese,Love Chinese martial arts.

　　2010年，他们全家迁居新西兰之后，孩子们仍然对中国念念不忘，于是妈妈通过一个朋友的介绍，联系到这所少林寺附近的武术学校，趁着孩子们放假，不远万里赶了过来。

In 2010,,They moved the family after New Zealand,The children are still in China on the brain,So mom through a friend's introduction,Linked to the near the shaolin temple martial arts school,The children are on vacation,Not far inside catch up.

　　走进这所武术学校，其条件的简陋让记者大吃一惊。这里住着几十名学武术的孩子，大都是当地人，因为一些孩子放假回家了，我们得以住进空着的宿舍。这是一间不大的屋子，仅有的家具是几张上下铺，一个小柜子，还有一个几乎不能转的电风扇，墙皮因为受潮而斑驳脱落，窗纱破了一个大洞，别说是苍蝇蚊虫，连麻雀都能飞进来。

Into the martial arts school,The conditions of the humble let reporters surprise.Here the dozens of logic martial arts children,Mostly locals,Because some of the children off to go home,We can live in empty dorm.This is a small room,Only a few pieces of furniture is the upper and lower,A little cupboard,And an almost can't turn the electric fan,Wall because of be affected with damp and mottle off,Wire netting broke a big hole,Don't say that is to fly mosquito,Even the sparrow can fly to come in.

　　叶塞尼亚和孩子们似乎对这样的情景安之若素，他们放下背包，立刻开始收拾房间。妈妈带着孩子们先用墩布把一侧掉下来的窗纱顶住，然后把破了洞的窗纱用宽胶带粘好，整理好床铺之后，大家一起修电风扇，开始用筷子捅一下扇叶还可以勉强启动，后来这招终于不灵了。武校度过的第一夜，我们基本成了蚊子的大餐，大人孩子都被叮了一身红包，加上天气闷热，感觉都快被焐熟了。

Leaf plug California and the children seem to be such a sight returns,They put down the backpack,Immediately start tidy up the room.Mom took the children to use mop down the side of the window screening bracing,Then put the window is broken hole with wide tape good,Clean up after the bed,Everybody repair electric fan,Begin to use chopsticks prod the fan blade can barely start,Then this recruit finally doesn't work well.Through the first night specially,Our basic became a mosquito,Adult children have been stung a red envelope,Plus the humid weather,Feel are going to be Wu ripe.

　　经过了这样的一夜之后，三个男孩并无一句抱怨，很快开始了他们在学校的武术课程，和中国孩子们一起摸爬滚打，学得很带劲。到了中午吃饭的时间，记者发现，虽然饭堂里有桌椅，但是因为天气比较热，老师孩子都是坐在院子里的土地上吃饭，三个美国男孩立刻入乡随俗，和妈妈一起坐在满是尘土的地上，手捧着一个大碗吃起来。伙食基本每顿饭都是面条，第一天是素的，第二天孩子们的碗里多了几块肉，那是厨房的大妈给小客人们的“特殊待遇”。“这里的面条真好吃，厨师可以开饭馆了。”妈妈和孩子们面对着简陋的伙食赞不绝口。

After such a night then,Three boys and no one complained,Soon they began in the school of martial arts course,And the Chinese children me.but together,Enjoyed learning.By noon meal time,Reporter discovery,Although the dining hall has desks and chairs,But because the weather is hot,The child is sitting on the patio on the land to eat,Three American boy immediately do in Rome as the Romans do,And mother sitting in is full of dust of the earth,Hand holding a large bowl of taste.The basic food is noodles every meal,The first day is the element,The next day the children's bowl some piece of meat,That is the kitchen aunt to small of the guests"Special treatment"."The noodles is really good,The cook can open a restaurant."Mother and children face the crude food full of praise.

　　最艰难的问题是上厕所。整个院子里只有一个厕所，几乎脏得下不去脚，叶塞尼亚想把厕所打扫干净，四处寻找硬毛刷子，最终没有找到只好放弃。记者和孩子们为了少去厕所，大热天轻易不敢喝水，直到休息日的时候，大家一起到城里的快餐店才点了大杯的饮料痛饮，幸福地上了卫生间。

The most difficult problem is the toilet.The entire courtyard is only one bathroom,Almost dirty get overwhelming,Leaf plug to Virginia cleaned the toilet clean,Looking for hard hair brush,Finally found no had to give up.Journalists and children in order to avoid going to the toilet,Hot days easily can't drink water,Until the day of rest time,We go to the city fast food restaurants to point the large glass of drink booze,Happiness on the toilet.

　　在这里，洗澡也是一种奢侈。没有浴室，只有厨房对面的一个水池，洗碗、洗脸、洗衣，甚至擦澡都在这里。走在这些六边形的砖上要小心，因为不少是活动的，一脚下去就会有股污水滋出来，弄脏裤腿和鞋子。洗头就直接把脑袋伸到水龙头底下冲，三兄弟很快学会了这种方法。

here,Take a shower is also a kind of luxury.No bathroom,Only the kitchen opposite of a pool,Washing the dishes/Wash a face/laundry,Even take a sponge bath are all here.Walking in the hexagon brick should be careful,Because many is active,A feet go is there a sewage flash out,Dirty leg and shoes.Shampoo is directly under the head out of the faucet impact,The three brothers soon learned this method.

　　

脸上伤疤不知出处 The scar on the face do not know source

　　

流血换来几句鼓励 Blood for a few words encourage

　　冷水冲头，用自来水擦澡，绝大多数的中国父母都不敢在孩子身上轻易尝试，而对于美国三兄弟来说，却是小菜一碟。他们之所以能这么适应艰苦的武校生活，和妈妈叶塞尼亚从小对他们的养育方式有直接关系。

Cold water punch,Use tap water take a sponge bath,Most Chinese parents are not in the children try easily,For the United States for three brothers,Is a piece of cake.They are so can adapt to the hard life specially,And mother leaf plug from Virginia to raise the way they have a direct relationship.

　　叶塞尼亚告诉记者，即使天气很冷的时候，孩子们也经常会在家穿着短衣短裤，在院子里举着水龙头互相喷着玩儿。满地的水混着刚从车库里清理出来的杂物，又脏又乱，他们还时不时跪在或者趴在这些污水中。最后是孩子们自己冻得受不了啦，嘴唇发黑、哆哆嗦嗦地跑回来，“我就把他们的湿衣服一扒，用手在冰凉潮湿的身上随便一抹，套上干净衣服，就完事了。”

Virginia leaf plug told reporters,Even if the weather is cold,My children are often at home wearing jacket shorts,In the middle of the courtyard and holding each other play the faucet spray.Ground water mixed with fresh from the garage to clear them out of the debris,Is dirty and,They also occasionally kneeling on or over these in wastewater.The last is the children themselves frozen can not stand it,Black lips/Compound shiver run back talk,"I will be able to take their wet clothes a steak,By hand in cold damp, literally a wipe,Put on clean clothes,The end of the."

　　如此折腾，几个孩子居然没有一个感冒的！这只能解释为长期锻炼出来了。叶塞尼亚说她绝不会追着孩子“穿衣服”。理由是：孩子体温和大人不一样，他们冷自然会穿，他们不穿自然因为不冷。她也很少端着饭碗追着孩子喂饭，理由相似：“他们不想吃就说明不饿！”

So flounder,Several children didn't have a cold!This can only be interpreted as long-term exercise out.Leaf plug Virginia said she never ran after the children"Wear clothes".Reason is:Children and adults different temperature,They cold nature would wear,They don't wear natural because not cold.She also seldom end the rice bowl ran after the child was fed,Reason similar:"They don't want to eat that is not hungry!"

　　孩子们在武校学习武术，受伤流血在所难免。一次,老大才智一头扎在地上，肩膀、肘部和膝盖都摔出道道血印，爬起来，吸着气咧着嘴，眼泪在眼眶里打转。叶塞尼亚只是说：“没关系，你是男孩子，这点伤不算什么！”终于，才智晃晃头甩掉眼泪，转身走了。

The children in the specially learning martial arts,Injured blood unavoidable.a,The boss intelligence head on the ground,shoulder/Elbow and knee fell out of absolute bloodstain,Climb up,Suck the air with a grin,Tears in her eyes circle.Leaf plug California just said:"it doesn't matter,Are you a boy,This injury not!"finally,Wisdom to sway head to get rid of tears,Turned round to walk.

　　按照中国家长的标准衡量，叶塞尼亚简直是一个粗心得不合格的妈妈，小儿子脸上有一道疤痕，她甚至都不记得是怎么弄的。三个孩子从小到大经常受伤，在中国上学的时候，他们会指着伤口用不标准但已经很流利的中文跟家庭教师描述：“这里疼！这里疼！这里疼！”妈妈却不怎么心疼，小伤理都不理，很少带他们去医院，流了血也只是鼓励几句。

According to Chinese parents standards,Virginia leaf plug is simply a careless not qualified mother,The younger son has a scar on his face,She can't even remember is how to do.Three children since the childhood often injured,When I was a student in China,They pointed to the wound in not standard but already very fluent Chinese and family teachers description:"Here is painful!Here is painful!Here is painful!"Mom did not how to love,Small injury reason all ignore,Seldom take them to the hospital,Flow of blood is to encourage a few words.

　　叶塞尼亚表示，鼓励孩子去冒险，去尝试新鲜东西，就是要付出一些代价。在无数次受伤、摔跤之后，三个孩子早早就学会了游泳、冲浪和滑雪。父母给小儿子开心的四岁生日礼物，竟然是与鲨鱼近距离接触！在那段录像里：开心和两个哥哥在加拿大男“阿姨”的陪同下，穿着全套潜水服，坐进大铁笼沉到水下，大鲨鱼一次次狂冲过来，每次撞击都吓得孩子们一阵尖叫！有了这些经历垫底，中国的这趟游学之旅对于三兄弟来说根本算不上艰苦。

Leaf plug Virginia said,Encourage your child to take the risk,To try something new,Is to pay some price.In the numerous injuries/After wrestling,Three children were learned to swim/Surfing and skiing.Parents give the younger son happy four years old birthday gift,Unexpectedly is and shark close contact!In that in the video:Happy and two brothers in Canada male"aunt", accompanied by,Dressed in full set of diving suit,Sit into big cages sank in,The big shark again crazy blunt come over,Every time impact are scared the children a scream!With these experiences bottom,China's on this trip to travel for three brothers, don not hard.

　　

带另类作业上路 With the alternative operation

　　

走世界结交朋友 Go to make friends of the world

　　在中国旅行的日子里，孩子们随身带着一个自己画的小纸人，走到一个新的地方，就给小纸人拍一张照片。原来，这是老师给他们布置的假期作业，带着小纸人到各地去游历，去发现新风景，结识新朋友。

Traveling in China day,The children carry one of his paintings small tribute,Go to a new place,To take a photo small tribute.The original,This is their teacher to give a layout of the work to do during the holiday,With a small tribute to all over the country to travel,To find the new landscape,Make new friends.

　　三兄弟在中国游学的第一站是上海。叶塞尼亚告诉记者，来上海之前，她允许每个孩子提一个想去的地方，三个孩子分别要去朱家角、玉佛禅寺和豫园，这就需要孩子们提前了解上海当地的情况，做一些功课，家长也鼓励他们去找资料。“孩子们提了要求，我会认真满足，这对他们是一种承诺，答应的事情一定会极力完成。”叶塞尼亚说。

The three brothers studies in China the first station is Shanghai.Virginia leaf plug told reporters,To Shanghai before,She allowed each child make a where you want to go,Three children were going to zhujiajiao/Jade Buddha temple and the yu garden,This needs the children know Shanghai ahead of the local situation,Do some homework,Parents also encourage them to find material."The children raised requirements,I will seriously meet,This is a commitment,Promise things will be trying to finish."Leaf plug Virginia said.

　　记者发现，三兄弟有一个很强的本领，很快就可以和当地孩子们打成一片。叶塞尼亚说，自由快乐的教育方式让美国孩子普遍非常开朗外向，擅长交往，互不相识的小孩遇到，都会大大方方地自我介绍一下，然后就像老朋友似地玩在一起，见到大人也不胆怯。她带着孩子们到各地游历的一个目的就是让他们真正融入当地人的生活，了解各国各地不同的生活方式。在上海街头，看到三个这么可爱的孩子，经常会有人和他们说话，要求合影，三兄弟总是大方地用中文回答。

Reporter discovery,Three brothers have a strong power,Soon can and local children become one.Leaf plug Virginia said,Free happy education way to let the American children generally very outgoing,Good at communication,Strangers children meet,Will be big enough to introduce myself,Then just like old friends like to play together,See adults also not timid.She took the children to travel around a the purpose is to let the they really into the local people's life,Understand countries around the different way of life.Street in Shanghai,See three so lovely children,Often someone and they speak,Request group photo,Three brothers always generous to use Chinese answer.

　　

与中国学员同吃住 And Chinese students live to eat

　　

三兄弟成了“自己人” Three brothers became"own"

　　在河南的武术学校，三兄弟也结交了不少好朋友，在艰苦的环境里同吃同住，他们不叫苦不叫累，这些从来没见过外国人的孩子很快把他们当成了“自己人”。记者看到，一次周末的晚饭，几乎顿顿不换样的面条里破天荒地多了一点鱼松和肉松，这对于吃惯了清汤寡水的孩子们可以算是一顿“大餐”。一个当地小女孩捧着自己的碗来到美国孩子的面前，说：“这个好吃，给你们一点。”她要把自己碗里的肉松和美国小朋友分享，不过，当美国兄弟们看见女孩碗里的肉松还不如自己的多，就把自己碗里的送给她不少。

In henan martial arts school,Three brothers also make a lot of good friends,In hard environment together eat to live,They don't complain do not let tired,These have never seen foreigners them as the child soon"own".The reporter sees,A weekend dinner,Almost repeatedly not HuanYang of noodles to occur for the first time in more than a YuSong and dried meat floss,This to eat spoil the clear soup king water children can be a lesson"dinner".A local girl holds his own bowl came to the United States in front of children,said:"This delicious,Give you a."She will put your bowl of dried meat floss and American children share,but,When American brothers saw the girl bowl dried meat floss than her,Put your bowl of gave her a lot.

　　在登封的这家武术学校学习了一段时间之后，叶塞尼亚又带着孩子们来到河南一家规模更大的武术学校上课。这里的生活条件明显改善，由于外国学员比较多，这里有专门的外国人餐厅和宿舍，伙食和卫生条件都好很多，但是叶塞尼亚和孩子们都没有选择这个条件好的餐厅，依旧和中国学员吃住在一起。

Dengfeng in the martial arts school after a period of time,Leaf plug and Virginia with the children come to the henan a larger martial arts school.Here's living conditions improved obviously,Because foreign students more,Here are special foreigner restaurants and dormitory,Food and health conditions are much better,But Virginia leaf plug and children have no choice this condition good restaurant,Still and Chinese students eat to live together.

　　晚饭之后，妈妈和三兄弟最喜欢坐在操场的台阶上，大群的中国孩子围着这一家四口和他们聊天，谈天说地，一起玩手机游戏，没有丝毫隔阂。“我的手机里有个软件，能显示天上的星星，举着对准天上的哪个方向就会出现那个方向的星空图，孩子们特别爱围着看这个。”被一大群孩子围在中间，叶塞尼亚很高兴自己受到几乎“众星捧月”般的待遇。

After dinner,Mother and three brothers the most like to sit on the steps of the playground,Large crowd of Chinese children around this of a family of four and talk to them,Chit chat,Play mobile games,No barriers."My phone a software,Can display the stars in the sky,Carrying on the heaven which direction will appear the direction of the sky chart,The children special love around to see this."By a large group of children around in the middle,Leaf plug Virginia was very glad to find himself was almost"ZhongXingPengYue"Treated like.

　　而三兄弟最喜欢的是和中国孩子们一起玩球，他们从家乡带了橄榄球，又特地买了篮球，还自备了小气筒，每晚一群孩子都玩得大汗淋漓。三兄弟很快交到了中国朋友，有时候很晚了，还有中国孩子到宿舍来找他们玩。

The three brothers and the most like is and Chinese children playing ball,From their hometown with football,And bought the basketball,Also own a small cylinder,Every night a group of children are playing kubla khah dripping wet.The three brothers soon made Chinese friends,Sometimes it is late,There are Chinese children to dormitory to find their play.

　　一个月后，离开这家武术学校的时候，三兄弟把自己能留下的东西，橄榄球和篮球，很多英语书，甚至沐浴卫生用品都留给了这里的新朋友们。 孙炎 张鹏 After a month,Leave the martial arts school,The three brothers you can leave things,Football and basketball,Many English books,Even bath sanitary products to new friends here. SunYan zhang