小孩是否應該在年幼時學習英語？Should Children Learn English in a Young Age?

With the increasing of social competition, peoplepay more and more attention on the young generation. Especially their parentswill take every means to help their children get prepared for adapting thesociety. Thus, learning English in a very young age becomes very common amonglittle children. Some people agree with it, but some hold the opposite view. Inmy opinion, parents should not force their children to study English in a veryyoung age.

隨着社會競爭的增加，人們越來越重視年輕一代。特別是他們的父母會竭盡全力去幫助他們的孩子做好適應社會的準備。因此，在年幼時學習英語在小孩子中變得很普遍。有些人同意這個觀點，有些人則反對。在我看來，父母不應該強迫他們的孩子在比較小的時候就開始學習英語。

To begin with, children in a young ageshould live happily, instead of gaining burden. Childhood plays a veryimportant role in one’s whole life, because it takes up a part in his innermind. A child having a happy childhood may be a sunshine boy, when he grows a child carry a heavy burden in his childhood, he may be pessimistic in thefuture. And learning English in a young age is no doubt to deprive children’shappy childhood. How can they be happy to be enforced to learn something theydon’t like? Grow up healthily is more important to a person.

首先，年幼的小孩應該過得開開心心，而不是背上負擔。童年在一個人的一生當中是很重要的，因爲它在一個人的內心佔有一定的位置。一個擁有快樂童年的人長大後可能會是一個陽光的青年。但是一個頂着負擔長大的人，將來則可能會變得很悲觀。被強迫去做自己不喜歡的事如何能夠開心呢？快快樂樂地長大對一個人來說更重要。

Secondly, people should not forget theirorigin. According to the present situation, learning English is verysignificant, but learning Chinese is also couldn’t ignore. If a person can’tlearn his mother language well, how can he make others believe he can learnother things well. So I think they don’t need to learn a second language in ahungry. They can learn English when they grow older.

第二，人們不應該忘本。基於如今的情形，學習英語是很重要的，但是學習漢語也是不可忽視的。如果一個人不能學好自己的母語，他如何能讓別人相信他可以做好別的事情。所以我覺得他們不用倉促地學習第二語言。他們可以在他們長大一點的時候再學習英語。

To sum up, for the sake of children’shealthy grow up, the adults should not force them to learn English in a youngage. Learning English can wait.

總之，看在孩子健康成長的份上，大人們不應該強迫小孩在年幼的時候學習英語。學習英語是可以等等的。