Oneofthelatesttrends（趋势）inAmericanChildcareisChineseaupairs.AuPairinStamfordConnforexamplehasgotincreasingnumbersofrequestforChineseaupairsfromaerotoaround4000since2004.Andthat’struealla

　　Oneofthelatesttrends（趋势）inAmericanChildcareisChineseaupairs.AuPairinStamfordConnforexamplehasgotincreasingnumbersofrequestforChineseaupairsfromaerotoaround4000since2004.Andthat’strueallacrossthecountry.

　　“IthoughtitwouldbeusefulforhimtolearnChineseatanearlyage”JosephStockethemanagingdirectorofacompanysaysofhis2-yearoldson.“Iwouldatleastliketogivehimthechancetousethelanguageinthefuture”Afteronlysixmonthsofbeingcaredby25-year-oldwomanfromChinatheboycanalreadyunderstandbasicChinesedailyexpressionshisdadsays.

　　LiDrakeaChinesenativeraisingtwochildreninMinnesotawithanAmericanhusbandhadanotherreasonforlookingforanaupairfromChina.Shedidn’twantherchildrentomissoutontheirroots.”BecauseIamChinesemyhusbandandIwantedthechildrentokeepexposedto(接触)thelanguageandculture.”shesays.

　　“Stayingwithanativespeakerisbetterforchildrenthansimplysittinginaclassroom”saysSuzanneFlynnaprofessorinlanguageeducationofChildren.”Butparentsmustunderstandthatjustoneyearwithaupairisunlikelytoproducewonders.Completemasterydemandscontinuedlearninguntiltheageof10or12.”

　　ThepopularityifaupairsfromChinahasbeenstrengthenedbytheincreasingnumbersofAmericanparentswhowanttheirchildrenwhowanttheirchildrentolearnChinese.ItisexpectedthatAmericandemandforaupairswillcontinuetoriseinthenextfewyears.

　　1.Whatdoestheterm”aupair”inthetextmean?

　　A.Amotherraisingherchildrenonherown

　　B.Achildlearningaforeignlanguageathome

　　C.Aprofessorinlanguageeducationofchildren

　　D.Ayoungforeignwomantakingcareofchildren.

　　2.LiDrakehasherchildrenstudyChinesebecauseshewantsthem______.

　　A.toliveinChinasomedayB.tospeakthelanguageathome

　　C.tocatchupwithotherchildrenD.tolearnabouttheChineseculture

　　3.Whatcanweinferfromthetext?

　　A.LearningChineseisbecomingpopularInAmerica

　　B.Educatedwomandobetterinlookingafterchildren

　　C.ChineseaupairsneedtoimprovetheirEnglishSkills.

　　D.Childrencanlearnaforeignlanguagewellins