譯者致小讀者
　　[ 美 ] 凱爾·大衛(wèi)·安德森
　　交朋友、 了解外國(guó)文化是我與生俱來(lái)的渴望。 當(dāng)我還是個(gè)小男孩時(shí)，曾在中東、英國(guó)和美國(guó)不同的州居住過(guò)，享受著不同種族的人的悠久、燦爛的文化和貢獻(xiàn)。我學(xué)了好幾門外語(yǔ)（法語(yǔ)、西班牙語(yǔ)、意大利語(yǔ)、德語(yǔ)、拉丁語(yǔ)等），直到我終于發(fā)現(xiàn)了那個(gè)源遠(yuǎn)流長(zhǎng)的漢字世界。
　　對(duì)于外國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，學(xué)習(xí)中文似乎是一種苦行— 這不是個(gè)秘密。初學(xué)時(shí)期很艱難，壓力蠻大的。不過(guò)，慢慢地，我找到一個(gè)突破初級(jí)和中級(jí)語(yǔ)言水平的關(guān)鍵方式，那就是 ：閱讀、背誦短篇小說(shuō)、漫畫和寓言故事。
　　需要放幾勺糖來(lái)咽下苦藥— 這也不是個(gè)秘密。充滿幽默感，有意義、有道德的寓言故事的吸引力，比如笨笨豬的一系列奇遇故事，比普通課本的吸引力要大得多。在體育界，有一個(gè)說(shuō)法 ：著名運(yùn)動(dòng)員永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)只從學(xué)校習(xí)得技能，他還會(huì)從操場(chǎng)學(xué)到很多技能。學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的方式正是如此。
　　據(jù)我教漢語(yǔ)、意大利語(yǔ)和英語(yǔ)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)看，最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生一向喜歡探索外語(yǔ)世界，并對(duì)外語(yǔ)一直保持著學(xué)習(xí)興趣。
　　就讓《親愛(ài)的笨笨豬》系列中英雙語(yǔ)珍藏版，以及楊紅櫻女士其他作品的中英雙語(yǔ)版，幫你提高英語(yǔ)水平 ；正如你微笑著學(xué)會(huì)生活中更重要的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
　　About the
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　　Kyle David Anderson
　　I was born with a desire to make friends and learn about other countries and cultures. As a young boy, I lived in the Middle East, England and the United States, learning to appreciate and love the beauty and contributions of other people. I studied a number of languages (e.g. French, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin) until I discovered the timeless and historically-dense Chinese character.
　　It is no secret that learning Chinese is one of the hardest tasks a foreigner can undertake. The first few years were very difficult and stressful. However, along the way, I found a method that broke me through the lower and intermediate-levels of the language: reading and reciting short stories, comics and moral tales.
　　It is also no secret that infusing study with meaning and pleasure enhances learning. Humorous, meaningful and moral tales, such as the adventures of Silly Piglet, engage you like no school textbook can. There is a saying in the world of sport that a famous athlete will never acquire his skills just from schooling, but from the playground too. It is the exact same in language-learning.
　　In my own experience as a foreign language teacher of Chinese, Italian and English, it is clear that the most successful students have always been those who found pleasure and hobbies in the foreign language.