2015.008.005 Interview with Herb Leung October, 30 ,2000

 

Herbert Leung speaks about his childhood growing up in a Chinese American family in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City. He speaks about his elementary school and teen years regarding what he liked to do (watch movies and play sports) and how participating in sports gave him a chance to travel around the country. He also reflects upon the generational differences between him and his parents as well as him and his own children. He is asked of his sister’s performances at the China Doll Night Club when he was in his teens but remembers very little.

0:00 - 介绍,他的家庭,儿时日常娱乐,美国童军,中国式学校 Introduction, family, daily entertainment as a child, Boy Scouts, Chinese School

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8:04 - 二战时的青少年,养育子女的变化,他的表演者姐姐 Being teenagers during WWII, the shift in parenting, his sister that was a nightclub performer

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12:32 - 回忆1940年代的电影和音乐,兄弟姐妹,运动偶像Recollecting film and music in 1940s, movie theaters in Chinatown (the Venice, Park Row, Chatham Square), siblings, sports idols

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19:11 - 自小成为工程师的愿望,他的教育程度 His dream of becoming an engineer at an early age, education

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23:09 - 对中国娃娃的回忆,他父母对姐姐的表演工作的看法 Recollection of China Doll, his parents' thoughts on his sister's performing career

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27:34 - 旅游,体育运动,他和他孩子对作为中国人的理解,兴趣爱好 Traveling, sports, his and his children's understandings of being Chinese, hobbies

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