2006年12月7日与加国的儿子聊天实录:

yl：都半夜两点了,怎么还不睡?

G歌：写作文、大作文

yl：什么题目？

G歌：老师给每人1个人物，我要写得惊天地，泣鬼神~

yl：你写谁？

G歌：欧洲15世纪的航海家JOHN CABOT

yl：你的长项？

G歌：我准备论述一下欧洲商业革命和价格革命的形成原因，以及16世纪这个地理大发现时代的前提和后果、文艺复兴运动。

yl：噢，很难吧？

G歌：恩，很难驾御

yl：用英语表达得出来吗？

G歌：没问题，我准备写1000字左右

G歌：John Cabot (1450 ~ 1498?)was a explorer who discovered the east coast of the North America. John Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy in 1450. His father was Julio Cabot, a seaman and a merchant. In 1461, when John was 11, his family moved to Venice. John`s father owned a spice shop and John helped his father sometimes. John had a dream to exploring the world when he was a kid. Because his father Julio told him many stories about the orient countries. Absolutely the most famous story is about Marco Polo.  At that time, the North of Italy was the center of business in Europe. Venice is the most important distributing center. So John`s father want his son to learn how to be a businessman.  But, just like the swan is not a duck, his father`s small spice shop also can not durance a mind of explorer. With the productivity and the merchandise with economic`s develop, the north of Italy appeared the bud of capitalism. So the European needs more and more noble metal, as well, it also increase the demand of mart.

G歌：我直接电脑上打，写好再改。

yl：要不要我把国内现在热播的“大国崛起”解说词发给你?

G歌：讲什么的？

yl：英美法德意日俄等9国是怎样崛起的，共有12集。发在这里还是邮件里。

G歌：发到邮件里好了，我有空再看。

yl：好，你写吧，早点睡觉。