feeling as much at ease in English as they do in Japanese.

感到用英語和用日語一樣自如。

So we put them into the Japanese school system from the start.

所以我們從一開始就把他們放入日本的學校系統。

However, this year as elementary school graduation approached, so did a big choice.

然而，今年隨著小學畢業的臨近，一個重大的選擇也隨之而來。

Do we change over to an International or English-speaking school to prepare them for college in the States,

我們是否要轉到國際學校或英語學校，為他們在美國上大學做準備。

or let them continue in Japanese middle school?

還是讓他們繼續上日本的中學？

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

[生活在日本的主題曲]。

If you know about Japanese school culture, you know that it begins super laid back in kindergarten

如果你瞭解日本的學校文化，你就會知道，它從幼兒園開始就非常悠閒。

and then gets more and more intense as students move towards Junior High and High School.

然後隨著學生升入國中和高中而變得越來越緊張。

The goal of the system is to produce students who will become shyakaidin,

該系統的目標是培養出將成為shyakaidin的學生。

or contributing members of society.

或對社會有貢獻的成員。

But how does that work for international families, who have feet in multiple worlds?

但對於腳踏多個世界的國際家庭來說，這又是如何做到的呢？

Here we go!

我們來了!

Let's go!

我們走吧!

So girls, everyone wants to know...

是以，女孩們，每個人都想知道...

Are you doing bukatsu (school clubs)?

你是否在做bukatsu（學校俱樂部）？

No.

沒有。

No?!

沒有嗎!

You had a choice, right?

你有一個選擇，對嗎？

This summer we want to go on a big trip

今年夏天，我們想去做一次大旅行

But if we did that...

但如果我們這樣做...

We won't tell you where.

我們不會告訴你在哪裡。

We won't tell you where just yet, you'll have to wait and see.

我們現在還不會告訴你在哪裡，你得等著看。

Right? Yep.

對嗎？是的。

But if we did the big trip then we couldn't do bukatsu, so we let you guys choose, huh?

但是，如果我們做大旅行，那麼我們就不能做bukatsu，所以我們讓你們選擇，嗯？

And you chose? To go on the big trip!

而你選擇了？去參加大旅行!

To go on the big trip!

要去參加大旅行!

So did you have an awesome time at the school sports day?

那麼，你在學校運動會上玩得很開心嗎？

Yep.

是的。

I got a trophy! Awesome.

我得到了一個獎盃!真棒。

It's like a "ouengasen."

這就像一個 "ouengasen"。

I got four trophies. What does it mean?

我得到了四個獎盃。這意味著什麼？

That means I won the ouen. Yeah!

這意味著我贏了歐恩。是的!

And you did too Anna. I got four. She got four like papers.

你也是如此，安娜。我有四個。她得到了四份類似的文件。

Oh nice! Papers that she won thingies.

哦，很好！她贏得的文件。她贏得的文件。

We've had this for a while and have done nothing with it.

我們有這個東西已經有一段時間了，但沒有用它做什麼。

Oh that would be very good like that.

哦，那樣的話就非常好了。

I think so.

我想是的。

It's the little Reutter kids. It's our turn to go to school, right?

是小魯特家的孩子。輪到我們去上學了，對嗎？

Here they come! Say bye Momma-chan, love you.

他們來了!跟媽媽說再見吧，愛你。

Love you!

愛你!

Alright. And wait I want to show everybody. Oh yes!

好的。等等，我想讓大家看看。哦，是的！

Your pet lizard, huh?

你的寵物蜥蜴，嗯？

Meet, pet lizard.

滿足，寵物蜥蜴。

Wow, does he have a name?

哇，他有名字嗎？

Um, sometimes I call him Lizzie.

嗯，有時我叫他麗茲。

Lizzie? Well that's cool.

Lizzie?嗯，這很酷。

Oh fun. And there's his little home.

哦，有趣。這就是他的小家。

Ok, let's keep going. We don't want to be late for school.

好吧，讓我們繼續前進。我們不想在學校遲到。

Oh my goodness dude. What is going on there?

哦，我的天哪，老兄。那裡發生了什麼事？

What are you practicing for now?

你現在在為什麼而練習？

Um, undoukai. Undoukai?

嗯，undoukai。undoukai？

Are you excited? Yeah.

你興奮嗎？是的。

How about you Joshua? Did you start undoukai practice? Yep.

你呢，約書亞？你開始了UNDOUKAI練習嗎？是的。

You did. Well, it's for the dance.

你做到了。嗯，這是為了跳舞。

Japanese schools have been great for our kids,

日本學校對我們的孩子來說是很好的。

and even though we all work hard to bridge the language and cultural barrier,

儘管我們都在努力工作，以消除語言和文化障礙。

it helps us be more connected to our local community.

它幫助我們與當地社區有更多聯繫。

But not all of it is perfect for International families,

但並不是所有的地方都適合國際家庭。

especially when your lifestyle requires more flexibility than is typically offered in the school system.

特別是當你的生活方式需要比學校系統通常提供的更多靈活性時。

We're living here in Japan, our kids go to school,

我們住在日本這裡，我們的孩子去上學。

Bukatsu is a big part of school life. It's not required,

Bukatsu是學校生活的一個重要部分。這不是必須的。

But, it fills up their after school time, it fills up their weekends,

但是，這填滿了他們的課餘時間，填滿了他們的週末。

And it fill up all their vacations.

而且這填補了他們所有的假期。

And that for us just didn't work well because,

而這對我們來說，效果並不好，因為。

As an international family, there's lot of trips we need to take, there's lot of things we need to do,

作為一個國際家庭，我們有很多需要去的地方，有很多需要做的事情。

So the girls decided not to do bukatsu because they want to go with us on these trips.

所以女孩們決定不做bukatsu，因為她們想和我們一起去參加這些旅行。

How was school today guys?

今天在學校過得怎麼樣，夥計們？

Homework?

家庭作業？

Homework makes the dream work.

家庭作業使夢想得以實現。

Didn't you say that in the last episode?

你在上一集不是這麼說的嗎？

Homework makes the dream work!

家庭作業讓夢想成真!

Homework makes me sad.

家庭作業讓我很難過。

Makes you sad?!

讓你難過嗎？

Homework makes you smart.

家庭作業使你變得聰明。

A bit of sorrow now for a lifetime of joy.

現在的一點悲傷是為了一生的快樂。

Preach it, Dad.

宣揚它，爸爸。

Oh Joshua, 'sa'. That was was your hiragana of the day?

哦，約書亞，"薩"。這就是你今天的平假名？

Way to roll dude. Way to roll.

辦法是滾，夥計。要滾了。

I know, Anna has beautiful handwriting.

我知道，安娜的筆跡很美。

Did it.

做了。

Oh boy. There it is. It's going up.

哦，孩子。就在那裡。它正在上升。

Is that better? Oh yeah.

這樣好嗎？哦，是的。

That looks fantastic. We finally did something.

這看起來太棒了。我們終於做了一些事情。

Now there is still space for the gold plaque.

現在仍有空間可供放置金匾。

That's right!

這就對了!

1 million subscribers, here we come.

100萬訂閱者，我們來了。

Daddy look.

爸爸的樣子。

It's like the clouds are blue. Then the bottom of the clouds is yellow.

這就像雲是藍色的。然後雲的底部是黃色的。

See over there? Oh you're right.

看到那邊了嗎？哦，你是對的。

Aren't those super pretty?

這些不是超級漂亮嗎？

They're sunflowers' tiny version.

它們是向日葵的微小版本。

Yeah. Ok, let's take a picture.

是的。好吧，讓我們拍張照片。

There's two mosquitos by me?

我身邊有兩隻蚊子？

We got some good pictures though. Ok, let's go.

不過我們拍到了一些好照片。好了，我們走吧。

Choosing the right learning environment for your children is an important decision,

為您的孩子選擇合適的學習環境是一個重要的決定。

and at this point we are glad we have our kids in the local Japanese schools.

而在這一點上，我們很高興我們的孩子在當地的日本學校上學。

But our older kids in Junior High are now at a stage where they may need to switch over to an English-based education

但我們國中的大孩子現在正處於一個階段，他們可能需要轉向以英語為基礎的教育。

in order to prepare them for their future, but the choice is not an easy one.

以便為他們的未來做好準備，但這個選擇並不容易。

Honestly we've been surprised by how good the local schools have been for them

說實話，我們對當地學校對他們的幫助之大感到驚訝。

and it makes the decision that much harder.

這使決定變得更加困難。

When you're on this bridge, it crosses over to Tokyo.

當你在這座橋上時，它就會跨越到東京。

This side over here

這一邊在這裡

This side over here, that's Tokyo.

這邊是東京，那邊是東京。

So half of the bridge?

那麼一半的橋？

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah, there's a plaque on the bridge that shows you where it starts.

是的，橋上有一塊牌子，告訴你它的起點。

Found it found it found it! You found it Sarah?

找到了 找到了 找到了!你找到它了嗎，莎拉？

Here. This one side is Tokyo,

這裡。這一邊是東京。

And this you should know. This is where we live.

而這一點你應該知道。這就是我們生活的地方。

"Kanajawa"

"Kanajawa"

Kanagawa!

神奈川!

Oh, I actually called it "Kanajawa"

哦，其實我叫它 "金澤"。

So Anna, we went from doing a finger to doing a whole hand, huh?

所以，安娜，我們從做一個手指到做一整隻手，嗯？

Yep. My goodness!

是的。我的天哪!

I see giraffes and pandas here

我在這裡看到了長頸鹿和大熊貓

You have been busy, huh? Yep.

你一直很忙，嗯？是的。

What are you guys doing here tonight?

你們今晚在這裡做什麼？

We're putting on glowing stars in our room

我們在房間裡放上發光的星星

And it's going to be so like space!

而且它將會是如此的像太空!

Ready 3, 2, 1

準備就緒 3, 2, 1

Go space!

去太空!

Whoa!

哇!

OK stop!

好了，停下來！

I'm not good at fighting. I'm good at it.

我不擅長打架。我很擅長。

Wow, look at this in here!

哇，看看這裡面的東西!

Wait, I want to see the view.

等等，我想看看風景。

You want to see the view?

你想看風景嗎？

You look so funny!

你看起來很有趣!

Do I look like a happy face?

我看起來像個快樂的人嗎？

Yea, is that your face?! Yeah.

是的，這是你的臉嗎？是的。

Oh my goodness, you guys used so many stickers!

哦，我的天哪，你們用了這麼多的貼紙!

OK, you going to turn it on?

好的，你要把它打開嗎？

[In a funny accent] 3, 2, 1

[以滑稽的口音]3，2，1

Whoa, that was cool guys. Very cool.

哇，那是很酷的傢伙。非常酷。

So Anna, did you finish your hand?

那麼，安娜，你完成了你的手嗎？

All of it. The drawing of your hand?

所有的一切。你的手的畫？

You going to get an A?

你會得到A嗎？

Definitely

絕對的

Yea, I'm definitely going to get an A,

是的，我肯定會得到A。

But I don't know if I'm going to get an "A Maru,"

但我不知道我是否會得到一個 "A丸"，"

Oh yea?

哦，是嗎？

I hope I get an A plus.

我希望我得到一個A+。

I got an A, so she's definitely going to get an A.

我得到了A，所以她肯定會得到A。

Oh yea, awesome.

哦，是的，真棒。

Because I did it better than Becca.

因為我比貝卡做得更好。

You really went for it, that was awesome.

你真的去做了，那真是太棒了。

Alright, we're on our way to meet with another YouTuber

好了，我們正在去見另一個優酷網的路上。

This is really fun, we're going to meet Takashi from Japan

這真的很有趣，我們要去見來自日本的高志。

He's got a fun channel and he asked us to do an interview

他有一個有趣的頻道，他要求我們做一個採訪。

So we were happy to meet up with him.

所以我們很高興能與他見面。

Becca & Anna

貝卡和安娜

Yea! Hello Takashi!

是的!你好，高希希！

Today we're going to do an interview with Takashi san!

今天，我們將對Takashi san進行採訪!

Very fun!

非常有趣!

I am really excited. Yes, I am too!

我真的很興奮。是的，我也是!

Thanks for inviting us out here.

謝謝你邀請我們到這裡來。

Alright, we're getting all setup.

好了，我們正在進行所有的設置。

Yea! Yea, right?

是的!是的，對嗎？

Takashi, he's got good tastes in cameras.

Takashi，他對相機的品味很高。

Thanks! He's using a Sony Camera.

謝謝!他用的是索尼相機。

Alpha 7C

阿爾法7C

Oh yes, very good.

哦，是的，非常好。

Sony camera right here too

索尼相機也在這裡

This is a really good lens.

這是一個非常好的鏡頭。

If you've been in a multi-cultural school situation,

如果你在一個多文化的學校裡呆過。

please let us know what your experience was like in the comments.

請在評論中讓我們知道你的經驗是怎樣的。

Good? Bad? Ugly?

好？不好嗎？醜陋？

Would you have done things differently?

你會以不同的方式做事嗎？

And please don't forget to subscribe,

並請不要忘記訂閱。

it's still one of the absolute best ways to show your support

這仍然是表示支持的絕對最佳方式之一

and only takes a moment to do.

而且只需要一會兒就能完成。