10篇文章帮你搞定4级词汇(5)Yip Sang a Chinese Canadian_大学英语单词

10篇文章帮你搞定4级词汇(5)Yip Sang a Chinese Canadian

　　In 1885, he returned to China using the money he had saved from his CPR job. He remained there from 1885 until 1888, while there he married four different wives, a regular occurrence at that time for wealthy young men. He and his first wife, Lee Shee, had a son and a daughter. Lee Shee became gravely ill after their marriage and urged Yip Sang to take another wife, one who would be able to take good care for their children. Wong Shee, Yip Sangs second wife, was very young with sensitive eyes, but did not meet with the approval of Lee Shee. She insisted he should marry a third time, and this time choose someone more suitable to care for children. Dong Shee, wife number three, was more mature and had the capacity to supervise the household and the children. Dong Shee convinced Yip Sang to take a fourth wife, Chin Shee, whose primary role was to be Dong Shees companion. With his four wives, Yip Sang had 23 children, one of whom became the first Chinese Canadian doctor to be recognized in Canada. In 1888, Yip Sang returned to Canada with three wives-Lee Shee died before they left.

　　On his return to Canada he undertook a new enterprise. He became a merchant, opening an import-export business in the heart of Vancouvers Chinatown. Wing Sang company specialized in goods imported from China. The company provided Chinese Canadians with merchandise to China.

　　His formula of pouring as much money as he could afford into building and expansion couldnt help but succeed. In 1889, Yip Sang bought land on Pender Street in Chinatown and began construction of a complex, which still stands today. Initially being a two-story building with a ground floor storefront and a second floor residence, it was probably the first in Chinatown to be built of durable brick. Customers of the store walked on wooden platforms covering the unpaved dirt streets to avoid tracking the dust and mud into the building.