David Wu (Cantonese: Ng Dai-Wai, ; born

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, 2 October 1966), also known by the nickname Wu-Man, is a Chinese American film actor, TV personality and formerly

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Early life

Wu grew up in Taiwan, but attended high school in America. He graduated from the

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MTV and TV host

Wu never had academic talent. Leveraging his family connections, he became known on

as the host of "Go West," a TV show on that taught Chinese people how to speak both formal and informal English.The next global stage: challenges and opportunities in our ... - Page 135, , Traduire cette page, Kenʼichi Ōmae - 2005 - Extraits - Autres éditions. It features Taiwanese American entertainer David Wu who teaches his viewers the latest American-English slang. Li Yang is an English teacher, but with a difference. His style, called "Crazy English," is based on shouting slogans and ... Wu would often combine English sayings such as "Don't have a cow man" and "What's up" into his conversations leaving the audience stunned and breathless that someone of Chinese descent was able to speak English. Wu's selling point was his ability as a Chinese to speak English, a feat very rare in the 80s and 90s. However, the influx of other Asians in America made Wu irrelevant by the turn of the century.

Acting career

References

David Wu - Teaching American Slang to the Chinese

External links

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