Like other 12 year olds, Cendikiawan Diki Suryaatmadja is getting ready for a new school year.

和其他的12岁小孩一样，森迪卡万·迪基·舍亚特马达正准备迎接新学期。

But unlike other 12 year olds, Diki will study physics and take additional classes in math, chemistry and economics¹ at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

但和其他12岁小孩不一样的是，迪基将在加拿大安大略省的滑铁卢大学主修物理，辅修数学、化学和经济学。

He is one of a growing number of youngsters² enrolling³ in universities.

他是越来越壮大的少年大学生队伍中的一员。

"I'm very excited to meet the new students and make new friends," said the pre-teen in an interview with CBC News.

这位青春期前的儿童在接受加拿大广播公司采访时表示：“要见到新同学、交到新朋友，我觉得非常兴奋。”

Diki, who is from West Java, a province in Indonesia, will be living with his father in an apartment near the university.

迪基来自印度尼西亚西爪哇省，将和父亲一起生活在学校旁边的一间公寓里。

The boy taught himself English in about six months by living in Singapore, reading English articles and watching subtitled English movies — especially comedies.

在住在新加坡的时候，他用六个月时间自学了英语，能够读英语文章、看英文字幕的电影--尤其是喜剧片。

"Little by little, through osmosis, you can learn a language," he said.

他表示：“通过耳濡目染，一点一点地，你就会学会一门语言。”