John Daniel: 月报二,八月:语言课程快结束了 Language school is almost over, August 2024

再次你好!谢谢您看我第二个月的月报!我很激动跟你分享最近一个月所有的经历。 在7月底,我必须与几个好朋友说再见。他们只是语言课程7月份的学生。我们收取成绩凭证后(见下图),我们直接开始安排一个小小的庆祝晚会来彼此告别。 Hello again and thank you for reading my second monthly report! I am excited to share with you what has happened over the last month. At the end of July I had to say goodbye to a few friends who were only staying for the July section of the language course. After we…

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Case Study: Anam Rahman, China – 2017

During my second year of university I wrote a paper on the Chinese economy.  It was here where the magnitude of the inevitable global macroeconomic shifts, finally sunk in. Within the next 10 years China will be the biggest economy in the world. By 2050 its GDP per capita will be twice the size of…

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Anam Rahman: A day at Shanghai Markets – China, July 2017

上海市内市场   上周,我去了一个著名的上海商场。我要买一些东西给我的家人和练习我的中文。我学了很多中文,我知道怎么讲价。我很喜欢用中文和商贩讲价。我觉得很骄傲,六个月以前,我不会中文,现在我会中文了。首先,我去了上海著名的室内市场。在这里,你能买到所有的上海的商品。我找到了一些围巾,我觉得我妹妹会喜欢。商贩是一个很厉害的女人。首先,她告诉我一条围巾200块。最后,我用150块买了3条围巾。我问她,是否开心,她说不开心,我很会讲价。我觉得我很开心,两分钟以后,我找到另一家围巾商店。然而,这个商贩告诉我,5条围巾150块。这些围巾和我之前买的看上去一样。这时,我发现我讲价没有我认为的那么好。我接受了这个价格,因为它很便宜。我又买了5条围巾。我学到了很重要的一课。如果你购物,不要在前一个小时买东西,多看看多讲价。当你看过一些商店之后,你再回去买你想要的。 ENGLISH: A day at Shanghai Markets Last week I went to some famous Shanghai markets. I wanted to buy some things for my family and also practice my Chinese. I have learnt a lot of Chinese to negotiate prices. I absolutely loved arguing and negotiating with shop owners in Chinese. I felt…

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My Trip to Downtown – Anam Rahman, Shanghai, April 2017

shì qū yóu ji wǒ lái shanghai zhī hòu, hái méi yǒu qu shì qū. shàng zhōu, wǒ qù le, gǐ gè shanghai zhùmíng de jǐng diǎn. wǒ xūyào liǎng gè xiǎo shí dào dá shi qù. shǒu xiān, wǒ cháng gōng jiāo chē dào xinzhuan, zhe dà gai xūyao sì shí fēn zhōng zhàn…

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A weekend trip to Shanghai: Gavin Vine, China – April 2017

周末去上海旅行 我来中国之前列出一个我在中国想去地方的清单,清单上大多数地方是有美丽的风景,可是也有一个城市、我从小一直想去的城市- 上海。 因此,几个星期前的一个周末,我决定自己去亲眼看这个我想象中的城市。我在上海最清晰的记忆是我晚上刚刚到市中心、下地铁的时候。我从地铁站出口走出来,进去一个明显洋气的街道。周边建筑物装饰艺术的风格,很窄的公路都让我想到我在欧洲去过的一些地方。 但是,我走去酒店的时候,远处闪烁的灯光越来越清楚,我看见灯都在一个形式奇异的楼上。我转过街角,在很旧的建筑物之间看到了宏伟的东方明珠。 那时候我知道上海真是一个独一无二的城市。 ENGLISH: Before I came to China, I made a list of all the places I wanted to visit in the country. Most of the places were beautiful scenic areas I had seen pictures of in magazines, but there was also a city on my list. This was a city…

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Golden Week, China – Charlotte McGarry, October 2016

每年在十月份期间中国人有一周的假期来庆祝庆节,叫 ‘黄金周’。很多中国人趁着这个机会到国内和国外各种地方去旅游。我们班的学生也不例外,同学们之间去了十个多城市在三个的国家。我跟我的同学恩诺去苏州和上海。   我们参观第一座城市是苏州,江苏省东南部的一个地级市。该城市因漂亮的运河和花园而出名。 我们花了整天沿着运河走,参观苏州最为优秀的花园,不停地吃各种各样的可爱小吃。最初我们打算花整个假期在苏州,但看地图之后而发现了苏州到上海的距离多么近我们 那一刻就决定绕路去上海。上海是中国文化和经济中心,比苏州繁华得多。我们参观了该城市大部分的名胜,如外滩,人民工场之类的。当初上海的热闹气氛对我有很多诱惑力但过了不久我们累了要命,花整天在这么挤满的城市 东奔西跑 让我们烦躁不堪。   总而言是,黄金周去旅行是个不能错过的机会,让你自己体验中国各个地方之间的文化和语言区别以及玩的很疯! 不过我推荐去旅游之前要心理准备一下, 只有在中国黄金周去过旅游,才能真正地明白’人山人海’的意思! Every year in October, China has a week of holiday, called ‘Golden Week’ to celebrate its National Day.  A lot of Chinese people take this opportunity to travel, both within the country and abroad.  Us exchange students were no exception; between us, we…

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