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Why I’m (still) glad I started my year abroad early?

by Jasmine Zaman

Why I’m (still) glad I started my year abroad early Jasmine Zaman, Foreign Correspondent in Spain, informs us of her experience of a year abroad cut short and why she feels grateful for having embarked on it early. With the majority of news focusing on the doom and gloom of the Covid-19 pandemic, I would […]

Where has the time gone?

by Multilingual

Libby Swan discusses the anxieties of concluding her year abroad, as well as maintaining her Mandarin language skills; translated by Chi Cheung. 我们弹指一挥间已到第二个学期了 — 时间去哪儿啦?这也是说七个月以前,我从北京到英国了,而我在中国留学的阅历结束了。虽然我埃克赛特的生活没有什么可抱怨的,但我不由自主想念中国的生活,尤其跟我中国朋友出去玩儿并且尝尝各种各样的中国菜。不过,我准备回来英国的阶段,想念我中国生活并不是让我心烦意乱的原因。我最害怕的是把学会的中文能力失掉了。在中国最后几个月,我跟最好中国朋友们朝夕相处了,天天一直其乐融融地利用中文交流。对我来说,这种的机会难能可贵,我活得其所。刚到中国的时候我往往惶惑,摸着石头过河,不过在这短短时间内我开始感觉坦然自若,甭装样子了。我说话的自发性提高了、学会了怎么自然地用合适的成语,并且我并不怕开口说话了。到英国以后这些习得技能势所必然会消失对吧?另一个忧虑是,我回到埃克塞特大学以后会有一门口试,那在整个暑假中我就怎么会保持这些语言方面呢?首先,还好我的中国朋友们很乐意每一个星期给我打个电话,谈一谈无论何事。这对于我的口语水平有大影响了,因为令人惊讶的是,忘记简简单单词语如 此之快。因此而已经常联系非常重要。再说,再开学以后,更容易保持中文水平,因为我们每个星期有六个小时的课,再加作业,所以用中文的时间更长。还有我找到了别的优秀的中国朋友,跟他们常常见面,练习一下。对于语言方面来讲,英国生活当然比不上中国的,不过如果努力勤奋刻苦练习,掌握的语言并不会涣然冰释。我们就该相信啦 — 加油! Mandarin version by Libby Swan Time passes like a fleeting moment and we are already in our second semester-where has the time gone? This also means that […]

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