1、選修七Unit 5 Keep it up, Xie Lei再接再厲,Chinese student fittingin well中國學(xué)生適應(yīng)能力強Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane for London.六個月前,蕾告別了她在中國的家人和朋友，登上了前往倫敦的飛機。It was the 仔rst time she had ever left her motherland.這是她第一次離開自己的祖國。"After Retting my vis

2、a I was very excited because I had dreamed of this day for so Ion公"拿到 簽證后我很激動，因為我很久以前就夢想著能有這么一天，But I was also very nervous as I didnft know what to expect,“但是我又非常緊，因為我不知道我所期望的是什 么 o “Xie Lei told me when I saw her waitin。in a queue at the student cafeteria between lectures.課間休息時我在學(xué)生 餐廳碰到正排隊的蕾，

3、她告訴我說.Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification.蕾今年 21 歲,來我們大 學(xué)上學(xué)，希望獲得工商管理書。She is上Ifway through the preparation year, which most foreign students complete before applying for a decree couise大多數(shù)外籍學(xué)生在申請學(xué)位課程之前都要學(xué)習(xí)一年預(yù)科,而蕾已經(jīng)讀完半年了。XieLei highly recomme

4、nds it.她非?？粗仡A(yù)科課程?！癟he preparation course is most bene行cialj she said. n Studyinghere is quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first.“預(yù)科課程非常有益。在這兒學(xué)習(xí)跟在中國學(xué)習(xí)是相當(dāng)不同的。你必須事前做些準(zhǔn)備?！?quot;It's not just study that's difiRcult. “困難不僅僅只在學(xué) 習(xí)方面，You have to qet used to a whole

5、new way of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning/1 你還必須習(xí)慣一種全新的生活方式,在一開始的時候這,就會 占去你的全部精力，"explained Xie Lei, who had lived all her life in the same city in China.蕾解釋說。她在中國時一直居住在同一座城市。She told me that she had had to learn almost everything again.她還告訴我，幾乎每件事她都得重 新學(xué)習(xí)。nSome

6、times I felt like a child/1 she said.她說：“有 時候我覺得自己像個小孩似的，"I had to learn how to use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper for things I didn*t know the English for,我得學(xué)習(xí)如何使用, 乘公交車時該怎樣付款，在商店買東西時如果不知道商品的 英文名字時，又怎樣問店主。When I 30t lost and had to ask a passer-by for diiections, I

7、 didn*t always understand當(dāng)我 迷路不得不向過路人問路時，經(jīng)常聽不懂他們說的話。Theydon't talk like they do on our listening tapes," she said,如辿逗蛇他們說的話不像我們在聽力磁帶上聽到的那樣，” 蕾說著笑了。Xie Lei lives with a host family who give her Ivts of good advice.蕾同房東一家人住在一起，他們給了她許多建議。Although some foreign students live in student accommoda

8、tion or apartments, some choose to board withEnglish families.雖然有些外國學(xué)生住在學(xué)生宿舍或公寓房里，但是有些學(xué)生選擇寄宿在英國人的家中。Living with host families, in which there may be other college students, gives her the chance to lears more about the new culture. 有 的房東家也許會住著其他大學(xué)生，跟這樣的人家住在一起會 給她提供機會，更好地了解新的文化。"When I hear an id

9、iom that I don't imderstand, I can ask my host family for help/1 explains Xie Lei."當(dāng)我聽到我不理解的成語時，我可以向房東家里的人請教，"蕾解釋說。"Also, when I miss my family, it's a 殳reat comfart to have a substitute family to be with“還有，當(dāng)我想家的時候，房東家就是我家的替身,和他們在一起給了我很大的安慰?！盭ie Lei's preparation course i

10、s helping hee to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university. 蕾的 預(yù)科課程幫助她熟悉了西方大學(xué)里在學(xué)術(shù)方面的要求。叮remember the 行 rst essay I did for my tutor J she told me.她an對我說：“我還記得我交給導(dǎo)師的第一篇論文。gfoundarticle on the Internet that seemed to have exactly theinformation I needed.我在網(wǎng)上找到一篇文章，看來跟我所 需要的信息恰好一樣。S

11、o I made a summary of the article, revised my draft and handed the essay in.于是我就那篇論文寫了一篇小結(jié)性的文章，修改了草稿，然后交給了導(dǎo)師。I thought I would 殳et a really good mark but I got an E> 我 原以為我會得到高分的，結(jié)果只得了一個E。I was numb with shock!我非常吃驚！ So I went to my tutor to ask the reason for his revision.于是去找導(dǎo)師理論，想換個分?jǐn)?shù)。First of

12、 鳴 he told me, I couldn't write what other people had said without acknowledginR them.他告訴我說,首先， 我不能把別人的話寫下來而不表示感。Besides, as far as he was concerned, what other people thought was not the most important thing.此外，他認(rèn)為，別人的想法并不是最重要 的。He wanted to knew what I thouaht, which confused me because I thou

13、ght that the author of the article knew far more than I did.他想要知道的是我所想的是什么。這倒把 我弄糊涂了，因為該文作者所知道的比我多得多。My tutor explained that I should read lots of different texts that contain different opinions and analyse what I read.導(dǎo)師給我解釋說，我得閱讀大量的、有關(guān)不同觀點的文章，并進行 分析。Then, in my essay, I should give my own opinion

14、and explain it by referring 勿 other authors.然后，在我的論文中，我得表明我自己的觀點，并且引用別的作者的觀點來說 明為什么我相信我的觀點。Finally he even encouraged me最后，他甚至鼓勵我反駁to contradict the authors I'd read!我讀過的那些作者的觀點！ At first I lacked con行dence, but now I'm begimiiiiR to get the idea and my marks haveimproved. More importantl&qu

15、ot; I am now a more autonomouslearner J起初,我缺乏信心這樣做,而現(xiàn)在我開始懂得了,我的分?jǐn)?shù)也已經(jīng)有所提高了。更重要的是，我現(xiàn)在是一個自 主學(xué)習(xí)者。”Xie Lei told me that she feels much more at home in England now, and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal.蕾告訴我說,現(xiàn)在她在英國感到自在 多了。以前看似很奇怪的事，如今覺得似乎很正常了?！眗1s just got one more thing to achieve. “我還有一件事要做， have been so occupied with work that I haven't had time for以至于沒有時間去參與社social activities.我一直忙于學(xué)習(xí)，會活動。I think it's important to have a balance between study and a social life» so Tm going to join a few chibs我認(rèn)為在學(xué)習(xí)與社會生活之間的平衡也是很重要的，所以我打算 參加幾個俱樂部，Hopef