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溫哥華LaSalle學院 |
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Hi there, my name is Jo Ann. I’m glad to be
here to share a tiny bit of my splendid experiences with you.
Please forgive all the grammar mistakes that I could have made.
Well, first of all, I just wanna say: ”Can’t believe this is
true!” For the last one month I’ve been studying at LaSalle
College in AMAZING beautiful British Columbia, Vancouver. This
was a scholarship I won from the competition ”English I’m the
best!” held earlier this year. It’s my very first time studying
abroad, all by myself and far, far away from home. My dad and
some of my relatives were actually pretty nervous about the
trip. But the truth is that I’m not nervous at all but got all
excited about going to study English in such an enchanting place,
meeting different people AND probably find my ideal prince Charming.
Oh COME ON! Just kidding, of course I didn’t find my prince
Charming in such a SHORT time. But I really did meet a lot of
wonderful people and go to a lot of gorgeous places and events,
such as the Aquarium, Stanley Park, Waterfront Park (for the
Caribbean Festival), English Bay (for fireworks), Gastown, Granville
Island, Grouse Mountain, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Metrotown
etc. And the Lonsdale Quay Market and the Pacific Center that
I went pass every day.
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The weather is cool there and the
laid-back city style is awesome. Spending my Sunday afternoon
at a beach relaxing or just hanging out, taking many buses going
nowhere and doing nothing is nice too. BTW, I would like to
notice you DO NOT miss the delicious ”Tim Horton’s” or you are
a fool. Sorry I can’t write any longer. I’m supposed just to
write 300 words. Maybe I wrote too many unnecessary things or
something. But anyways, I would like to end this essay by telling
you how appreciate I am for these wonderful folks: my nice host
family, organized Joyce and Gary, thank you for making me feel
like I’m at home; dear Eli and Kanako, thank you for showing
me around and taking care of me like big sisters; the cutest
kids in Joyce’s daycare, Aidin, Bryanna and Sebastian, thanx
for all the happiness you guys gave me; incredible Kevin and
sweetest Jodi, thank you for being the greatest teachers, patiently
answered all of my whys; for Weedy, Mai, Risa, Bo-mi, Yoo, Arlette
and Jessica, thank you for taking me as I am and giving me so
many unforgettable friendship and memories!
Ummm…these are the thank-you list, sorry for making it kinda
long here but I think it’s really necessary. Thanx again to
all the people that I did and didn’t mention who helped me achieve
my dream studying in Canada and even made it means so much more
and better for me. I couldn’t have done anything without you.
Thanx A LOT and love ya all!!! |
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吳怡琳 Lillian |
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July 22, summer, 2004. I was on a trip to Canada.
It was my first time going studying abroad by myself. I was
so nervous and excited when I left for a foreign country which
is on the other side of the earth. I was going to face a totally
different environment: the language, people, and cultures there.
What would happen in the following 32 days? I didn’t know, and
I didn’t want to take any guess. I just looked forward to anything
which would come to me.
Toronto, the city I was going to stay for four weeks, welcomed
me with its beautiful night view. It was late when I arrived
my homestay. My homestay mother, Muntaz, is a nice single lady.
She lives in a fine community. She loves gardening. It’s her
routine to get up in early morning and water her garden.
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There are lots of plants in her
yard: flowers, eggplants, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuces, peppers,
and so on. Vegetable-picking is the funniest thing to do in
her garden. She showed me the beauty of Toronto. I used every
moment to experience this city.On the first Monday after arriving
there, I went to my school, ESC, a private language school in
Toronto. It takes only a floor in a building. It’s not a big
place, but I met students there who came from ten different
countries. It was amazing for me to met people from Europe,
South America, Middle East, and Asia in a small space. It’s
just like a mini global village. Moreover, we had many interesting
activities in school. Not only students, but teachers, even
school staffs and directors can learn things while having fun.
It is really a good atmosphere for learning. Everyone exchanges
their experiences, their languages, and their cultures. Everyone
treasures the time of being together. I love this school.
I really enjoyed the time in Toronto. In this English environment,
I learned English without consciousness and stress. What I got
is happiness only. I keep believing that it is the best way
for people to learn foreign languages. Staying in the native-speaking
countries and experiencing the surroundings in person. Believe
it or not! You definitely can get more than you expected. In
this trip, the best souvenir for myself is the unforgettable
experience. I keep this wonderful memory in my photo album and
my mind. How is my trip to Canada? It was incredible! |
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林美君 Gwendolyn |
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溫哥華 PGIC語言學校 |
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「信心來自於平日不斷的充實，一個 人懂得長遠計畫，仔細修正，不斷努力，那麼成功便離他不遠了。」我不算一個成功的人，但當我努力後受oh
Canada 肯定之後，我便知道我離成功不遠了。生平第ㄧ次出國，便遠赴溫哥華這美麗的都市，再溫哥華的一個 月中感受到同學、寄宿家庭的熱情，及學校老師的認真教學和活潑的上課方式，在全英文的環境下，不論聽說讀寫都突飛猛進，和各國的英文高手ㄧ起上課也讓我知自己的英文還有很大的進步空間。
而有親切的寄宿家庭陪伴，讓我能學的高興又玩的開心。 |
| 假日時，或平常課餘後，又有學校精心安排的課外活動，讓我過了充實又愉快的遊學生活。Reflection
For Studying Abord
I love the muticulture in PGIC and learn a lot from it. In
PGIC, students come from all over the world, such as from
Brazil, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Mexico, Arab, etc. I not only
have chance to practice English with them but get to know
their traditional culture. For example, in Arab, a man can
marry four wives. Furthermore, I experienced how to learn
English and have good interaction with teacher in an interesting
ways, such as games, discussion, and presentation. Hence,
with lots of outstanding classmates , I knew my English still
have lots of room to impove. My speaking ability still needs
to boost for sometimes I can hardly make myself understood.
When it comes to my writing skill, after having TOEFL class,
score 3 really frustrated me a lot. ( The highest score is
6). Besides, the school offers various kinds of outdoor activities,
such as Rockie Mt., Victoria trip, and Science world.... I
made efforts to open my eyes to this beautiful country, and
I did it . I enjoyed myself a lot, and not only played but
learned to my heart's content. All in all, what makes PGIC
a good place to study ?-----Its muticulture, best teachers,
and extracurricular activies. |
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喬治亞 Savannah 學院 |
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親愛的OH!AMERICA朋友們:
很高興我來到美國生活已經將近兩個星期的時間了.首先還是得感謝您們提供一個那麼好的機會讓我來美國念書並完成我多年來的夢想!感恩............!
這邊的英文課程是令人感覺滿足的事.我們的課程包含了聽說讀寫以及文法合發音教學.此外學校安排我們參與一些實際製作以及地方旅行.使我們在遊玩及學習應用知識中.學到更多實用的英語.而且使我們英文更加流暢! |
在課堂上每位學生都聚精匯神的在聽老師講課.跟台灣的教育環境有很大的不同.我們有時分開兩組上課.有時則合課進行個人的英語發表能力訓練.此外.老師會主動進行個別教學傾聽您的經驗及感覺.這邊的老師感覺像我們在美國的媽媽一樣的親切.而學生就像兄弟姐妹一樣吃喝睡都在一起.
我們的地方旅行也是學習的一環.前天我們剛跟國際學生辦事處的員工到Ogeechee River去划個整整三個小時的獨木舟.我的手還起了火?呢!不過就像冒險一樣划完全程.我們做過最瘋狂的事就是到電影學系學習製作電影及相關英文學習.我們還做了一部五分鐘的電影!我們也常利用outing的時間到溜冰場學習溜冰.在美國溜冰就是不一樣.當您摔倒時就會有黑人小朋友來扶您起來並教您如何溜.他們溜冰還可以一邊溜一邊跳熱舞.Amazing!
這趟美國行程及課程到現在學到了太多東西.希望未來有更多人能藉此機會來美國學習!報告完畢囉!
祝 各位一切安好!
左營高中 陳昭瑋 in Savannah, Georgia
(Part I)
Studying in Savannah College of Art and Design has been the
most charming experience so far in my life. Our curriculum started
on July 26. Because of the wide and huge campus, we have to
take an ESL-Special shuttle bus from our dorm to our main classroom.
Our classrooms are in the Crites House, where the ESL classrooms
and the department of minor dance. The Crites House was originally
the meeting place of Martin Luther King for civil rights movement.
Is it unbelievable? Our teacher absolutely had been in the classroom
before we guys went to the assigned classroom.
Almost everyday our ESL classes were combined with workshops,
field trips and social or cultural activities. We also have
all kinds of trainings in listening, speaking, writing outline
and reading asasignment. We need to keep writing daily journal
to maintain our writing ability. What's more, we also learned
geeting culture, educational culture and value, banking,video
film English, novel reading, cooking, web- site design and presentation
making. The teachers usually break us into two groups so that
we can learn more by the small-sized class. Sometimes, the teacher
will give you the personal teaching on pronunciation and writing.
We also have some program in real experiencing, like... we went
to the video film department to study movie and produced a 5-minute
film by ourselves. Another kind of studying is field trip. We
had toured the Savannah river to study history of economy, plantation
and buildings. On the same trip, we went to different squares
in Savannah and some famous haunted house. Recently, we went
to the local Ogeechee river with the ISSO officers and ESL teachers
for boating. We can learned a lot of terms by doing the activities
that ESL planed. So... study in SCAD is kind of enjoyment in
the exotic city. Isn't it?
Do you really consider that's all for our program? NO! Don't
forget that we have regular evening outing at Thursday and Saturday
night. Alternatively, the outing is a more relaxed class for
us. We went to Star Castle to do roller-skating with our classmates
and American children. You cannot imagine how excellent the
children's skills were. As for me, I had fallen down the floof
for countless times.We went to theater to watch the new movie"
THE VILLAGE", and we did memorize some useful words and
conversations. To conclude, studying here is really a exciting
experience. I look very forward to something that haven't happened!
I've been in Savannah for more than one week. The trip from
Taiwan to the United States was pretty long for me. I take the
airplane from Taiwan, transfering through San Francisco and
Atlanta. When I arrived at Savannah airport, Jessica Dunn, an
school office advicer, came to pick me up. We talked a lot when
we were at the baggage claim waiting for my suitcase. She said
I was the first ESL student they pick up this summer vacation,
and she was also impressed that I can talked with her for long
time. Then she drove me to the campus, which covers all the
downtown of Savannah, and we got to my dormitory, Weston House.
I think the dorm is well- equiped and big enough to share with
3 students. And we are very lucky that we don't have to share
a public bathroom with other students. Because of the time difference,
I felt sleepy all the day and couldn't tell aprat from day and
night. To begin with, I couldn't get familiar with the surrounding
here, but my Resident Assistant, Cortney Cordon, took me to
the other portion of the dormitory and campus. She even took
me to a burger store to have dinner because I didn't know where
to get something to eat.The next day, my ESL teachers, Robyn
and Karen dropped in my dorm and gave me a Chinese foods dilivery
phone call. They are really my resecuer for I can't adapt to
the foods here. Actually, there are many asian restaurants located
on the main streets, composed of Korean, Taiwanese, Hunan, Suchun
and Japanese. I like Chao's because their flavor is much closer
to Taiwan.
(Part II)
July 23 was our ESL check-in and orientation. By July 23, almost
the ESL students had lived in their dorms, and I met my Korean
roomate, Jin Woo Kim before we went to the orientation. He's
26 years old and he can't believe I am just 17 years old. We
redezvous in the Turner House meeting room. We have 11 students
in my class, they are from Hong-kong, Korea, Span, Dominigo
and Taiwan. Most of them are from Korea. We also met Karen and
Robyn there. Plus, the International Student Office adivisors,
Jessica and Nicole came to help us to cope some documents also.
I feel very warm in the campus since people here liked to help
you whenever you need, and the relationship between each other
is cooperative. After dilivering ourselves introductions, we
got to know the students gradually. To everyone's surprise,
I am the yougest student in my current class. They will be attending
the graduated school in fall. After the orientation, we had
a small trip to our campus and Cortney told everyone where to
go and where NOT to go. The Savannah College of Art and Design
has a very sound and responsible secriuty team to protect all
the students that live in dorms. So we don't have to worry something
bad happen. Evevryone said the SCAD has sound students' equipments.
We have a huge computer lab, swimming pool, gym, Cafe',store
and clothes washing area. I admire the school very much for
they provided us with sound basic equipments. We all had bruch
at SCAD Cafe', we shared our personal experiences to others
and tell them about what's new in our country. In that afternoon,
we went to Bank of America, the biggest bank in the US, to open
our check-in and saving account. They are all free for students
to open, and we also learned a lot about banking culture in
the US. From this, you can see that our ESL classroom is everywhere,
not a dead classroom. Afterwards, we had a BIG pizza party in
the lobby of our dormitory with all the ESL instructors and
the office staff. According to what I feel, the pizza here is
more awesome than Taiwan's. You can have all kinds of flavors
in the US. The office decorated the lobby with balloons so that
we can be at home. After finising eating, we went to the BIGGEST
shopping mall in Savannah, Wal- Mart to purchase some neccesities
for ourselves and the dorms. All the students and instructor
went shopping crazy, and this is my first time shopping in the
US. The feeling is really unforgettable. At Saturday night,
we had regular outing with Cortney to the Oglethorpe Mall( known
as O-Mall) to continue our shopping neccesity. (Ogletgorpe is
the first british general that design Savannah). During the
period, all the class was like a big family.
After taking the whole week ESL classes, I have completely
been familiar with the studying requirement, classmates and
the professors. The syllabus for this week is very full and
entensive! On monday, we took the "Terminology"
class with our ESL director, David Edwards. He taught many
terms related to cutural and art with us and also told us
about some famous e-dictionary web-sites in the US so that
we can learn any terms from it! That does really help us realize
the usage of a specific word. As ESL students consist of students
from other countries, we have a regular American class cuturak
class to help those students that will attend the universities
adjust the American class customs. During the class, we all
studied text book and discussed our own school's studying
cutural. Another part of campus study is to know how to use
the library in US. Almost the libraries in the US have wide
services and internet catalog searching. We had to know how
to find a book in a short time. Also, we learned many new
words in the real library. SCAD's library is a very big sample
that combined with museum and many book stacks. ESL department
also planned some Workshops for us, which were too interesting
to describe how they were. We went to one of the halls to
learn "Glass Etching." The professor taught us the
skills of etching some pictures you like on the glass. I also
made a funny glass with some fish on it. Some of my classmates
did a very good job that etched a character of cartoon on
it!
(Part III)
Since Savannah is a very old city and known as the first city
of Georgia, there are many squares and ancient galleries located
in the downtown. Two professors and us went to the ocal Telfair
Musuem to behold some famous works and status. Telfair Museum
was a rich man's house in 1820s, and it was bought to display
some American artists' works afterwards. In the lobby of the
hall, you can see a very famous statu that you might have
seen in the novel called " Midnight in the Garden of
Good and Evil." The novel was written about a real murder
in Savannah. And the picture of the statu was printed in the
first page of its catalog. It looks very mysterious and unusual
because the value of the statu was not very bright and the
girl's manner seemed to express the mystery. In the biggest
hall, you can see many paitings that was drawn for the American
civil war. Throuigh the guide's introduction, we learned many
terms to describe an art work. The professor had us make a
presentation of our favorite art work in the museum with using
the terms we learned there. I think all my classmates are
so professional that can make a presentation like a lecture.
Tell you a secret. Most of them are graduate students, and
they graduate from some top colleges in their countries. Their
mojors include paiting, sequential art, graphic design, fashion
and fiber. One of my classmate, Sun Hwa, has been teaching
Craft Art in the universities in Japan and Korea for over
eight years. Meanwhile, she's hosted many individual exhibition
in New York and Japan. I was really impressed by her and them
very much. I thnk I will try to learned more from them!
The essential part of this week is that we went to Tybee Island
with school adviser, Nicole and Jessica, for 3-day relaxed
trip. We lived in a very big and well- furnished house with
a big porch. We guys were really exciting because of the big
house and the charming beach. During the weekend, we usually
go to the beach to take some activities like... sand castle
and beach volleyball. Beside, we also exposed our bodies to
the killing sunlight for a couple of hours. Luckily, no one
got sun burn. At night, we all went outside to enjoy the wave
sweeping our face and watch the awesome stars in the sky.
Since I was born, I've never have had such a blissful experience.
I was really happy that I can come here for both studying
and enjoyig the nature! I love it!!
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約翰威爾斯(J&W)的丹佛分校是座小而美麗的大學，包含廚藝、飯店管理等共五個學院。我所就讀的ELS位於J&W的學生中心，設備完善無虞，而且教學團隊認真又十分關心學生。語言課程開始前會舉行分班測驗，一共分為12級，一班約10人左右，密集課程為週一到週四早上九點至下午四點，週五至下午一點，一天有兩堂必修課兩堂選修課。我分到Master班，上的是大學預備課程，沒有固定課本，但使用英文小說、雜誌及托福教材，相當豐富多元。經過上台報告、論文寫作、影片欣賞及小組討論，使我的英文能力大幅進步。
我住在J&W的學生宿舍，大門和房門都要經過個人手紋掃描加上鍵入密碼才能開啟，相當安全。我的室友高橋美穗和我一樣十八歲，是個可愛的日本女生。我們的房內有電視、冰箱及微波爐，也可撥打電話及上網，生活十分舒適。校園內總有許多J&W的學生和附近的居民在野餐或運動，ELS也時常舉辦各式交誼活動，譬如帶學員參加社區聚會，或是邀請各國學生準備家鄉菜，大家一起交換享用
(POT LUCK)。僅僅待在校園中一個下午，就有許多練習英語的機會，也可以結交新朋友。
週一到週五由於認真上課，回家作業又挺多的，下課後我多半待在圖書館或是視聽中心寫報告，也會和三五好友在學生中心的咖啡廳聊天。假日時我則會搭公車，或是搭朋友的便車到處觀光，從J&W到市中心僅需半小時，到落磯山國家公園等風景區也只要1小時左右，相當方便。
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丹佛市中心的第十六街是我最流連忘返的好地方，因為遊客可搭乘免費的接駁巴士沿街血拼，從精美的原住民小飾品到高級服飾店，樣樣應有盡有。四週英語課程很快地結束了，回程的路上因為要到洛杉磯轉機，我決定把握機會好好觀光，在聖大莫尼卡最繁華的第三大道附近的青年旅社住了兩晚。除了在第三大道逛街及欣賞街頭表演，我也到了美麗的聖大莫尼卡海灘做日光浴，還和當地認識的英國男生一起去環球影城幫他慶生，玩得非常開心喔！一個月的美國遊學之旅真的令我永生難忘，真的十分感謝Oh!
America、ELS和J&W給我如此寶貴的機會，一面體驗美國生活，一面學習英文，一面HAVE FUN！
Johnson’s and Wales’ University (J&W) in Denver is a small
but beautiful campus. It has five colleges, including culinary,
hotel management and etc. The ELS center I studied at is located
in the Student Union of (J&W). The facility is impeccable
while the faculty is kind and cares for the students very much.
Before the class starts, ELS will hold a placement test. There
are twelve levels in ELS and about 10 students will be in the
same class. The intensive course starts from 9 AM to 4 PM from
Monday to Thursday, and to 1 PM on Friday. I was in the master
class and the course was about college preparation. We did not
have fixed textbooks but we used English novels, magazines and
TOEFL books. With several presentations, watching movies and
group discussion, my English ability has improved a lot.
I lived in the dormitory of J&W. It is very safe because
you need to let the machine scan your palm and key in the key
word in order to open the gate and the room door. My roommate
Takahashi Miho is also 18 years old and she is a very lovely
Japanese girl. There were a television, a refrigerator and a
microwave in our room, and we had the access to Internet and
make phone calls. Life in the dormitory was very convenient
and comfortable. There were always many J&W students and
neighboring residents picnicking and exercising in the campus.
ELS also held various kinds of activities such as brought our
students to the gathering of the neighborhood and potluck for
student to enjoy food from every country together. I could have
many chances to practice speaking English and make new friends
by simply staying at the campus for an afternoon.
From Monday to Friday, because I studied hard and I had a lot
of homework, I stayed at the library or multi-media lab to write
my reports. I also chatted at the lounge with my friends in
the Student Union. On Weekends, I usually went sightseeing by
bus or by my friends’ car. It takes only half an hour from J&W
to downtown. It only takes about an hour to go to the Rocky
Mountain National Park from J&W, too. The Sixteenth Street
in downtown is my favorite spot because tourists can take a
ride of the free shuttle buses and shop along the street. I
can find every thing from dedicated aboriginal art craft to
famous brand clothing there.
Four week English course ended soon. Because I had to transfer
at LAX, I decided to make the best of my time to sightsee in
L.A. I stayed at the Youth Hostel near the Third Street Promenade
for two nights. Besides shopping and watching the street performances
along the Third Street Promenade, I also went to the spectacular
Santa Monica Beach to take a sun bath. Also, I went to Universal
Studio to celebrated birthday for my new friend, a British boy
I met at the Hostel, and we had a lot of fun. The one month
study tour to U.S. was really wonderful and I am truly grateful.
Thank you Oh! America, ELS and J&W for giving me this valuable
chance to experience American life style, to learn English and
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謝博宇 Ben |
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溫哥華島 Malaspina大學 |
獨自前往加拿大
前段時間，我參加了OH CANADA和OH AMERICA所舉辦的英文競賽。在眾多的強手面前，我幸運的獲得了第一名。本來以為長久的比賽就這樣結束了，沒想到我竟然可以獲得免費去加拿大一個月的行程。當晚，家裡歡呼聲四起。
7月16號的晚上，全家人都陪我到機場，依依不捨的幫我送行。當我正在通關時，大家都一直跟我招手說再見，他們心裡都很擔心我一個人出國不懂的照顧自己。那時，我體會到了他們是多麼愛我的。一個人孤獨的走在陌生的機場，對這充滿無限的一個月，感到既興奮又害怕，只希望能平安度過。
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到了Nanaimo的機場時，只見到一位中年婦女以及她的兩位朋友來迎接我。在車上慢慢認識他們後，發現每個人都和藹可親，而且都很有幽默感，十分好相處。
他家還有一個十六歲的兒子，長的眉清目秀，很健談，跟我常常東聊西聊，人很好。
我去的學校叫做Malaspina University。那裡的資源很多，老師也很優秀，是一個很好的學校。我們早上要上英文，從8點半開始上到11點；下午的課可以由個人自由選擇，而好動的我自然就選了體育課囉！那的體育課不像台灣的體育課都自由活動或打籃球而已，而是上各式各樣的體育，如排球、羽毛球、足球、籃球、保齡球….等等；我們還有去划船、游泳、攀岩、爬山、健行。這的體育課給我一種完全不同的經驗，也讓我了解體育課並不限制於打球而已。這個學校充滿了許許多多的人種，有墨西哥人、巴西人、土耳其人、香港人、大陸人、以及眾多的台灣人等等。我十分好奇於他們的文化，因此也交了一些朋友；像我最好的朋友就是一位韓國人，我還認識了一些日本的女同學。無聊之餘，就問問他們一些關於他們文化的問題，了解一下異國風情，而他們也樂於回答這些問題。大家都相處的很融洽，平常一起去逛街，或是假日去看電影，每次聚在一起，都讓我看到了一個縮小版的地球村。
剛開始我對這充滿未知數的一個月感到恐懼，甚至懷疑，但慢慢了解大家之後，都變成了很好的朋友，並喜歡上這異國的故鄉。最後在我要坐上飛機之前，我看著我的寄宿家庭以及我的同學們，想到這一個月來的歡笑及趣事，這一個月的輕鬆與愉快，心裡不禁浮出了不想回台的念頭。
在飛機上，我一人獨自在發呆。這一切過的好快喔！感覺好像昨天才剛坐飛機到加拿大，結果今天就要離開這可愛的地方了。時間快的就有如一場夢一般，一場感覺是如此的真實卻又感到懷疑的夢。回到台灣的家時，唯一能確定這個夢，唯一的證據，只有在加拿大拍下的四捲底片。
A month in Canada
Last few weeks, I entered a tournament of OH AMERICA and OH
CANADA. I was very lucky to win the contest and so I got the
chance to go to Canada to study for a whole month.
It was an exciting thing to take an airplane all by myself,
I felt like growing from a boy to a man! After I got to the
Nanaimo Airport, I met my home stay parent, she looked very
kind, and her friends were very nice to me too, it was great
to meet friendly people in an unfamiliar country.
Unlike my home in Taiwan, their house was so much bigger then
ours. There were frond yard, back yard, basement, plants every
where I can see. I didn’t explore much on the first day, because
when I got there, it was 2 in the morning.
The time differences were not a big trouble for me, I got used
to the time there after a day or two. The next day, my home
stay mom, Debbie, showed me around the house, and taught me
how to take the buses in Nanaimo. After a few days, I found
out the buses became a very important transportation for me
to play in Nanaimo. There was a mall next to the place I live;
it also became a very important place for to hang out after
school. Nanaimo is a nice little town where everybody is friendly
and nice, a town where the view was not high towers or buildings
but trees and flowers. The environment was very clean, and it
was not often to see trash on the streets.
The four weeks in Nanaimo, I made friends from Korea, Japan,
Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, and all kinds of places. It was great
to listen to them talking about their own cultures, and talking
about their lives in other countries. I didn’t only learn about
Canada but also learned many other cultures.
This trip to Canada was a trip of my life time. It was a great
experience for me; I can never learn these in Taiwan. As people
say, “reading ten thousand books will never be as good as traveling
ten thousand miles. Thank you, OH CANADA. For giving me this
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在一次的無意間,得知了這個演講比賽. 再徵求媽媽的同意後,便毫不猶豫的報名參加了.而我也順利的得到參加的資格.我的遊學之旅就這樣開始了.
剛到異地時,我變的很想家,很想再台灣的一切.畢竟一個人身處在異地,那種寂寞的感覺真讓人難受.尤其很多的一切不如想像中的美好,就像童話故事不是現實.漸漸的我習慣了那裡的一切,雖然還是那麼的陌生.不過我開始喜歡上了…
在那裡的生活很規律,卻處處充滿驚奇.一個月下來,我明顯的感覺,自己的英文有大幅的進步!更大的收穫,我交到很多來自各地的好朋友.在這裡的一個月,也讓我變的更加獨立.就像是一個新的我!
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同時,在離開飛機場的那天,我竟然很懷念起那裡的人,那裡的事物,那裡的人情,那裡的風景,
那裡的寵物,還有我的home family.飛機飛離跑道的瞬間,眼簾事物越來越小的同時,我知道一切都離我越來越遠,我很想留下!
時間的巨輪不斷的向前滾動 歡聚後不可避免的是別離 不捨的悲情倏地取代了昨日的高昂興致 化成張張隻字片語 和模糊的紅眼框.雖然如此,但這樣一個難忘的時光,在我心裡
將會沉澱 不變 永遠!
.I am cherishing the memory of living in Toronto |
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