选修七Unit-5-Keep-it-up--Xie-Lei再接再厉-谢蕾

1、选修七Unit 5 Keep it叫 Xie Lei再接再厉,Chinese student fittingin well中国学生适应能力强Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded a plane for London.六个月前,蕾告别了她在中国的家人和朋友，登上了前往伦敦的飞机。It was the 行rst time she had ever left her motherland.这是她第次离开自己的祖国。After getting my visa I was ve

2、ry excited because I had dreamed of this day for so long.拿到 签证后我很激动，因为我很久以前就梦想着能有这么一天，But I was also very nervous as I didnt know what to expects但是我又非常紧，因为我不知道我所期望的是什 么 o ”Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting in a queue at the student cafeteria between lectures.课间休息时我在学生 餐厅碰到正排队的蕾，她告诉我说.Xie Lei, w

3、ho is 21 years old has come to our university to study for a business qualification.蕾今年 21 岁，来我们大 学上学，希望获得工商管理书。She is halfway through the preparation yeai which most foreign students complete before applying for a decree course大多数夕卜籍学生在申请学位课程之前都要学习一年预科,而蕾已经读完半年了。XieLei highly recommends it她非常看重预科课程

4、。The preparation course is most beneficial, she said. nStudyinghere is quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first.H她说：预科课程非常有益。在这儿学习跟在中国学习是相当不同的。你必须事前做些准备。”Its not just study thats difficult. “困难不仅仅只在学 习方面，You have to pet used to a whole new way of life： which can tak

5、e up all your concentration in the beginning： 你还必须习惯一种全新的生活方式，在一开始的时候这就会 占去你的全部精力，” explained Xie Lei, who had lived all her liFe in the same city in China.蕾解释说。她在中国时一直居住在同一座城市。She told me that she had had to learn almost everything again.她还告诉我，几乎每件事她都得重 新学习。nSometimes I felt like a child畀 she said.

6、她说：有 时候我觉得自己像个小孩似的，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.我得学习如何使用, 乘公交车时该怎样付款，在商店买东西时如果不知道商品的 英文名字时,又怎样问店主。When I got lost and had to ask a passeby for directionSg I didn*t always understand当我 迷路不得不向过路人问路时，经常听不懂

7、他们说的话。They dont talk like they do on our listening tapes： she said：血辿皿他们说的话不像我们在听力磁带上听到的那样，”蕾说着笑了。Xie Lei lives with a host family who give her lots of goodadvice.蕾同房东一家人住在一起，他们给了她许多建议。Although some foreign students live in student accommodation or apartments, some choose to board withEnglish famili

8、es.虽然有些外国学生住在学生宿舍或公寓房里，但是有些学生选择寄宿在英国人的家中。Living with host families，in which there may be other college students, gives her the chance to learn more about the new culture. 有的房东家也许会住着其他大学生，跟这样的人家住在一起会给她提供机会，更好地了解新的文化。When I hear an idiom that I dont understand，I can ask my host family forhelp/* explai

9、ns Xie Lei.66当我听到我不理解的成语时，我可 family, its a 纣eat comfort to have a substitute family to be以向房东家里的人请教，”蕾解释说。Also, when I miss myWith.” “还有，当我想家的时候，房东家就是我家的替身， 和他们在一起给了我很大的安慰。”Xie Leis preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic requirements of a Western university. 蕾的 预科课程帮助她熟悉了西方大学里

10、在学术方面的要求。qremember the 行rst essay I did for my tutor： she told me 她对我说：“我还记得我交给导师的第一篇论文。”1 found an article on the Internet that seemed to have exactly theinformation I needed.我在网上找到一篇文章，看来跟我所 需要的信息恰好一样。So I made a summary of the article, revised my draft and handed the essay in 于是我就那篇论文写了一篇小结性的文章，修

11、改了草稿，然后交给了导师。I thought I would get a really good mark but I got an E 我原以为我会得到高分的，结果只得了一个E。I was numbwith shock!我非常吃惊！ So I went to my tutor to ask the reason for his revision于是去找导师理论，想换个分数。First of alh he told me, I couldnt write what other people had said without acknowledging them.他告诉我说,首先， 我不能把别人

12、的话写下来而不表示感。Besides, as far as he was concerned? what other people thought was not the most important thing.此夕卜，他认为，别人的想法并不是最重要 的。He wanted to know what I though which confused me because I thought 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。这倒把 我弄糊涂了，因为该文作者所知道的比我多得多。My tut

13、or explained that I should read lots of different texts that contain different opinions and analyse what I read.导师给我解释说，我得阅读大量的、有关不同观点的文章，并进行 分析。Then, in my essa* I should 父ive my own opinion and explain it by refeirhig to other authors.然后，在我的论文最后，他甚至鼓励我反驳中，我得表明我自己的观点，并且引用别的作者的观点来说 明为什么我相信我的观点。Final

14、ly he even encouraged me to contradict the authors Id read!我读过的那些作者的观点！ At first I lacked con行dencE butnow Im beginning to get the idea and my marks have improved. More importantW I am now a more autonomouslearner.1*起初，我缺乏信心这样做,而现在我开始懂得了,我的分数也已经有所提高了。更重要的是，我现在是一个自主学习者。”Xie Lei told me that she feels

15、 much more at home inEngland now, and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal.蕾告诉我说,现在她在英国感到自在 多了。以前看似很奇怪的事，如今觉得似乎很正常了。nFve just got one more thin to achieve. “我还有_件事要做，have been so occupied with work that I havent had time for以至于没有时间去参与社social activities.我一直忙于学习,会活动。I think its important to have a balance between study and a social life so Pm going to join a few dubs我认 为在学习与社会生活之间的平衡也是很重要的，所以我打算 参加几个俱乐部，Hopeful