Monday, 26 March 2012
Just Feeling
Today is a sunny day,but a little unfortunately,we five Chinese girls have an password test.We should have a test after a period of study in fact,to help us find our weakness and bring up.I don't like test but sometimes really want to have a test,like today.I am a little depressed because I find many of them I can't deal with very well.I'm confident in studying but dissatisfied with today's test even though I don't know the result.I really want to know if English is my first language,what the situation of my language expressing.To be honest,I am happy to find some differences between the daily study and test.I need to do some practise but also strength my habitual English knowledge,just like collocation.I need to know more English information because language is variety,how can I expect to be good at English just by school study.Another interesting thing I find is that people can make a progress quickly when they move to a new environment at first,once we get used to normal life,we can't continue progressing.Because there aren't some things urgent to drive us,we can get by easily,especially there are people from your country around you.So what's the purpose of the foriegn language learning,to adapt other nationalities?so how deep should we adapt to?I have many questions about this.If I continue,this should be a question about languages existence.Language is just a symbol of culture.I don't think one person can get into two cultures well if he wants to be good at both.His eyes will be boarden but one of these two must be majority at final.Just like no one believe in two religions,except he is recognizing all of them now.Or we can say culture is disappearing while culture is mixing.I don't know.I can't give a proper explaination to myself now and there are so many things I don't know in the world after all.but I know the first and the most important is that I want to know as much as I can about English and British people and culture and so on between the study here.I must keep my curiosity of recognizing for it is also the original power of study more.
I want to know others and I also want others know me.When can I express myself in English as fluent as in Chinese?
I have so many things to do to reach my target,so just go ahead,don't slow down.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Journey to Oxford University
This Saturday,we have been to the University of Oxford with Peter,our hoster.In the morning,it rained a little,but we were eager to go there to explore the famous university in the world.We set off at 8:30am.I must to say,there was a very natural air along the way.Everyone had a high energy and talked happily on the way.When we arrived at Oxford,the weather has already turned well.Oxford is bigger than my imagination.We walked along the main road and passed the field where the series movie Harry Potter has taken a picture here.There are many old buildings here,some of them with a unique design on the entrance,which attracted me a lot,it should be about the religion.We also found some representitive stores,where you can buy something special.There were a lot of people on Saturday in Oxford,most of them should be visitors.We had a lunch in a crowded restaurant,some peope said that where there are many people,there are delicious,exactly it was in Oxford,and we enjoyed a wonderful lunch.Then,we have viewed some diffenrent places as we liked.It was a relax trip in total,but I wanted to see more about the university in fact,but it seemed nothing in it,under a glamorous reputation,Oxford is really a good place to live and study,normal and peaceful.
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
V&A Museum in London
Some days ago, our teacher took us to the V&A Museum in London,actually it's the modernest and most beautiful museum I have seen.The design of the iron,gold and diamond from history to now attracted me a lot.I appreciated the talent of the designer and the wisdom of the human.In the museum,all things are gentle and full of art,even the stone at the corner,you can also see the pictures made by colorful glasses along the gallery.Which impressed me most is the part of gold, silver and diamond,before you came in, you can feel the shining from the inside, although these materials are from different countries and different period of history.Oppositely,the various styles of them really broadened my horizon.You can see tiny details of each one,while most of them are made by hand.How wonderful they are!
Terriblely,I was very tired and had a slight headache that day,so I didn't enjoy myself very well.If possible,I want to there for a second time,to have a further explore.
Language in my country and in my opinion
I think people have slang in every language.We have "giliverble" in China means powerful or wonderful ,just like "guys" in English.It's normal but in different amount from different languages.There is much slang in China every year and we even choose the most representative one to ten to write into the dictionary.Using slang shows you easygoing and fashion sometimes in a proper extent,of course some bad ones make you sound stupid.I don't think using slang will lead standards of language to fall,and it's just a way of language boarding.But I still think it is important to have a good grammar,I do it well in Chinese and speak well.In fact,I want to study some polite slang in English,which can make me know more about the culture,also the development of English spoken.
Besides,I agree with the idea of Emma,the famous young actress in Britain,about slang.I'll still study grammar and right express of English,maybe pick up some slang.After all,most of the slang belongs to "teenspeak" but differently from our parents and grandparents.I want to communicate well with the people of the same generation,but also my parents and grandparents.
Monday, 5 March 2012
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