Exp娆ф床鏉珵鐚渆rience While Studying Abroad
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It has been seven months since I g娆ф床鏉珵鐚渞aduated from UCL. I have experienced Autumn recruitment season, internships, and now I h娆ф床鏉喅璧沘ve worked for 2 months. The boundary between the campus and the workplace is so narrow. H娆ф床鏉珵鐚渙w time flies. Four years ago, I was still a boy with full of expectations and prepared the娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗 documents for going abroad. Thanks to Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics for giv娆ф床鏉禌浜媔ng me the opportunity to study abroad. Two years of Southampton plus a year at the Unive娆ф床鏉珵鐚渞sity College London of Studying in the UK is not only an improvement in academic knowledg娆ф床鏉喅璧沞, but more importantly, it has opened up my horizon.
1. About life
Since more than twenty friends in JU娆ф床鏉姇娉‵E participate in the study abroad program, our team leader helped to buy air tickets and娆ф床鏉瘮鍒� prepare the word we need to do when we landed in the UK. All of things worked well and we could support each other. Com娆ф床鏉喅璧沺ared to other students who applied to study abroad by themselves, we had inherent advanta娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉ges. Not so lonely in the UK. Personally speaking, language is undoubtedly the biggest obs娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉tacle to the first arrival in the UK. There are six people in our flat, four Chinese, one German, and one Mauritian. I r娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唀member when I first met my German flat-mate, I tried to communicate with her, but after s娆ф床鏉禌浜媜me simple self-introduction, I was unable to say another sentence. My flat-mate was very 娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗friendly. She saw my awkwardness and tried to guide me. I was very nervous at that time and had to smile and end the com娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉munication. Going back to reflect on the situation, I found that the exam-oriented educati娆ф床鏉娴媜n makes students spend less time practicing their oral English. Some policies should be ch娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉anged in order to improve that situation. The United Kingdom is a country with a gentle c娆ф床鏉娴媢lture. When people open the door, they hold the door for the people behind them. They cas娆ф床鏉娴媢ally say sorry, thank you. I believe that other students who have studied in the UK have 娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉a deep understanding about that. Affected by culture, I become a membership of the gym in the campus. At first, I went s娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗wimming every day. After classmates' guidance, I went to the fitness suite to so some stren娆ф床鏉娴媑th training. I felt the charm of fitness. I like doing all kinds of sports, but I used to consider that doing fitness 娆ф床鏉喅璧沬s relatively humdrum, not like other games. After real participation in fitness, I found 娆ф床鏉喅璧泃hat the breakthrough in weight and the growth of muscles will bring people a sense of acc娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗omplishment and satisfaction.
2. About studying
Because it is a 2+2 program between JUFE and University of Southamp娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唗on, I have experienced different education modes at home and abroad, which makes me have 娆ф床鏉喅璧沘 profound understand of education system around the world. British undergraduate classes 娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗take a short period of time, but there are lots of things needing to be learned, giving yo娆ф床鏉喅璧泆 enough time to search for information and self-learning. The domestic classes take relat娆ф床鏉喅璧沬vely full weekdays, and the teacher explains the knowledge more meticulously, covering al娆ф床鏉喅璧沴 knowledge points. Each mode has its own advantages and disadvantages. Increasing the tim娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唀 for self-study can enhance your thinking skills and improve your ability to explore and 娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唅nnovate. However, not like the teaching method by domestic teachers, It may make people u娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唍able to grasp key knowledge points.
I wanted to apply for a master degree in University College London, s娆ф床鏉娴媜 I must get the first honor degree during the undergraduate studying. During the exam peri娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗od, the school library is open for 24 hours. Struggling with friends to midnight in the library are the best times in t娆ф床鏉禌浜媓e student era.
3. About culture
The UK is part of Europe and it is undoubted that travelling to the su娆ф床鏉禌浜媟rounding countries is the greatest benefits of studying abroad. With France across the s娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗ea, South up to Spain and Portugal, and it is also very close to Morocco, which is a country in North Africa.
Christmas and娆ф床鏉禌浜� Easter holidays are great opportunities for tourism. I went to Northern Ireland and citie娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唖 such as Manchester and York in North England to learn about British culture during the Ch娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唕istmas. In the Easter holiday, I went to Spain and Portugal with my classmates to experi娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉ence the charm of the city of Barcelona, the shock of Flamenco, and the beaut娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唝 of Cabo da Roca. In the following time, I also experienced the spectacularness of Milan娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗 Cathedral and went to Düsseldorf, Germany to watch the World Table Tennis Championsh娆ф床鏉珵鐚渋ps. You could get another kind of national pride for the motherland athletes in foreign co娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唘ntries. I met my childhood idols Liu Guoliang and Wang Liqin. At the same time, I witnessed that how Ma Long and Ding 娆ф床鏉姇娉∟ing to get the champions in the Championships, they kept China at the first place in the 娆ф床鏉娴媐ield of table tennis.
I grew up in Liaoning and I love skiing. I heard that the Alps are a ski 娆ф床鏉喅璧況esort, thus I found opportunities to go to Grenoble, which is the hinterland of the Alps i娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉n France. Many skiers come to enjoy skiing. More than two kilometers of ski trails are di娆ф床鏉啝浜氬啗fferent from the small ski court that I used to play in Liaoning. It is an amazing kind of experience to keep ski for mo娆ф床鏉娴媟e than ten minutes, enjoying the scenery of the Alps.
China's growth has given Chinese tourists t娆ф床鏉瘮鍒唄e opportunity to go to Morocco without a visa. At the end of March 17th, I travelled to this North African country and f娆ф床鏉娴媏el the culture of Africa with several friends. Compared to other developed countries, Mo娆ф床鏉娴媟occo is not rich. Agriculture, fishing and tourism are the main fiscal income of their co娆ф床鏉姇娉╱ntry. Moroccan cuisine such as Tajine is impressive. The most memorable thing is that ent娆ф床鏉娴媏ring the Sahara desert from Morocco, lying in the desert at the midnight to see the starr娆ф床鏉娴媦 sky, watching the shooting stars, talking with the local residents. Although we have dif娆ф床鏉喅璧沠erent backgrounds and different cultures, but everyone lying together at night, watching 娆ф床鏉拱鐞冪綉the vast sky, the heart and heart are so close without any annoyance in daily life.
Jiatong Li
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