While most of the group had left on the flight back to New York, I carried on the trip by staying in Hong Kong for less than 48 hours. I visited my old school, picked up pastries at the Mandarin Oriental’s cake shop, and did other routine things I used Read more…
今天早上我们去菜市场买水果和蔬菜。我们的目标是跟本地和老板练习说中文。我买了西葫芦、苹果、香菜、香蕉、和猕猴桃。大家都玩儿的很高兴。我们吃午饭吃了小龙汤包；很好吃！我们吃午饭以后，就坐巴士去上海浦东国际机场。我们拖行李，和上飞机。大家想纽约，可是我们也要想中国。我们希望将来我们可以回中国旅行、学习、和工作。 This morning, we went to the wet market to buy fruits and vegetables. We practiced speaking Chinese with the local people and shop owners. I bought zucchini, apples, cilantro, bananas, and kiwi. Everyone had a great time. We ate soup dumplings for lunch; they were delicious! After we ate Read more…
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Tomorrow morning, we will begin our final few hours in China. After a trip to the wet market, we will have our final lunch. Then, we will proceed to Pudong International Airport to catch our flight to New York. We will be back Thursday night. Hope to see you all Read more…
在中文课，我们学习很多的菜的名字。明天我们去超市买蔬菜。我们在一家别的广东餐馆去午饭。然后，我们去豫园买东西，和跟本地人练习说中文。大家玩儿的很高兴。我们去新疆餐馆吃晚饭。然后，我们跳舞和吃冰淇淋。 明天，我们回纽约去！ In Chinese class, we learned how to say the names of vegetables. Tomorrow we are going to go to the wet market to buy vegetables. We ate lunch at another Guangdong restaurant. Then, we went to the Yu Garden to buy things, and talk with the local people. Read more…
在中文课，我们学了怎么讲价。我们在一家广东餐馆吃午饭；菜很清淡的。然后，我们坐地铁去复旦大学附属中学。我们跟复旦学生讨论鲁迅的文章叫肥皂。大家觉得议论很有意思。议论以后，复旦学生给我们一个参观的他们的学校。我们看过教室、运动场、电脑中心、学生餐厅、等。我们在学生餐厅吃了晚饭。我吃了面条和牛肉和青菜。我们跟复旦学生说“再见”，然后我们坐地铁。有的人要回酒店去休息，有的人要去外滩。我去外滩，很漂亮！。我们在外滩看南京路，很多的高楼。我们都玩儿的很高兴。然后，我们去酒店睡觉。 后天，我们别上海！ In Chinese class, we learned how to bargain. We ate lunch in a Guangdong Province restaurant; the food was very light in flavor. Then, we took the subway to go to Fudan High School. We discussed Lu Xun’s essay Soap with the Fudan students. Everyone thought the discussion Read more…
(See below for pictures!) 今天，我们起床起了很早，因为我们得做火车去杭州。我们坐地铁去上海红桥火车站。我们到了杭州的时候，就见到了我们的导游。她叫Alice。我们先去西湖的旁边租自行车。我们在西湖岸其自行车。我们其自行车以后，就坐船。我们坐得很高兴！然后，我们吃很地道的杭州菜；有一点儿辣。我们吃午饭以后，我们去灵隐寺烧香。然后，我们去一个茶园喝龙井茶。有的人在这儿买龙井茶。我们在一家酒店（离杭州火车站进）吃晚饭。我们回上海回了很晚，但是大家觉得去杭州划得来！ Today, we woke up very early, because we had to catch the train to Hangzhou. We took the subway to Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station. When we got to Hangzhou, we met our tour guide named Alice. We first rented bicycles near the West Lake. We Read more…
在中文课，我们读了一个杭州的故事；很有意思。我们在营七人间吃午饭；大家觉得餐馆很酷！然后，我们去新天地探索。以前，新天地是一个胡同。我们在这儿玩一个游戏。我们去东太路市场。我买了一条筷子。有的人买了一个扇子。今天的晚饭是很地道的上海菜。全部的菜很甜的，特别是鱼！ 明天我们会去杭州！我们都很兴奋！ In Chinese class, we read a story set in Hangzhou; it was very interesting. We went to lunch at a restaurant called “7 People”; everyone thought it was very cool! Then we went to explore an area called Xintiandi [literally translates to the New Heaven and Earth]. It Read more…
Our hotel is situated very close to Jiaotong University, one of the best universities (out of 30) in Shanghai. When walking to drop off and pick up our laundry, we walked through most of the campus. The campus we walked through is for graduate students and students studying abroad (研究生、留学生). Read more…
早上八点我们去交通大学洗衣服。在中文课，我们读了一个别的故事。今天的午饭我们吃了小笼包。我们吃午饭以后坐地铁去一个功夫课。下课一后，大家很累！我们去了田子芳买东西。我买了一套筷子。然后，我们吃新疆菜。大家喜欢跳舞！ 星期一我们会去杭州！ This morning at 8:00 we went to Jiaotong University to do our laundry. In Chinese class, we read another story. For lunch we ate Xiao Long Bao [soup dumplings]. After we ate lunch we went on the subway to a Kung Fu class. After the class, everyone was Read more…