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A Story of Four People Traveling Around Universities and Colleges
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These four people, who look very happy, said that they come from UK. Then I looked at the girl who was black-haired, yellow-skin and could speak Chinese as well questioningly. The glassed man explained: “Yes, she is. She is sometimes.” Before I could find it out, they laughed with tacit understanding.


Four people, three are English and one is Chinese (I guessed). They went along with, doing a special thing—traveling around universities and colleges. During their two month stay in Beijing, they had an interview with many universities and colleges here in their spare time. And what they did was not simply traveling, look at notebooks in their hands—they made records of interview results with students and their impression and opinions about every school.


Why did they do such special thing?

They told me was to understand Chinese culture.

But how could they understand Chinese culture in this way? I couldn’t understand. Therefore, I followed them and saw they interviewed several students of our school. They would like to know the students’ opinions about their school, its special points, the students’ majors and grades, the efficiency of the school’s curriculum. Although they gave different questions to different interviewees, you could still feel their questions were very professional, just like a craft brother was coming to inquire about the market.

If they were not to find a university or college for the boy on the right hand, I could only put them in the place of doing investigation, as some organizations doing research before they hold some activities, or some companies carry out market research before they do a project aiming at under graduates. But judging from their honesty appearance, it was beneficial that international friends do some research to learn the situation of Chinese universities and colleges. At least, the same as economy, universities and colleges will catch up with the globalization’s step.

They said that they were amazed by Chinese present situation. Because what they have know in UK about China, was all behindhand and negative, but when they’re in Beijing and saw high buildings and large mansions, luxurious hotels, recreation facilities, and the complete teaching equipment, new plastic playground and beautiful campus in universities and colleges, they couldn’t believe their own eyes.

Their most pleasant matter was to experience another kind of Chinese Cuisine when traveling around. For the conveniences of students, universities and colleges support fried dishes only in restaurants, and provide capped meal, fried rice, soup rice, all kinds of noodle and ricenoodle, that make up as another kind of relish.

I smiled: “It’s right to come to BISU! Our dinning hall serves very delicious food!” The four left brilliantly smilish photos in my camera. As it calls to my remembrance of the literary quotation of the ancients traveling with friends, I suddenly found it was a beautiful paint, then I changed it into a watercolor effect. Wish them a happy journey!


高校四人游记
    这看起来快乐的四个人,说他们来自英国。我疑惑地看着那个黑头发黄皮肤,也会讲中文的女孩。戴眼镜的哥哥说;“是,她也是。她有时候是。”然后在我如丈二和尚摸不着头脑的情况下,他们默契地笑了。

    四个人,三个来自英国,一个中国(我猜)。结伴而行,做着一件特别的事情——北京高校游。来北京的两个月,他们利用闲暇时间走访了北京的各大高校。而且他们做的还不仅仅是走访,看看他们手里拿的笔记——对每一个高校,他们还会采访那里的同学,做记录,也记下自己对这个学校的印象与评价。


为什么会做这么特别的事情呢?
    他们说是为了了解中国的文化。

    可这样做怎么就可以了解中国的文化呢?我很是不能理解。所以我跟随他们采访了几个我们学校的学生。他们会问学生对自己学校评价如何,有什么特别的地方,问一下学生是什么专业,几年级,对于学校课程设置自己有没有学到有效的东西……都是比较细的问题。虽然不同的人他们会变换问题,但感觉他们还是在问很专业的问题,就像同行来打听行情一样。

    如果不是照片最右边的年轻人在找就读大学,我只好认为他们在做调查,比如某个机构要在中国举办什么活动,所以先做一下调查。或者是某个公司要做什么针对大学生的项目,市场调查是不可少的。但看他们无公害的样子,有国际友人来了解中国大学的情况,本身是有益。起码,大学也和经济一样,不的不融入全球化的步伐。

    他们说很惊异于中国的现状,因为之前在英国了解的中国,都是落后的负面的报道,可当来到北京,看见高楼大厦,豪华宾馆,娱乐设施,包括大学完善的教学设备,崭新的塑胶操场和美丽的校园环境时,他们都不敢相信这是真的。

    而最快乐的事情,是在高校游走时可以去各高校食堂尝一尝中国的另一种佳肴。因为高校针对学生,除餐厅以外,炒菜都比较少,食堂里的盖饭,炒饭,汁饭,各种面条和米线就构成了另一种美味。

    我笑了那:“来二外是来对了,因为我们食堂东西很好吃的!”他们在我的相机里留下了笑容灿烂的照片。因为想起古人与友同游的典故,忽然觉得他们是一幅美丽的图画,所以把照片做成了水彩效果。在此祝他们高校游愉快!

 

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