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Summer 2023 Linen Fellow Experiences

第四周在明德中文学校

大家好!不好意思,这次我晚点给大家分享我的经历。上个星期,跟所有的一样,不但很好玩儿,而且我当然学了很多生词。上周的话题就是关于旅行的,让我想去阳朔、龙脊梯田、漓江什么的。课外呢,我跟一些同学们看了一部关于(另外一个)疫情的电影,让我想一下有寂寞的人怎么试一试一起用心练习。还有,我参加了一个古典乐器的音乐会,所以现在我对琵琶、古筝和二胡熟了,我觉得非常好听!上个星期舞,有一些代表CIA的人来明德告诉我们他们的公司怎么样,在那儿工作怎么样。可能我会申请他们的2024夏天的实习,看一看如果我想在那工作。这差不多了,我们只一直学中文而已,没有很特别的通知。

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哈台班第五周(馨怡)

大家好!我这周的关键词一如既往的是“食物”和“作业”。我们进入了第二个学期就开始读一些简单的文学作品了。虽然我们读的资料只是删改过的节选,我还是很喜欢。比如说,我们讨论了朱自清的《背影》、鲁迅的《孔乙己》、和一些鬼神故事以及科幻小说。 周六我们去了九份和十分,两条有各种各样的小商店和摊子的老街。我们在十分放了天灯;我在我的天灯上写了一些不可实现的愿望,挺好玩。十分老街中间有一条铁路,所以我们写完了愿望以后都站在铁路上拍照,看我们的天灯飘向天空。然后火车来了。 那天下午,我和一些朋友在九份吃了芋圆(还不错,不太甜而且很爽口)然后去了一家茶屋。我点了一杯超级贵的椰奶,比我通常吃的早餐和午餐加起来还贵。但我觉得这是值得的,因为我生病的时候有很多天没怎么吃东西。而且我们从茶屋里面可以欣赏外面的风景。 因为老天爷认为我的生活还不够危险,台湾这几天要来台风了。我本来以为这次的台风是大自然专门为我设计的生日礼物(我正好这周过生日),但现在看来台风并不会对台北有太大的影响。所以大自然专门送我的礼物可能就是让我们安全地度过这几天。 我这几天一直在考虑一个问题,也就是“流利”这个词究竟是什么意思。在我小的时候,很多人一听说我的父母是中国人就会问我,”你一定会说很流利的中文,对吧?” 然后让我翻译一些乱七八糟的句子。我从来都不知道怎么回答他们的问题,因为我觉得语言是流动的,所以“流利”跟“不流利”之间不会有清楚的分界线。此外,我的脑海中总会存在着一些不可言喻的念头,我就算学会了全球所有的语言也不会知道如何表达这些想法。所以我的结论就是语言虽然可以让我们思考,我们思考的时候并不需要它。 我再这样写下去恐怕就要变成哲学家了。我已经不知道我在说什么了。我觉得我就是不知道怎么衡量我来台湾之后中文到底有没有进步。我肯定进步了,但我为什么现在却有越来越多想说但说不出来的话? 为了解决这个问题,我决定去睡觉。可能明天就明白了。下周见! ~ 馨怡

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ICLP week 5

Having attended ICLP for a month, I started feeling a little bit exhausted by the repetitive life of taking 4 hour long classes and doing 4 hour long homework. On Friday, the school held a speech day where students over level … Continue reading

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ICLP Week 4

As it turns out, week 3’s materials mostly include new vocabulary and grammar. It was my first time to learn the uses of “找,上,起,动 etc” in detail. I tried to understand it by reading a lot of example sentences but … Continue reading

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Matt Kandel Blog 5

This week was the week of our midterm oral presentation. The first three days of the week flew by as we had normal classes, with some practice for the Friday speech mixed in. When Thursday rolled around, I got the … Continue reading

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Matt Kandel Blog 4

This week was especially strenuous, because I was playing in a tennis tournament here in Taipei. I had to wake up every morning at 7 to get the the courts, then played a match in 110 degrees at 9am, only … Continue reading

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Taiwan: week two

This week, the dragon boat festival meant we had school off on Thursday and Friday (after starting classes on Monday), which meant that we had lots of extra time to explore the city. The first new place I became accustomed … Continue reading

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Taiwan: week one

After arriving at Taipei SongShan airport, I headed to my hotel, which I stayed in for almost a week before moving into my ICLP HomeSweetHome apartment. The first few days in Taiwan certainly took some getting used to, and not … Continue reading

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ICLP Week 4

This is my post for my fourth week of classes at ICLP. This week, I learned about traditional holidays in Taiwan, vocabulary for online shopping, and the Chinese idiom 黔驴技穷. I ended this week by giving three presentations, all coincidentally … Continue reading

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ICLP Week 3

This is my post for my third week of classes at ICLP. This week, I learned how to talk about cell phone plans, how to describe the taste of food, and learned about the Chinese idiom 井底之蛙. Additionally, after learning … Continue reading

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PII Week 8

Hello one last time! It feels like PII has flown by. I didn’t realize how fast 8 weeks could feel like, but time just keeps moving forward. I made lots of friends that I hope to meet up with back … Continue reading

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Matt Kandel Blog 3

My third week was full of new experiences, including getting the chance to see Lingjiao waterfall, which is a small pool of crystal clear water at the bottom of a large waterfall, in the middle of the jungle. We swam … Continue reading

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Matt Kandel Blog 2

My second week in Taiwan I settled in, and moved into the middle of a night market, where I was able to constantly hear, see, and taste Taiwanese culture. I probably ate about 100 dumplings that week, and picked up … Continue reading

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哈台班 – 第四周

As the last few days before our mid-semester “social study trip” (社会调查) begins, the days were both academically rigorous and filled with exciting events outside of class. In the brief time between finishing my homework and attending my 1:1 class … Continue reading

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哈台班 – 第三周

The third week at HTA has wrapped up! I am feeling more adjusted to life in Taipei, but still working to find a good work-life balance. The pace of our study makes it challenging to balance new vocabulary, grammar, and … Continue reading

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哈台班第四周(馨怡)

大家好!这周我终于开始变回普通人了。时间过得真快,夏天一眨眼就过了一半。我已经完成了哈台班的第一个学期,参加了我们的社会调查。我暂时还活着,很开心。 社会调查是哈台班重要的一部分;所有的学生会被分成三组。我报名的组花了六天去屏东和台南,主题是历史和人文。我们的安排很满,所以我们出发以后我被迫远离树袋熊的生活模式。(我有一点伤心,但是我们现在已经回台北了,所以我现在可以在次变回每天睡11个小时的树袋熊。) 社会调查给我留下最深刻印象的活动包括:学做巧克力(很好玩!)、参观恒春古城(热得要命)、去社顶自然公园和垦丁夜市(我终于可以去夜市了!!)、在茶屋学泡茶(太复杂了)、以及参观台南美术馆(很有意思但看不懂)。 我最喜欢的地点大概就是社顶自然公园。我一直对大自然感兴趣,也很喜欢动物,所以很感激我这次有机会观察一些台湾的植物和动物。社顶公园风景优美,我们看到了各种各样的蝴蝶、一只猴子、很多害羞草、和一些灯笼花。我尤其喜欢公园里的大白斑蝶,这是一种翅膀很大的蝴蝶,但是飞得很慢,更像是在空中飘,挺优雅的。 除了参观各个景点以外,我还有足够的时间和同学聊天,学唱中文歌。(我们在大巴上唱周华健的“朋友”唱了至少十遍,我可能做噩梦的时候都会听到这首歌。) 最后一天的早上我们去了台南美术馆,然后下午举办了校友会午宴。这是我来台湾以后最丰盛的一顿饭;我们在餐馆吃了两个小时以后发现我们花在吃饭的时间比花在参观美术馆的时间还长。我有同学宣布我们是一群“食物至上”的游客;我同意。 现在我们已经开始第二个学期了,所以我最近功课压力比较大。除了我那份还没开始写的社会调查报告,我还得把我生病时候缺的功课补回来。救命啊! 我真希望我已经度过了最艰难的时刻,希望剩下的几周会比较顺利。下周见! ~ 馨怡

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三週間ミドルベリー

もう三週間かかりました、すごいですね。わたしは教科書の終わることを成功しても、たくさん単語を勉強しなきゃいけません。毎日わたしは60ぐらい新しい言葉を習います、つずかなくてもいいけど、あきらめないですよ。とびらという教科書が買って欲しいですが、せんせいもオノマトペに関して本を貸してくれました。次、大部の本を勉強しておぼえることにします。それで、すごく忙しいのです。そして、話すことができる、でも考えにくいですよ。日本語で考える前に、ユニークな言語と思いますけど、今、日本語は中国語のような言語だと思って、本当に機械のような言語です。しかし、日本語が大好きことが続きますよ。

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二週間ミドルベイー

素晴らしい、二週間しかないですが、よかった。毎日、私は頑張るので、たくさん習います。私は絶対にぺらぺらになりたいから、私は自分で教科書を終わることにしています。今半分以外もう終わりましたけど、まだまだですね。クラスはちょっとやさしい、わたしは書くの読むのができやすいです。話す時に、まだできにくいですよ。私がヨーロッパな言語になれますから、アジアな言語の常識に比べて違います。日本語の話すことは悔しいはずです。

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第三个周在明德

再一次,大家好!跟上个周比,这个周过了挺难的。我觉得因为我现在听得出来了哪个句子是对的、哪个是不对的,所以我想错我的中文越学越差。很奇怪,是不是?而且,威廉大学的余老师来了给大家介绍怎么普通话地说 “你好” “再见”(我会告诉你一个秘密,你不说 “你好” 或者 “再见”)所以我觉得我越学,中文越难!不过,我真的知道我很有进步。这个周我也打了麻将,赢了两次。为了有机会跳舞一下,明德中文学校的双语昨天晚上开派对了,我觉得非常好玩!而且,我看到了、拍视频了,一些二年级的老师们跳舞,也很好玩儿跟她们在派对一起。我们的周末很忙,因为会爬山,喝奶茶也打排球比赛。就是说我很忙,可是我还很喜欢明德。好了,今天我写到这里,下个周见!

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PII Week 7

Hello! Today on Wednesday we had our speech contest, and it was really awesome to listen to my friends speeches, of which many interesting topics were discussed in. My speech was about the reason why japanese watch television, and you … Continue reading

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ICLP week 3

Week 3 In this week, I did my first speech at ICLP. I was made to do several speeches in Wang Laoshi’s class at Williams so I had no difficulties in crafting the text. I had two speeches, one about … Continue reading

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ICLP Week 2

After the school week, I went to Jiufen old street. Via research, I found the name Jiufen represents the fact that there were only nine families in the town. The area was initially known for mining but as time past, … Continue reading

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HIF Journal 2

The second week was more difficult for a few reasons. The first unfortunate point was I found myself without the abundance of motivation that had carried me through the first week. Homework dragged further and further into the night as … Continue reading

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第二个周在明德

大家好! 因为我已经认识很多的课本里面的“生词”,所以这个周我没有很多的功课、过了很舒服。的确,从周一开始,如果我感兴趣的题目,比方说 “中古时代” 或 “政治学”,我学我自己的生词。这个学法让我继续学生词。还有,开始了我们的课外活动,所以我打太齐全、唱歌也去了一个湖,都很好玩儿!我不但发现了我的口音、声调越来越好,而且我读句子读得越来越快。明德的语言誓约不太难,可是让我的中文更好!那,今天我写到这里,下次见! 魏佐琦

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哈台班第三周(馨怡)

大家好!我很高兴宣布我已经成功地把医生弄糊涂了!至今,我已经去了三趟医院,医生给我开了差不多十种药,连抗生素都换了两次。我这周每天上半天课就回来休息,有几天睡过11个小时。其实哈台班的功课负担至今并没有我想象的那么重:我每天听课文的录音,做Quizlet,然后写作业,要是中间不睡着的话应该2个小时以内可以搞定。多余的时间沉浸在苦难中。我很忙! 上周和这周是我所经历过的最漫长的两周。但是我已经找到了许多帮我分散心理负担的活动!比如说:读傲慢与偏见。傲慢与偏见读烦了就学数学。数学看不懂就睡觉。睡醒了点外卖。外卖吃不进去就放冰箱里。我最近有充裕的时间用中文思考如何缓解我的痛苦!(我现在很喜欢写博客因为我既可以抱怨也可以练习中文:这难道不是双赢吗?) 此外,我也升职了。除了Mentos,我现在也可以吃米粉和卤鸡蛋了。真艰难啊!我上周因为给自己硬灌米饭的经历实在太难受了我现在对吃米饭还是有点恐惧。别告诉我米粉和米饭是同样东西做的;它们是截然不同的食物! 今天早上有一位匿名的朋友安慰我,说我就算这段时间很难受但这也说明我来台湾的经历是独特的。这是因为去急诊室不是每个到台湾的留学生都会体验的,但是大家都会去夜市。所以外国人来台湾的夜市并不是什么新鲜事;我来台湾的故事反而有意思的多! 我们下周就要去台南和屏东做社会调查了,真希望我那时候恢复地差不多了。下周见! ~馨怡  

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ICLP Week 2

This is my post for my second week of classes at ICLP. This week, I wrote my first two essays and presented them in each class the next day. I found them both to be manageable; it was fun to … Continue reading

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PII Week 6

Hello again, I am very tired as I write this, but lots of adventuring has been done.  On Sunday I rowed again with Ooe-san and Kubo-san and it was very awesome.  I learned more about skulling with blades off the … Continue reading

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HTA Week 1

Week 1: Finished! This week was hard. After signing the language pledge, we dove right in! Monday through Thursday we have 5hrs of Chinese class with 2hrs of homework and 3hrs of preparation for the next lesson. Monday through Wednesday … Continue reading

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在台湾第三周

大家好!This week wrapped up our second full week of classes at ICLP. This week I gave my second oral presentation. This time, I focused on the differences between Traditional Chinese Religion and Western Religion. One of the things that I … Continue reading

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在台湾第二周

大家好!This was the first full week of classes at ICLP, and it was super interesting to start to dive into the different subjects I am taking. My favorite class at the moment is “Thought and Society”, a class that explores … Continue reading

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