35. Study in America
Nannan’s father runs an enterprise near the Ming Tombs selling batteries and drills to the Daqing Oilfield. Hoping to get the qualification to help govern it, Nannan made much preparation and then left her motherland with her visa to study in America. Having reached her destination, she settled in an innrecommended by the travel agent.
As far as Nannan was concerned, she always kept it up in China. But she had to acknowledge it was not easy to adjust herself to the new academic requirements, which were not parallel with China’s. Though she was occupied withlectures and seminars day in and day out, the essays she drafted were still contradicted by her tutors. As for her routine life, she felt that it was hard to fit in, too. For example, she found English idioms difficult to understand. And it was out of the question to eat delicious Chinese foods though many optionalcafeterias served abundant substitutes. In addition, she had to wait in a queue early for the minibus that took her to school and it was usually so cold that she felt numb. What bothered her most was that she received no apology when her sleeping was disturbed by a barking dog in a shopkeeper’s cage.
Luckily, with her parents comforting her by videophone, she became autonomous soon and eventually got her bachelor’s degree successfully.
留学美国
南南的父亲在明陵附近经营着一家企业，向大庆油田销售电池和电钻。为了获得资格帮助管理油田，南南做了大量准备，随后持签证离开祖国前往美国留学。抵达目的地后，她入住了一家旅行社推荐的旅馆。
对南南来说，她一直坚持留在中国。但她不得不承认，适应新的学术要求并不容易，因为这些要求与中国的情况完全不同。尽管她日复一日地忙于听课和参加讲座，但她的论文仍经常被导师批评为不符合标准。至于日常生活，她也感到难以适应。例如，她发现理解英语成语非常困难。虽然学校提供多种可选的餐厅，供应丰富的中式美食，但吃这些美味的食物却几乎不可能。此外，她每天清晨都必须排队乘坐小巴上学，而那里的天气通常十分寒冷，让她感觉浑身发冷。最令她困扰的是，当一只狗在店主的笼子里狂吠打扰到她的睡眠时，她根本得不到任何道歉。
幸运的是，通过父母的视频电话安慰，她很快变得独立，并最终成功获得了学士学位。
