原创：爱城第一印象

美梦成真 · 发表于 2004-8-21 11:30

Hello, Edmonton!
                                 -----The First Impression Of Edmonton

:P:P:P
At midnight on May 4, 2003, my husband and I got off a plane at Edmonton International Airport. When we walked out the gate of the airport, snowflakes falling gracefully from the night sky broke into our sight and blew onto our faces lightly! That was a big surprise! It seemed as if our left feet were stepping in the strange country’s winter, but our right feet were still staying in the summer of China, where the plane took off. The twelve hour flight changed not only the day and night but also my favorite season by stealth! But after all, it had tugged us to rush out of the panic of SARS. We could eventually take off the respirators and breathe the fresh air freely. “Hello, Edmonton! We are coming!”

Our friends, who had been living here for eight years, drove us to the apartment they had rent for us in advance. On the way, we curiously looked at the city through the window. In mild light of street-lamps, Edmonton was peaceful and quiet like a sleeping child. When I realized our home city was in the afternoon sunshine at the moment, and thereafter it was really far away from us, Edmonton in my eyes suddenly got wet and blurry.

I spent my first sleepless night in this city. The sunrise at 5:00am gave me a second surprise. The strong and clear sunshine hurt my eyes. Snow melted very soon, and lots of green grass appeared on the ground. It took just one night that all the trees turned green and all the flowers bloomed, but this was the shortest spring I had ever seen. After a few days, summer came to the city. T-shirts came back onto our bodies instead of coats again. The air was so clean and fresh here that sometimes I almost forgot where I came from. When we walked on the street, almost every Canadian we met smiled at us and greeted us. Oh, what a nice city! (But it does not happen to every person we meet any more, and sometimes people even do not say any words back to our greetings:()

Our home city is a forest built of cement and steel bars, whereas Edmonton is built of wood. The most beautiful views in Edmonton are lots of lovely wooden houses with different styles and colors set into the green background over the city. Their windows reflect the pure blue sky and loose white clouds. Around the houses, long haired or short haired dogs with a variety of ears, eyes, noses, mouth and colors look at you gently. Sometimes they even walk up to you and lick your feet! Innumerable parks stretch along the river across the city. In parks, fat birds sing and fly among trees or loiter on lakes, stream and grass. They are not afraid of you at all. They always observe you with their naive eyes and want to know if you have something to eat. If they think you do, they will come to you and stretch their necks to look into your hands. Naughty squirrels like playing hide-and-seek with you. They suddenly show up around you and then disappear at once. If you want to take pictures of them, you have to be patient and approach them quietly.

Edmontonians enjoy barbecues in the parks. Just two weeks after we landed here, our friends invited us to go barbecuing. It was a pleasant and impressive experience for us because we never barbecued outside in China.  We sat in the beautiful scenery, tasted delicious barbecued food made by ourselves, talked with friends, looked at birds, animals and people with different skin colors, different dress but the same sunny smile…

This is a land covered with trees, grass and stream; this is a land under the pure blue sky and roaming white clouds; this is a land with birds and animals growing freely on it; this is a land that has small population but you can see a lot of different cultures from different countries…and then, this is a land we have loved since we first stepped on it!

[ Last edited by 美梦成真 on 2004-8-22 at 01:11 PM ]

社员都是向阳花 · 发表于 2004-8-21 12:34

英文很棒啊.

美梦成真 · 发表于 2004-8-21 12:52

Originally posted by 社员都是向阳花 at 2004-8-21 03:34 PM:
9 w! c" S! E7 v5 U# i英文很棒啊.

:D
Thank you for your overestimation! Actually, my teacher has corrected it.

Sometimes I think learning English is not as difficult as writing Chinese poems for us. All my teachers say that all languages have the same empathy. Good writers in Chinese will also be able to be good writers in English. Languages will be just Languages unless we speak them whole heartedly.

Anyway, a lot of people think Chinese is more complex than English. We have already got the more difficult one, haven't we?

[ Last edited by 美梦成真 on 2004-8-21 at 08:23 PM ]

雲吞 · 发表于 2004-8-21 13:53

希望楼主的帖子能在本坛掀起一股学英文、用英文的热潮。

现以纹银3000两相赠，不成敬意，请笑纳。

美梦成真 · 发表于 2004-8-21 17:21

Originally posted by Wonton at 2004-8-21 04:53 PM:
p1 E; y+ [1 i希望楼主的帖子能在本坛掀起一股学英文、用英文的热潮。- X( I" m, u8 i" ~8 k, R
' M$ b% Y, n# }- o
现以纹银3000两相赠，不成敬意，请笑纳。

:o:o:o:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Sunnyman · 发表于 2004-8-21 19:08

Actually, I like read english article, so I wish more people put their question and answer with english.

九月 · 发表于 2004-8-22 04:30

Well done! Excellent!
Notonly your writting butalso your feeling.

mercurybird · 发表于 2004-8-23 01:17

GOOD JOB!

平常 · 发表于 2004-8-23 01:33

1，楼主文章第一段里的strange，我想是指“陌生的”。但据我的观察，本地人往往理解为“奇怪的”、“古怪的”，而很少会认作“陌生的”。是否如此，请大家讨论。
2， Naive一般是指幼稚的，好像有点贬义。否则J-CORE怎么会说“Too simple, sometimes naive”呢？

美梦成真 · 发表于 2004-8-23 13:56

Originally posted by 平常 at 2004-8-23 04:33 AM:/ N& d. p: D1 p+ J% V! [; K7 x
1，楼主文章第一段里的strange，我想是指“陌生的”。但据我的观察，本地人往往理解为“奇怪的”、“古怪的”，而很少会认作“陌生的”。是否如此，请大家讨论。. z, w9 _ M" Y) ^+ C
2， Naive一般是指幼稚的，好像有点贬义。否则J- ...

First of all, thank you very much for your correction.

1.To some extent," strange" can be used in the situation where we describe a land. For example, "in a strange land"(在异国他乡)

2.Naive : .Lacking worldliness and sophistication; artless. 缺乏俗气和世故的；自然的
         Simple and credulous as a child; ingenuous. 天真的如同孩子般简单和易轻信的；天真的
         Lacking critical ability or analytical insight; not subtle or learned: 幼稚的缺乏批评能力或分析眼光的；不敏感的或没有经验的：
“this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast”(H.L. Mencken)
“这些隐喻的夸张，带着天真的高调”(H.L.门琴)
      Not previously subjected to experiments: 未实验的以前未曾用作实验的：
testing naive mice.
测试未试验过的老鼠
      Not having previously taken or received a particular drug: 未用过的以前从未用过的特别的药物：
persons naive to marijuana.
没用过大麻的人
   n.  One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.天真的人，易轻信的人，无批判力的人

My teacher taught us that "naive" is a neutral adjective, and the connotation deponds on where and how it is used. When it comes to describe people, I am not sure...Some people told me that I was naive(blushing...)

At last, thank you again , and maybe there are more mistake in this article, so would you like to point them out and let me learn more, please?

[ Last edited by 美梦成真 on 2004-8-23 at 05:14 PM ]

老杨 · 发表于 2004-9-7 15:14

今天巧遇楼主，楼主说：“Hi, Lao Yang!”----打招呼都用英文，楼主学习英语的精神令人敬佩！

飞雨 · 发表于 2004-9-8 00:04

呵呵，hi ,laoyang.
It was good to meet u here !:)

[ Last edited by flamme on 2004-9-8 at 03:16 AM ]

qsy · 发表于 2004-9-14 11:11

美梦成真's English is Excellent!

史提夫 · 发表于 2004-9-14 16:19

我发誓，为了能看懂这篇好文章，一定要学好英文！

朝阳 · 发表于 2004-9-14 20:00

小山东 · 发表于 2004-9-17 23:59

尽管俺的e文很烂，但俺还是看得出这是在中国学的英语。

阿咏 · 发表于 2004-9-18 00:20

This is a good story, it will bring us to a beautiful dream in Edmonton.
your name is beautiful too.

百合花 · 发表于 2004-9-18 07:23

都是英语高手,佩服!!!

多喝水 · 发表于 2004-9-18 07:45

Originally posted by 小山东 at 2004-9-18 02:59 AM:
4 u0 n" d) r. i& N尽管俺的e文很烂，但俺还是看得出这是在中国学的英语。

你还真错了，作者在中国几乎不懂英语，都是来这里学的。

史提夫 · 发表于 2004-9-18 18:17

Originally posted by 将腐败进行到底 at 2004-9-18 10:45:
. J& O% I* w. v' @ Q. b2 V你还真错了，作者在中国几乎不懂英语，都是来这里学的。

佩服！佩服！

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原创：爱城第一印象

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已经笑纳啦 谢谢啦

It is wonderful!

一点建议，大家商榷。

good article

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已经笑纳啦谢谢啦