大家好！从本期开始，我们将陆续刊发国际生在英国中学的学习体会。本篇的三位中国学生来自久负盛名的布兰德尔私立寄宿中学。资料采集自校方网站，感谢陈萌同学的翻译配合。本篇首先介绍来自中国的小留学生的故事。

Case 1

Hi，我是Jocelyn，一个18岁的中国女孩。当我仅仅只有13或者14岁的时候，我已经决定要在外国学习英语还要收到更好的教育。我的爸爸也同意我的决定，而且也为我而骄傲。你真的需要勇敢和独立于你的父母和朋友，而且你还要自己一个人居住在一个新的地方。自从我们被Blundell‘s 的校园，活动，游戏所吸引，我的爸爸帮我从众多的住宿学校当中，并且决定送我到Blundell‘s。

当现在我已经在这个学校有一年了，我已经渐渐的习惯了在英国学校的生活。不管怎么样，我当时刚来到这个学校的感觉已经消失了。在这里，所有的事情都和在家里是完全不同的，所以，最开始的时候，我感觉很紧张，就像鱼儿离开了水一样，感觉到不舒服。不同的教学方法，不同的居住环境，不同的生活习惯等等的一切，都会使我想念家乡。这里的人都是难以置信的友好，所以，我很快便开始参加学校的生活，尽管有时候我还是感觉有点困难去加入他们的谈话。

在这8个月当中，我已经得到了许多经验，是我在中国得不到的。 因为我尝试去做很多事情，比如：玩hockey 和netball。还有圣诞节，6th form的舞会，中国的新年，还有一些比赛都将会是我在学校中最美好的回忆，或者说可以是整个人生的美好回忆。不用怀疑，Russell run 将会刺进我的脑海中尽可能的长久自从我在跑步这项运动中，是特别的垃圾，但是我有进步在跑步训练中。我从来没有经历过像这样的事情，它有一点糟糕，但是回过头看看，确实很有趣，尤其当我看见我的朋友陷入泥里的时候。

再来说说学术方面，经常是一个小的团体，所以我可以很容易的说出自己的想法。老师也都是一直很友好而且帮助我们。除此之外，我得到了许多帮助在我的TESOL 课当中，并且我的英语也有了进步，我也在可堂食得到了更多的自信。最后我想要提起注意的是我现在越来越对这里的事物感兴趣，而且很开心。 我很高兴我是Blundell 学校的一员。

Case 1原文

Hi, I am Jocelyn, an 18 year-old Chinese girl. When I was only 13 or 14 years old, I had already decided to study in a foreign country to learn English and get a better education. My father agreed with my decision and was very proud of me. You really need to be brave and independent of your parents and friends to study and live alone in a new place. My father helped me to choose from a lot of boarding schools, and he decided to send me to Blundell's since both of us were attracted by the campus, activities and games.

Up to now I have been at Blundell's for nearly one year and I have got used to school life in England gradually. However, the emotions I had when I first came are only just disappearing. Here, it is completely different from everything I was facing or going to face at home so I felt really nervous and like a fish out of water. Different ways of teaching, a different living environment, different life styles, and so on all made me get homesick at the beginning. As the people here are incredibly kind, I began to enjoy school life soon even though sometimes I still feel it is difficult to join in with their chat!

In these 8 months I have got a lot of experience which I could never get in China because I have tried a lot of things, such as playing hockey and netball. The Christmas Gut (dinner party), the 6th Form Dinner Dance, the Chinese New Year Party, the Russell cross-country running competition and the games will be some of the best memories of my school life, or even my whole life! No doubt, the Russell run will be stuck in my mind as long as possible since I am particularly rubbish at running, but I did improve with the training runs. I have never experienced anything like it; at the time it was awful but looking back it was fun, especially seeing my friend stuck in the mud!!!

On the academic side, the groups are all small so I can get the ideas more easily. The staff are friendly and helpful all the time. Besides this, I get lots of help in my TESOL lessons and my English is improving, which gives me more confidence in class. Finally, the thing I want to mention is I am getting more and more interested in things and having more fun here. I am quite happy to be a member of Blundell's.

Case 2

Hi，我是Daisy。我今年17岁，我来自中国大陆。我有参加一个暑期课程在我来到Blundell 学校之前。当我第一次来到这里的时候，我感觉有点像鱼儿离开了水一样，有点不自在，因为这里的教学方法和我以前所学的是完全不同的，但是一周之后，所有的一切都对我比较简单。

我住在Gorton house，我非常喜欢它，因为每一个住宿生都有一个自己的大房间，而且我们的舍监非常的有幽默感。这个房子里的所有学生都很擅长一些学术性的科目还有音乐，而且这一年我们的house赢得了音乐节。

在这一年，我知道了怎样玩netball，但是在这之前，我从来没有接触过这个运动，这是一个很好的机会来学习另外一种运动和交朋友。我非常的幸运，我可以在Blundell，为了中国人不总是的在一起，所以这个学校没有太多的中国人。所以我可以很融洽的和当地的人在一起而且更加方便的学习英语。不管怎样，Blundell学校这一年有一个很棒的中国新年，所以我们也不是太想家。

当然，作为学生，最重要的事情还是学习。这一年，我在学习，物理，化学，数学，经济，并且我很开心学习这些科目，尽管，刚开始的时候，在语言方面有一些问题，但是老师非常的有耐心，并且帮助我通过这些障碍。在这一个学期当中，我对于科学是越来越感兴趣了。数学课也非常的吸引人，我每周的期待这些课。

我知道“罗马，不是一天建成的”我要不断的把努力放进学习中。希望我下一年可以进入一个顶尖的英国大学。

Case 2原文

Hi, I’m Daisy. I’m 17 years old and I come from mainland China. I joined a summer course before I came to Blundell’s. At the first time I arrived here, I felt a little bit like a fish out of water, because the ways of teaching were totally different from what I was used to, but after one week, everything became easy to me.

I live in Gorton house, I really like it as a house. All the full boarders have our own big rooms, and the house parents have a sense of humour. All the pupils in GH are good at academic subjects and music, and we won the house music this year.

I’ve done netball in this term, but I’ve never played it before; it’s a good chance to learn a kind of new sport and make new friends.

I’m so lucky that I’m in Blundell’s. Because there are not too many Chinese here, so that we don’t have a gang, so we get on well with the local students and it is easier to learn English. However, Blundell’s had a wonderful Chinese New Year Party this year, so we don’t miss home too much!

Certainly, as a student, the most important thing is studying. I’m doing Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Economics this year, and I quite enjoy them. Although I had a problem with the language at the beginning, the teachers are really patient and help me to get across the obstacle. I am getting more and more interested in sciences his term. The Mathematics lessons are pretty fascinating; I look forward to them every week.

I know that “Rome wasn’t built in a day” and I’ll put efforts into studying continuously, and hope I can get in a top university next summer.

Case 3

我在学习了中国的11 年教育之后，来到了英国学习A Level 在2002。来到Blundell学校之前，我参加了一个很不错的预备课程在几个星期之中。Blundell学校给我机会去体验英式教育，它有悠久的传统，品尝不同的文化，并提高自己的独立性。

我很高兴在这里，我觉得我被照顾的非常好。学校里的老师都非常不错，我学到了很多东西从他们身上，不仅在学术上，而且关于如何坚持为自己和为个人。我发现我总是可以很集中在我的课上，因为是一个很小的群体（6至11名学生），教师可以给我们很多的关注。我喜欢与我的老师有关学术的争论和讨论，这是我在中国没有经历过的。

这是第一次我充满了好奇心对于英国的住宿学校。我要感谢的女舍监的照顾。Blundell的学校生活总是丰富多彩的，有趣的。这是400年的历史，2004年，它仍然有一些不寻常的传统，如教堂每天早上在那里全校开会，一位著名的Russell竞争。这是正在运行的事件，我们都在做，虽然我不是特别的擅长这方面，我真的很享受乡村的美丽景色在这里德文郡。

我非常希望实现在我的A级所有最好的成绩，然后去研究工程系顶尖的英国大学之一。

Case 3原文

I came to England to study A Levels in 2002 after 11 years of education in China. I attended a very good A Level preparation course for a few weeks before coming to Blundell's School. Blundell's gas given me the opportunity to experience British Education, which has long traditions, to taste a different culture and to increase my independence.

I am happy here and I feel that I am looked after very well. The teachers in the school are all extremely nice and I have learned a lot from them, not just in the academic sense but also about how to stand up for myself and to be an individual. I find that I can always be focussed in my lessons because the groups are small (between 6 and 11 pupils) and the teachers can give us a lot of attention. I enjoy the discussions and academic arguments with my teachers, which is something I had not experienced in China.

It is full of curiosity for me to experience British boarding school life for the first time. I must thank the house matrons for their loving care of me. Blundell's school life is always colourful and interesting. It is 400 years old in 2004 and it still has some unusual traditions, such as chapel each morning where the whole school meets and a famous Russell competition. This is a house running event that we all do and although I am not particularly good at it I have really enjoyed the beautiful views of the countryside around here in Devon.

I am very hopeful of achieving all top grades in my A Levels and then to go to study Engineering at one of the top British Universities.

翻译：陈萌（现就读布兰德尔中学高一年级，英国SBC成功推送）为了尊重翻译者本人，以上中文翻译没有做任何改动。

英文原文来自布兰德尔中学网站