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  • Sandy Perkins: China during the coronavirus epidemic, China – March 2020

    By Alexandre | 2 April 2020

    我的疫情经历 最近几个月在中国的生活方式发生了很多变化。因为新型冠状肺炎病毒疫情的全国扩散,所以中国的政府在进行很严格的打赢疫情政策。在这里打赢疫情政策的最关键方面是呼吁大家尽量不出门。因此,除了超市以及一些必须继续营业的公司以外,在北京大部分的公司和商店都要么在关门,要么在进行在家办公方针。所有的饭馆也都在关门或只支持外带。进出各类场所都有体温检测。至于我的大学学习,我们现在在网上上课。我很欣赏我的老师们的努力适应他们的新的教课方法。 即使这次疫情把我所有的旅游计划打乱了,而且打赢疫情的政策在限制我跟中国人交流的机会,这次疫情也给了我很多时间看中国小说以及在家里努力学习中文。中文有一个成语,塞翁失马焉知非福,意思是一个坏事情可能有些好处,这个成语很适合形容现在的情形。我觉得通过在家里学习中文的这一段时间,我的中文语法和词汇都有了明显的进步。 最近在中国的疫情情况好多了。鉴于疫情情况好转了,周末的时候我趁着人少去了一些名胜古迹参观。上个星期我去了香山。香山是个很漂亮的公园,位于北京西边的一个山脉。在这里我爬山爬了半天才到达峰顶。在峰顶能看到很漂亮的风景和北京市的庞大规模。昨天我还到鸟巢和奥林匹克森林公园去了。在那里游览让我回忆起来十二年前看的中国主办的二零零八年奥林匹克运动会。鸟巢、水立方、玲珑塔和奥林匹克森林公园建设的都很宏伟壮观,我在鸟巢前驻足留了影。 希望这次疫情能够快点结束,一切都回到正常的样子。中国加油!全世界加油! ENGLISH: Over last two months life in China changed in many ways.  Because of the…

  • 一个比较严肃的题目 – A More Serious Topic – Jonathan Ferguson, Beijing – March 2020

    By Jonathan Ferguson | 2 April 2020

    本月的博客题目比以前的严肃得多,可是作为住在中国,学习中文的学生,我认为我应该提取最近几个月的疫情。幸运的是,中国疫情愈来愈好但是欧洲的疫情每况愈下。 This month’s blog topic is much more serious than normal, but as a student living in China and learning…

  • Starting my second placement: Mia Marchant – March 2020

    By Mia Marchant | 1 April 2020

    This month I have been settling in to my new placement and getting to know more about the education system…

  • Olivia Pettitt: Madrid en el encierro/Madrid in lockdown – March 2020

    By Olivia Pettitt | 1 April 2020

    Estas últimas semanas Madrid, conocía como la “ciudad que nunca duerme” europea, se ha visto obligada a hibernar. Hemos visto…

  • Viaje a Viñales: la otra cara de Cuba : Noah Merrin, Cuba – March 2020

    By Noah Merrin | 1 April 2020

    Spanish A lo largo de mi primer mes en la Habana, los habaneros iban diciéndome que la ciudad no es…

  • Aarun Ilyas: Last Month in Granada, Spain – March 2020

    By Aarun Ilyas | 1 April 2020

    March marks the end of my internship and my last month in Granada. I have left Spain having completed my…

  • Gabrielle McKenna: Церкви и прочие красоты! – Churches and other beauties!, Russia – March 2020

    By Gabrielle McKenna | 16 March 2020

    Этот месяц был одним из самых насыщенных: я осмеливалась посещать церкви, музеи и ранее неизвестные уголки Санкт-Петербурга. В первый же…

  • Sam Styan in Tajikistan – БИСЁР КАЛИМАҲО БАРОИ СИПОСГУЗОРӢ – SO MANY WORDS FOR THANK YOU – February 2020

    By Samuel Styan | 16 March 2020

    Хостам фикрамро дар бораи фарқият байни форсии эронӣ, афғонию тоҷикӣ баён кунам, чунки ҳозир як баҳс вуҷуд дорад, ки агар…

  • « Les conférences à Sciences Po » : Phoebe Gittins, Paris, France, February 2020

    By Phoebe Gittins | 11 March 2020

    Comme si avoir la possibilité d’étudier à Sciences Po Paris ne suffisait pas, on a aussi la possibilité de fréquenter…

  • Girl in Gwada! (Guadaloupe) : Rhoda Yaa Assah Manu, Guadaloupe – February 2020

    By Rhoda Manu | 11 March 2020

    The journey to Guadeloupe was LONG.  It was weird because in terms of hours travelling to Reunion took longer but…

  • Au Revoir La Reunion: Rhoda Yaa Assah Manu, Reunion Island – January 2020

    By Rhoda Manu | 11 March 2020

    Remember how excited I was for Fete Kaf in the last entry? Well, I was not let down in the…

  • Lorenzo Webster: Sevilla, February 2020

    By Debra Patchett | 3 March 2020

    The history behind the city’s walls – my 5th month in Sevilla As 2020 got underway it was time to…

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