【英语时差8,16】中国交换学生的想法
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
英语课
In the waning 1 days of last semester, I asked a student of mine from Renmin University in China to try to round up a few other students from "over there" to talk with me about their experience as exchange students here on my campus.
My student and her three friends (Cathy and Company) all felt that understandings of politeness in college classrooms are different in Taiwan than they are in far flung China.
Cathy and Company said they were not accustomed to seeing so many classmates arrive late for class. Students tend to arrive in class early in China, they told me. One reason is that classroom life at Renmin appears to be more competitive than at my university.
Students in China may be less willing to form close relationships with classmates, the Company said.
Your classmates are not your enemies, but life is a race and your goal is to reach the finish line first. So, protect your own interests and don't give away any secrets.
Our friends from Renmin said they had generally found a warm welcome from both instructors 2 and classmates here. One of Cathy's friends remarked with a sigh, "I envy Taiwan students and feel reluctant to give up my life here and go back."
1 waning
adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡
- Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
- The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 instructors
指导者，教师( instructor的名词复数 )
- The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
- He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors. 他以校外辅导员身份，被邀请到主席台上。