KEEP IT UP①， XIE LEI

　　Chinese student fitting in② well

　　Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to③ her family and friends in China and boarded a plane④ for London. ⑤It was the first time she had ever left her motherland⑥. "After getting my visa⑦ I was very excited because I had dreamed of this day for so long. But I was also very nervous as I didn't know what to expect⑧，" Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting⑨ in a queue⑩ at the student cafeteria⑪ between lectures⑫.

　　Xie Lei, who is 21 years old, has come to our university to study for a business qualification⑬. She is halfway through the preparation⑭ year, which most foreign students complete before applying for⑮ a degree course⑯. Xie Lei highly recommends⑰ it. "The preparation course is most beneficial⑱，" she said. "Studying here is quite different from studying in China, so you need some preparation first."

①keep it up保持优秀成绩；继续干下去

②fit in相适应；相融和

③say goodbye to跟......说再见　④board a plane登上飞机

⑤句式"It is/was the first/second ... time＋that ..."这是某人第一/二/......次做......(从句用完成时时态)。

⑥motherland /'mʌðəlænd/ n．祖国　

⑦visa /'viːzə/ n．签证

⑧"what to expect"是"疑问词＋动词不定式"结构，在句中作know的宾语。

⑨saw her waiting，意为"看见某人在做某事"。

⑩queue /kjuː/ n．队列；行列 vi.排队

⑪cafeteria /ˌkæfə'tIərIə/ n．自助食堂；自助餐厅

⑫lecture /'lektʃə/ n．& vi.演讲；讲课

⑬qualification /ˌkwɒlIfI'keIʃn/ n．资格；资历

⑭preparation /ˌprepə'reIʃn/ n．准备；预备

⑮apply for申请

⑯which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰the preparation year。

⑰recommend /ˌrekə'mend/ vt.推荐；建议

⑱beneficial adj.有益的，有好处的

　　谢蕾，再接再厉

　　中国学生适应能力强

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　　六个月前，谢蕾告别了她在中国的家人和朋友，登上了前往伦敦的飞机。这是她第一次离开自己的祖国。课间休息时我在学生餐厅碰到正在排队的谢蕾，她告诉我说："拿到签证后我很激动，因为我梦想这一天已经很久了。但是我又非常紧张，因为我不知道我所期望的是什么。"

　　谢蕾今年21岁，来我们大学上学，希望获得工商管理资格证书。大多数外籍学生在申请学位课程学习之前都要学一年预科，而谢蕾已经读完半年了。她强力推荐它。她说："预科课程非常有益。在这儿学习跟在中国学习是相当不同的。你需要事先做些准备。"

　　"It's not just study that's difficult⑲. You have to get used to⑳ a whole new way of life, which\s\up1(21(21) can take up\s\up1(22(22) all your concentration\s\up1(23(23) in the beginning，" explained Xie Lei, who\s\up1(24(24) had lived all her life in the same city in China. She told me that she had had to learn almost everything again. "Sometimes I felt like a child，" she said. "I had to learn how to use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper\s\up1(25(25) for things I didn't know the English for\s\up1(26(26). When I got lost and had to ask a passer­by\s\up1(27(27) for directions, I didn't always understand. They don't talk like\s\up1(28(28) they do on our listening tapes，" she said, laughing\s\up1(29(29). ⑲It's ... that ...是强调句型，强调主语not just study。

⑳get used to习惯于

\s\up1(21(21)此处which指代"a whole new way of life"，引导非限制性定语从句。

\s\up1(22(22)take up占用(时间)；继续；开始做。

\s\up1(23(23)concentration n．注意力

\s\up1(24(24)此处who指代Xie Lei，引导非限制性定语从句。

\s\up1(25(25)shopkeeper /'ʃɒpˌkiːpə/ n．店主

\s\up1(26(26)I didn't know ...是省略了关系代词that/which的定语从句，修饰先行词things，关系代词在从句中作介词for的宾语。

\s\up1(27(27)passer­by过路人

\s\up1(28(28)此处like用作连词，引导方式状语从句，相当于as。

\s\up1(29(29)现在分词laughing作said的伴随状语。