
to be mentioned that most of the volunteers are english majors and most of the players could speak english very well except japanese contestants. pared with japanese players, we had less difficulty municating with french players and czech. i remembered that once i misunderstood one of the japanese players’ requests of “call up” for “cup of”, and i felt so embarrassed that i even wanted to cry. gradually, i learned to be more carefully when talking to the non english native speakers.during the event lasting for less than 15 days, the most impressive experience was that i took 3 of the japanese players to the beijing zoo. as the zoo is not far from the hotel, we walked there. on the way, they asked me about the beggars on the street in their just-so-so english, and i tried my best to explain, and even putting my mouth in to my mouth, indicating that they did not have enough to eat. but they still did not get me, which was really irritating. reflecting that, i regret i did not learn japanese hard enough.these days, we have been studying the novel wuthing heights written by emily bronte, and one of the clues is the identity of catherine, whether heathcliff or edgar that she really love. as a human being, the most important thing is to identify who we are, so should we students. living in a mixed society, having a definite knowledge of self-identity matters a lot. as a civilian, knowing what we really should do can have a great impact on both ourselves and the social civilization.
year, a tidal wave to learn english is in full wing nationally. whether old or young, beijingers are keen to leave an impressive beijing, a high-qualified china for the world. i remember that when i was a volunteer as a teacher for old seniors in our munity, one of my “students” is over 80 years. she was a engineer on architecture, and when she was young, she studied russian instead of english as second language, so after retirement, she began to learn english, hoping that she could municate with foreigners when the olympic games begins in 2008. in effect, her enthusiasm impressed me a lot and from then on, i examined myself again and make certain of who i am and what is my meaning of my life.
