罗马尼亚姑娘在长沙 Alina，罗马尼亚人，十年前和丈夫在罗马尼亚相遇并坠入爱河，为了爱情，她不远万里毅然陪同丈夫定居中国湖南长沙，拥有着一个令人羡慕的家庭，体贴的丈夫和懂事的女儿。在她心目中丈夫是她的精神支柱，女儿是她的掌上明珠，同时，作为英语老师的Alina以开朗友善的性格、迷人的微笑感染着身边的每一个人,在长沙的十年里Alina 渐渐融入到了中国文化中，不仅学会了中国菜也能讲得一口流利的中文。她长沙的生活有着自己独特的见解，在她心目中简单而美好就是最理想的生活。一提到Alina的故事，这一切还得从头说起…
美丽的邂逅----爱情
When I first came to china, I was considered to be a very courageous girl, you know thousand miles away from my home, I was usually asked about: “what makes you so determined to come to china”. To be very frank with it is because of love. Well, I am not sure how things started; my husband was doing business in Romania. You know, when you are in a foreign country you need somehow, find some friends to help you to get along. So, there is this Chinese guy in my hometown and I’m the friendly girl, ready to offer a hand, show him around and without realizing it, romance was in the air…So the reason I came to China is very simple, nothing mysterious or sophisticated, just follow the man I loved, a Chinese man.
.美满的家庭---To be a good wife and a good mother
Before I came to china, I think I was mentally prepared to encounter something very different, I expected many things to be different but there was a barrier that proved to be quite difficult, that was of course, the language. When I first came here, not too many people were able to speak English, so it wasn’t easy to get around on your own. I managed to get some Chinese lessons back home but you know, it didn’t prove quite helpful; I have never listened to Chinese people having conversations before so I could barely understand a word when I first came to China. There were some of my students who offered to help but I just said ‘don’t waste your time; I’m never going to make it’. And now, ten years later, I am able to understand what people are talking about, I can even speak Chinese myself and they can understand me most of the times, I can watch TV and understand more than 80%. I think the fact that I have a family here helped a lot. My family in Changsha is a small one, I have a daughter, she is eight years old, and my favorite pastime is spending time with my family and doing things together, taking long walks, playing in parks, doing sports, traveling. You know, being a mother is never easy, people are very curious about what is my expectations for my daughter, well I know that many parents hope that their child can be a very successful doctor、lawyer or some other great profession, but you know, there are many definitions of happiness and success can be achieved in so many different ways. In this increasingly competitive world, I am a little worried about my daughter as she seems to be the busiest person in the family even if she’s such a young child, so we try to take her out whenever we have the chance, to offer her some relaxation and get her involved in as many leisure activities as possible. I just want my daughter to grow up happy and enjoy the process of studying. Time will come when she can make her own decisions about what she wants to be in the future.
圣神的职责----教师
The job I got here in Changsha when I first arrived is English teacher and I still am, you see, I majored in foreign languages and literatures; even back home I was a teacher, but I just worked for about two years there and then I moved to China. I think I was so lucky to be able to continue doing the job I loved, I think being a teacher is a very rewarding experience, students appreciate and respect you as a teacher, there’s even a teachers’ day in China, but not such a day in my country. While I was enjoy teaching, I do noticed some differences between Chinese students and students back home, students in Romania are more inquisitive and take a more active part in lessons; they are not shy to express themselves which is actually changing, even in China. When I came to China ten years ago, first encounters with groups of students used to be challenging. It was at times hard to elicit responses from them as many Chinese students usually lacked sufficient confidence to freely engage in discussions with foreigners, but I never have to worry about that now.
生活的情调---慢节奏
Since I have been living in Changsha for almost 10 years now, I have witnessed most of changes here, Changsha has changed a lot, I lived for about twenty years in my country but haven’t experienced even a third of the changes that I have witnessed in ten years in Changsha. I remember when I first came here, shopping for food was not as convenient as it is today, there was only a big supermarket in the city center and the prices were not very competitive, a trip to the supermarket seemed to be rather a luxury than a necessity. Ten years later, supermarkets are everywhere; the nearest one is just across the road. Besides the great changes there are something that you should never miss, if you don’t mind about mouth burners, which I don’t after ten years in Changsha, I would strongly recommend you to have a taste of Kouweixia(口味虾) which is my favorite food in Changsha。As for the place to go, my favorite is the Xiangjang River side. They gave it a facelift in recent years and it looks so nice, my family often goes there, you can walk for hours and there’s still a long way to go, you can choose either strolling on the west bank or the east bank, each of the sides has its own charm, you’ll be sure to get there again and again. In this fast pace of modern life, it is really crucial to slow down your tempo a little bit and enjoy your life with the people you love.
To tell you the truth, I couldn’t be more satisfied with my life here, I didn’t have any expectations like living in Paris or Vienna, having beautiful cars and villas but just leading a happy life. To live a simple, yet full of love life. That’s my ideal life. |
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