In recent yeas, more and more international students study aboard in US or another country, and we all know it can be a frustrating and sometimes painful experience going to study in a foreign country, with its different language and culture. But while overseas study has its drawbacks, the difficulties are far outweighed by the advantages. Indeed, people who go abroad for study open themselves up to experiences that those who stay at home will never have.
The most obvious advantage to overseas university study is real-life use of a different language. While a person can study a foreign language in his or her own country, it cannot compare with constant use of the language in academic and everyday life. There is no better opportunity to improve second-language during one’s studies offers a distinct advantage when one is applying for jobs back home that require the language.
With the challenge life in US, international students may often encounter some embarrassing situations about language when they first arrived there. Some of them are funny and interesting. Today I’d like to share two short stories about them.
@Story Time@ 1. One day a girl named Lin went shopping with her friends, and she just saw her English teacher on the bus, her teacher said to Jia:” How it's going, Lin?” She replies without hesitation：“ I am going to shopping! ”2. Lee is a smoker, before he came to US he was so worried about the cost of cigar in US, but one day he saw a slogan in everywhere, then he set his mind at rest. Do you know why? Because the slogan said: Smoke free.
Do you like these stories? I think no matter how hard the international student encounter, living and studying abroad offers one a new and different perspective of the world and, perhaps most important, of one’s own country. Once beyond the initial shock of being in a new culture, the sutdent slowly begins to get a meaningful under. Standing of the host society. On returning home, one inevitable sees one’s own country in a new, often more appreciative light.
At last, while any anxiety about going overseas for university study is certainly understandable, it is important to remember that the benefits offered by the experience make it well worthwhile.
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