KEEP IT 丁 ① ,XIE LEI Chinese student fitting 丁 ① well 谢蕾,再接再厉 中国学生适应能力强 Six mouths ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China 六个月前,谢蕾告别了他在中国的家人和朋友,and 丁 ① a plane for London.It 丁 ① she had ever left her登上了前往伦敦的飞机. 这是他第一次离开自己的祖国.motherland."After getting my visa I was very excited beacuse I had课间休息时,我在学生餐厅碰到正在排队的谢蕾,他告诉我说:"拿到签证后我很激动,dreamed of this day for so long. But I was also very nervous as I did 因为我很久以前就梦想着能有这么一天.但是not know what to expect,"Xie Lei told me when I saw her waiting in a我又非常紧张,因为我不知道(将来)会发生什么."丁 ① at the student 丁 ① between 丁 ①. Xie Lei,who is 21 years old,has come to our university to study for 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.a business 丁 ①.She is 丁 ① through the 丁 ① year, 大多数外籍学生在申请学位课程之前都要学一年which most foreign student complete before 丁 ① a degree course.预科,而谢蕾已经读完半年了.Xie Lei highly 丁 ① it."The preparation course is most beneficial,"谢蕾非常看重预科课程. 她说"预科课程非常有益."she said."Studying here is quite different from studying in china, so 在这儿学习跟在中国学习是相当不同的.you need some preparation first."你必须事前做些准备. "It's not just study that's difficult.You have to 丁 ① a "困难不仅仅只在学习方面, 你还必须习惯一种全新的生活方whole new way of life,"which can 丁 ① all your 丁 ① in the式, 在一开始的时候他会占去你的beginning,"explained Xie Lei,who had lived all her life in the same city全部精力," 谢蕾解释说. 他在中国式一直居住在同一座城市.in china .she told me that she 丁 ① learn almost everything她还告诉我,几乎每件事他都得重新学习again."Sometimes I felt like a child,"she said ."I had to learn how to 她说:"有时候我觉得自己像个小孩似的,我得学习如何使用电话use the phone, how to pay bus fare, and how to ask a shopkeeper 丁 ① 乘公交车时该怎样付款,在商店买东西时如果不知道商品的英文名字丁 ①. When I got lost and had to ask a时又怎样问店主 当我迷路不得不向路人问路时,passer-by for directions, I didn't always understand. They,donn't talk 我经常听不懂他们说的话 他们说的话不像我丁 ① they do on our listening tapes,"she said,laughing丁 ①.们在听力磁带上听到的那样," 谢蕾笑着说道. Xie Lei lives with a host family who give her lots of good 谢蕾同房东一家人住在一起,他们给了他许多建议.advice.Although some foreign students live in student accommodation丁 ① or 虽然有些外国学生住在学生宿舍或者公寓房内apartments,some choose to丁 ① board with English families.Living with host families丁 ① 但还是有些学生选择寄宿在英国人的家中in which there may be other college 有的房东家也许会住着其他大学生,跟着这样的人家住在一起会给她提意students, give her the chance to learn丁 ① more about the new culture."When供机会,是他更好地了解新的文化. "当我I hear an idiom丁 ① that I don't understand ,I can ask my host family for听到不理解的习语时,我可以向房东家里的人请教,"谢蕾解释说help,"explains Xie lei."Also,when i miss my family ,it is a great comfort丁 ① 还有,当我想家的时候,房东家就是我家的替代,和他们在to have a substitute丁 ① famiy to be with."一起给了我很大的安慰 Xie Lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the 谢蕾的预科课程帮助他熟悉了西方大学在学术方面的要求.academic丁 ① requirement丁 ①of a Western university."I remember the firs easy丁 ①I did for my tutor丁 ①,"she told me."I fount an aruicle on the Internet that他对我说:"我还记得交给导师的第一篇论文. 我在网上找到一篇文章,看来跟seemed to have exactly the information I needed.So I made a sunmmary of丁 ①我所需要的信息恰好一样 于是我就那篇论文写了一篇小结性的文章,修改了草稿the article,revised my draft丁 ① and handed丁 ① the essay in.I thought I 然后交给了导师would get a really good mark but I got an E.I was numb丁 ① with shock!So I 我原以为我会得到高分,结果只得了一个E.我非常吃惊went to my tutor to ask the reason for his revision丁 ①. First of all,he 于是我去找导师理论,想改正分数.她告诉我说told me,I couldn't write what other people had said without 首先, 我不能把别人的话写下来而不标注出这是引用的.acknowledging丁 ① them.Besides,as far as he was concerned丁 ①,what other 此外, 他认为 别人的想法并不重要people thought was not the most thing.He wanted to know what I thought,which confused丁 ① me because 他想要知道的是我所想的是什么.这倒把我弄糊涂了,因为我认为该I thought that the author of the article knew far more than丁 ① I did.My tutor explanined文作者知道的比我多得多. 导师给我解释说that I should read lots of different text that contain丁 ① different opinions and analyes what I read.我得阅读大量的、包含不同观点的文章,并进行分析.Then,in my essay,I should give my own opinion adn explain it by referring to丁 ① other authous.然后,在我的论文中,我得表明我自己的观点,并且引用作者的观点来说明为什么我相信我的观点.Finally he even encouraged丁 ① me to contradict丁 ① the authors I'd read!最后,他甚至鼓励我去反驳我读过的那些作者的观点!At first I lacked confindence, but now I'm beginning to get the idea and my marks have improved. 并且我的分数也已经有所提高了.More importantly丁 ①,I am now a more autonmous丁 ① learner," 更重要的是,我现在是一个自主学习者. Xie Lei told me that she feels much more at home丁 ① in England now, 谢蕾告诉我说,现在她在英国感到自在多了,and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal丁 ①.:I've很奇怪的事,如今觉得似乎都很正常了. 我还just got one more thing to achieve.I have been so occupied with 丁 ①work that 丁 ①有意见是要做 我一直忙于学习,以至于没有时间去参加社会活动I haven't had time for social activities.I think it's important to have a 我认为保持好学习与社会生活之间的平衡也是很重要的,balance between丁 ① study and a social life,so I'm going to join a few clubs.所以我打算参加几个俱乐部,Hopefully I'll make some new friends."我希望能结实一些新朋友." We will follow Xie Lei's progress丁 ① in later edition of this newspaper but for now,关于谢蕾的进步,我们将在今后几期报纸中做跟踪报道.we wish Xie Lei all the best丁 ① in her new enterprise丁 ①.She deserves丁 ① to succeed.同时我们衷心祝愿她学业有成. 他应该去的成功.阅读填空(根据Reading内容完成课文结构图)ParaMain ideaDetailed facts1Xie Lei Chinese girl is studying in London·It was first time she had ever left her 1 .·I was Xie Lei waiting a 2 at the atudent caeteria.2The genera intorduction to Xie Lei and her study·Xie Lei has come to the university to study for a business 3 .·Xie Lei highly 4 the preparation course.3The difficulties Xie Lei met while living in London·It's not just study that's difficult.You have to get used to a whole new way of life,which can 5 all you concentration in the beginning,4The difficulties of living with a host family ·Also,when I miss my family,it's 6 to have a 7 family to be with.5Xie Lei is getting used to a Western university's way of learning·Xie Lei's preparation course is helping her to get used to the academic 8 of a Westem university·Her tutor even encouraged her to contradict the authors she'd read.6Xie Lei feels much more at home in Enfland now and is living an active life·She has just one more thing to achieve ,She has been so 9 work that she hasn't had time for social activities,so she is going to join a few clubs to make some new friends.7The newspaper will go on reporting Xie Lei·We wish Xie Lei all the best in her new 10 .She deserves to succeed.