I have been Thinking of a Turkey Today 我今天一直在想着火鸡 I have been thinking of a turkey today Today is Thanksgiving Day that is known by Chinese better and better. This early morning when someone sent a picture in Wechat saying Happy Thanksgiving, my classmate in the American asked in surprise, ‘Do you also celebrate the Thanksgiving Day there?’ Yeah, we do celebrate the western festivals among youth clubs in Beijing though most families are only aware of them while they are shopping and get the discounts. I often participate in the activities in an English club. This weekend they will hold a big party to celebrate the Thanksgiving Day. I hope my niece will leave me fewer problems then I can take my daughter to join the celebrating. It is said the host will teach the attendants to pray in English just like western people do before dinner. I don’t know if they will prepare a turkey, and I think it be more exciting if we can taste that kind of special food. However, Turkeys never show in our common supermarkets. If a Chinese in Beijing taste a turkey on the Thanksgiving Day, it would be a great surprise. So I have not stopped thinking of a turkey. Last time the club did copy a real cerebrating for Halloween as abroad. There were candies, skeleton and black cat decorations, pumpkin Jack o’lanterns, etc., even two foreign guys! And this time why wouldn’t be a turkey for surprise? Any part of correcting in English will be highly appreciated. Thank you for your time. 我今天一直在想着火鸡 今天是感恩节，它已经被中国人所越来越熟知。今天一早就有人在微信中发了张“感恩节快乐”的图片，我在美国的同学看到，惊奇地问：“你们那也过感恩节吗？” 是的。虽然北京大多数家庭只是在购物被打折时才意识过节，但年轻人的俱乐部里是过西方节日的。我经常参加一个英语俱乐部的活动。这个周末他们会举行一个感恩节派对。我希望我外甥女这周末给我少留一点作业题，我好带着女儿去过节。 据说主持人会教来宾用英文祷告，像西方人餐前做的那种。我不知道他们会不会准备火鸡。火鸡在我们这的超市很少见。如果一个中国人感恩节在北京尝上火鸡了，那一定是个大惊喜。 所以今天我就一直没断了想火鸡。上次俱乐部真的克隆了一版国外万圣节，有糖果、骷髅和黑猫装饰、南瓜灯等等，甚至还有俩老外！这次为什么不能来个火鸡的惊喜？ 任何英语纠正，我都会万分感激。谢谢浏览！

目前去美国学经济学专业是死路一条吗？Major in Economics = a Blind Valley?

Major in Economics = a Blind Valley? 

This morning I received a text from a college student. It is said that the School of Management, University of San Francisco will hold a promotion meeting in a five-star-hotel in Beijing this Saturday afternoon. What appealed his classmates is that the University will pay each attendant 50 RMB for listening to their report lasting 70 minutes.

I think it very fresh in Beijing, because I often heard of college students competing for going to that kind of meeting, and no one had ever been paid before. So I asked him what the report would be about. It is about the Major of Economics and Career Perspective in the America.

Obviously, most college students will go there as a part-time job instead of as a preparation for applying for that university. Do you think a student will come into a blind valley if he currently decides to major in economics in America? Hi, my dear guys! Come and share your wise ideas. Both English and Chinese are welcomed.

I would be highly appreciated if someone could correct the English part.

 

今天早晨我收到一条大学生的信息。据说美国旧金山大学管理学院（the School of Management, University of San Francisco），本周六下午将在北京一所五星级的饭店举行一场推介会。最吸引他们同学的是，那所大学会发给每个到会者50元人民币，只要听完70分钟报告。

我觉得这事在北京很新鲜，因为我以前经常听说大学生们争着去参加那种推介会，从来没有人给钱啊。于是我询问了报告的内容，据说是关于美国经济学专业和就业前景的。

显然，大多数大学生是为那个临时的活儿去的，不是为申请那所院校做准备的。朋友们，你认为目前去美国学经济学专业是死路一条吗？快来说说你们的高见吧！中文、英文都欢迎。

如果哪位把我写的英文部分给纠正一下，我会万分感激啊。

 

信(xìn)息(xī)        据(jù)说(shuō)        旧(jiù)金(jīn)山(shān)   管(guǎn)理(lǐ)        学(xué)院(yuàn)        饭(fàn)店(diàn)        举(jǔ)行(xíng)        推(tuī)介(jiè)会(huì)    吸(xī)引(yǐn)        发(fā)给(gěi)        新(xīn)鲜(xiān)        争(zhēng)着(zhe)      询(xún)问(wèn)        经(jīng)济(jì)学(xué)   专(zhuān)业(yè)      就(jiù)业(yè)        前(qián)景(jǐng)       临(lín)时(shí)的(de)    活(huó)儿(ér)

申(shēn)请(qǐng)       做(zuò)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)   目(mù)前(qián)        死(sǐ)路(lù)一(yì)条(tiáo)        高(gāo)见(jiàn)        欢(huān)迎(yíng)       哪(nǎ)位(wèi)        部(bù)分(fen)        纠(jiū)正(zhèng)      感(gǎn)激(jī)

To Have a Try or to Give up

To Have a Try or to Give up
Two weeks ago, a friend of mine told me that one of her friends eventually had found a home stay for her son near the middle school which is called Hendersonville Christian Academy, Tennessean, US and she would not have to accompany her son reading any longer. She is coming back Beijing in the middle of next January, but she still has two months’ renting left in the USA. So my friend thinks it a good chance to take her son to live and read there for a short time, but she cannot speak English and has never lived in the US before.
Her son and my daughter were classmates during the period of their primary school. That reminded her of me. She advised me to take my daughter to share the house and two kids try reading there together. My daughter and I were all very excited about the idea when we heard of the news, because we have never been to the US before. But my husband was strongly against the plan due to one question that we really have no answer and even never think of, that is, ‘Are you sure you will be totally safe there?’
I am still at the fence after both my friend strongly persuaded me of going there and my husband was firmly against me of doing that.
两周前，我的一个朋友告诉我， 她的一个朋友在美国田纳西州Hendersonville Christian Academy中学附近，终于给儿子找到了一个寄宿家庭，所以她再也不用陪读了。她打算明年1月中旬回北京，但她美国的房子还会剩两个月租期。我的这个朋友就想，这是一个带她儿子到那住下并试读那所中学的好机会。可是她不懂英语，也没有在美国住过。
她儿子和我女儿是小学同学，于是她想起了我。她建议我带女儿跟她们同去，让俩孩子一起试读那所中学。我和女儿一听这消息就非常兴奋，因为我们从没去过美国。但是我丈夫坚决反对这个计划，出于一个问题：“你们能确保在那安全吗？”我们真的无法回答，甚至从来都没想到过这个问题。
在我朋友的极力劝荐下和我丈夫的坚决反对下，我仍在犹豫不决。
I would be very appreciated if someone could help me to choose. Both English and Chinese are all welcomed.

To Have a Try or to Give up To Have a Try or to Give up Two weeks ago, a friend of mine told me that one of her friends eventually had found a home stay for her son near the middle school which is called Hendersonville Christian Academy, Tennessean, US and she would not have to accompany her son reading any longer. She is coming back Beijing in the middle of next January, but she still has two months’ renting left in the USA. So my friend thinks it a good chance to take her son to live and read there for a short time, but she cannot speak English and has never lived in the US before. Her son and my daughter were classmates during the period of their primary school. That reminded her of me. She advised me to take my daughter to share the house and two kids try reading there together. My daughter and I were all very excited about the idea when we heard of the news, because we have never been to the US before. But my husband was strongly against the plan due to one question that we really have no answer and even never think of, that is, ‘Are you sure you will be totally safe there?’ I am still at the fence after both my friend strongly persuaded me of going there and my husband was firmly against me of doing that. 两周前，我的一个朋友告诉我， 她的一个朋友在美国田纳西州Hendersonville Christian Academy中学附近，终于给儿子找到了一个寄宿家庭，所以她再也不用陪读了。她打算明年1月中旬回北京，但她美国的房子还会剩两个月租期。我的这个朋友就想，这是一个带她儿子到那住下并试读那所中学的好机会。可是她不懂英语，也没有在美国住过。 她儿子和我女儿是小学同学，于是她想起了我。她建议我带女儿跟她们同去，让俩孩子一起试读那所中学。我和女儿一听这消息就非常兴奋，因为我们从没去过美国。但是我丈夫坚决反对这个计划，出于一个问题：“你们能确保在那安全吗？”我们真的无法回答，甚至从来都没想到过这个问题。 在我朋友的极力劝荐下和我丈夫的坚决反对下，我仍在犹豫不决。 I would be very appreciated if someone could correct some parts of it.

I am always busy at weekends I am always busy at weekends I have not got any easy weekends any more since my sister's daughter started to go to a well-known high school in Tianjin this August, because she is quite difficult in Math, Physics and Chemistry that her mother cannot help with and asked me to work out the problems in her assignments. She had so many problems that I always spent the whole weekends working on them. Moreover, it is not very convenient for us to talk in video via Wechat since I don't live in Tianjin, but in Beijing instead. What makes me worried about her the most is that she is getting more and more unconfident in school. She told me she is scared of the examinations because she always gets the lowest scores in each name list that is post on the wall in the classroom. No one is willing to talk with her in the school, even last Monday when she had a fever and asked for a leave, the head teacher didn’t say any warm words. How will she spend three more years there? I can do nothing to change the teachers and the school, but to do my best to help with her courses at weekends though I have got really tired sometimes. 周末我总忙 自从我妹妹的女儿今年8月上了天津一所有名的高中之后,我就再也没有过过一个轻松的周末。因为她数学、物理和化学非常吃力，她妈妈帮不了她，就请我帮着解题。她有那么多问题，我总是要花整个周末来做题。并且， 因为我住北京，不住天津，我们通过微信视频聊天并不方便。 最让我担心的是，她在学校越来越不自信。她告诉我， 她怕考试，因为她总是教室墙上成绩单中分数最低的那个。在学校，没人愿意和她说话。甚至她上周一发烧了，跟班主任请假，班主任都没有什么暖人的话。她将怎么在那儿再待三年？我改变不了那儿的老师和学校， 只有竭尽全力周末帮她做功课，尽管有时我已经很累。 I would be very appreciated if someone could correct some parts of it.