1 初到斯特林
九月初飛機降落在格拉斯哥國際機場那刻，第一時間打了電話給爸爸報了平安，當?shù)貢r間已是傍晚七點多，我深呼吸了一口微涼的空氣，排隊等待入關。海關叔叔上下打量了我一下后問，你要去哪所學校讀書?讀哪個專業(yè)?我回答說國際沖突與合作。他說，umm，這個世界確實存在很多沖突，好好學習哦姑娘~至今我仍然記得那個叔叔呆萌的表情和鼓勵的話語，留學之行正式開始。
我拖著兩個20公斤的行李，累die。稱職的帥哥學長準時到達機場接到我，和我簡單寒暄了幾句就幫我拿行李，驅車前往斯特林。一路和我講他的學習經(jīng)驗和各種在斯村生活小tips。斯特林距離格拉斯哥大約45分鐘車程，它的原名是皇家堡，歷史上蘇格蘭的皇城，高貴皇家范兒的小城，至今還保留著中世紀的風格，整座城市彌漫著古典高貴的味道。
第一晚，我和另外一位北京女孩暫時落腳在一家hostel,就在我們租的房子旁邊，晚上我們漫步在小城許久，斯特林城堡，教堂，古色古香的歐式建筑，當時真有些穿越時空的感覺，我愛這里——興奮期待著新的生活。
2 留學生活日常
到學校注冊付完學費后，我漫步在學校，被美麗的校園景色迷得邁不動腳步。第一天我就找到了學校的城堡，這個鬼斧神工的精致建筑是國王的城堡，美輪美奐!讀書期間最喜歡的時刻就是手捧一杯濃濃的Costa在圖書館面窗的角落看一會兒書，望著窗外的天鵝，等待去上課。左手咖啡，右手書籍，挎著劍橋包漫步在天鵝湖畔走向Pathfoot教學樓是我每天的routine。
我們專業(yè)一共有八個同學，其中六位的母語是英語，另外就是我和一名巴基斯坦男生。一天課程結束后，我在學校乘坐UL或者63路公交車到市中心，到家后歡快地放下書和包包，溜達到附近的shopping mall逛街或者到CaféNero里點杯心愛的摩卡，安靜一會兒，有時候在市中心的小店間晃蕩~I wasn’t actually buying anything;I wasbuying the leisure,the freedom,of walking in an ancient city,smelling thecoffee and cakes,desperately breathing the moment that I knew I would bemissing so much.
3 攻克學習難關
秋學期我選了三門核心課程，其中最難的一門課是Research Methods to InternationalPolitics,因為我們專業(yè)只有我一個中國女生，其他同學都是操一口飛快流利的英音。起初我是崩潰的，因為我很難完全聽懂他們在說什么。
九月份第一堂課后因為無法融入西方課堂，課后我崩潰大哭發(fā)郵件給老師尋求幫助，師恩難忘，這一生我都會放在內心最柔軟的地方。我的導師Dr.Andrew Glencross是個年輕有為的學術天才，長得太帥，也是在學習上對我無比照顧的老師，每次上課我不敢正眼看他……更重要的是，他畢業(yè)于劍橋和哈佛，在英國讀書期間，他把我?guī)驓W盟政治的知識殿堂里。想到這里有些抑制不住眼淚，感謝老師的鼓勵讓我堅持下去。每當我上臺做presentation他會給與我足夠的關注。
下面是其中一封老師的鼓勵郵件原文：
我開始付出更多的時間和精力在課前閱讀準備上，在征得老師同意后，我錄下老師的講課，在課后我反復review,深入理解老師的思路和同學們的討論。逐漸在之后的seminar里我開始聽懂大部分知識點，也更積極地在課堂上代表group發(fā)言。
4 結語
在英國一年半的時間里，發(fā)生了很多有趣難忘的事情。很難一一描述，引用一段英國留學(推薦閱讀:英國留學)期間的日記來結束我對那段溫暖的不列顛歲月的回憶。
“Living in Britain was so much different from living in China,wher people are troubled with trifles and wher living is degraded to surviving.I felt,for the first time in my life,a moment of peace and gratitude.I began to see things through in all the time I had,when I did not have to be bothered by anyone jumping a queue or spitting to the ground as Ihad in China.I began to understand things,things that were shadowed or blindedby the busyness of life in China.And maybe it was due to the loneliness thatdid I come to value sentiments that I had ignored or taken for granted.
I saw pigeons walk among people on the plaza.Inoticed an ordinary librarian smile and explain patiently to every student who had confusion.I heard cashiers at small shops say good mornings in a voice sogenuine and happy that it warmed my heart in the winter wind.Every time I helda warm cup of Mocha in my hand and wandered about the streets,I felt my heartas light and cheerful as had captured the first trace of sunlight through thewindow frame.
I am not saying therewere no moments of frustration or depression.I am not saying they were all good memories.I could not understand the menu at the first time when I dined in a local restaurant and it took me a century to google the dishes out.My chats with locals never went that“local”since I really did notknow how to respond to their jokes.The social circle I squeezed in was greatbut I did not feel any sense of belonging every time in the parties orgatherings.I was just a student,a passer-by of their life whose absence wouldstir no sentiments.”
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