楊宇宸
大家好,我是一個(gè)移民到新澤西的八年級(jí)學(xué)生。在一個(gè)不熟悉的地方安家落戶(hù),一切從零開(kāi)始,是極其困難的事情。但當(dāng)你開(kāi)始克服困難、嘗試著融入其中,你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)不同文化之間有趣的差異。
Hello,I?am?an?immigrant? i n?a?s m a l l?t o w n?i n?N e w? Jersey,United?States.It?is? always?difficult?to?start?all?over? in?a?brand-new?environment?that? you?have?no?experience?with.
However,as?you?get?more?and? more?used?to?it,you?will?discover? the?interesting?traditions?and? differences?in?each?culture.
那一天,當(dāng)我走進(jìn)學(xué)校的大門(mén)時(shí),幾乎懷疑自己走錯(cuò)了地方。目光所及之處,幾乎所有人都穿著綠色的服飾:綠色的襯衫、褲子、旗幟、項(xiàng)鏈、鞋子……
我感到摸不著頭腦——今兒是什么日子?怎么所有人都穿綠色的衣服呢?
On?that?day,I?almost? doubted?if?I?went?to?the?right? place?when?I?walked?through? the?front?doors.Almost?everyone? I?saw?wore?green.Green? shirt,green?pants,green?flag,? green?necklace,green?shoes...
Everything?in?my?sight? was?decorated?with?the?color? green.What?is?today?Why?is? everyone?wearing?green?
那天的第一堂課,老師為我們介紹了這“綠色的節(jié)日”的來(lái)歷。原來(lái),每年的3月17日是西方的“圣·帕特里克日”,也叫愛(ài)爾蘭日。天主教徒們會(huì)在這天紀(jì)念他們的圣人——帕特里克。
In?first?period,our?teacher? answered?my?questions?and? informed?us?about?this?“green? day”.March?17th?is?Saint? Patricks?Day,which?is?a? traditional?Irish?holiday?for?the? death?of?Saint?Patrick.
當(dāng)老師問(wèn)到是否所有人都穿著綠色的服飾時(shí),我便開(kāi)始左顧右盼。一個(gè)全身是綠的男孩一下吸引了我的注意力。他穿著印有巨大三葉草的綠襯衫,外罩一件翠綠色的西服。青綠色的西服褲,搭配一雙艷綠色的鞋子。最可愛(ài)的是,他還戴著一頂綠色的帽子。
那個(gè)男孩明顯地注意到了我的目光。他回過(guò)頭來(lái)打量,好奇地問(wèn)我:“你也穿了綠色的衣服嗎?”
我上上下下看了看自己,微笑著回答道:“當(dāng)然。我的襪子是綠的??!”
Afterward,the?teacher?asked? if?everyone?wore?green?today.I? noticed?a?boy?covered?in?green—
he?wore?a?green?shirt?with?a? giant?shamrock?on?it,and?a?fake? green?suit?on?top?of?it.He?also?had? green?pants?on?paired?with?green? dressing?shoes.What?stood?out?to? me?the?most,was?the?green?hat.
He?obviously?felt?my?gaze,? and?turned?to?look?at?me.“Did? you?wear?anything?green?”he? asked?curiously.
“Yeah,”I?looked?down?and? considered.?“My?socks.”