2006年輔大英文系北京外國語大學參訪
Trip to Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2006

Date: March 26 ~ April 3, 2006

Members: Dr. Yun-Pi Yuan (Chair), Ms. Belen Sy, Eunice Liao (Freshmen), Frances Chen (Junior), Lenny Chen (Junior), Julie Chou (Junior), Rita Fang (Junior), Judy Huang (Junior), Ignecia Lin (Junior), May Lin (Junior), Cindy Liu (Junior), Veronica Ni (Junior), Grace Liu (Senior)

Beijing Foreign Studies University

Activity Album

Students' responses:

The Experience and Reflection in Beijing

I have been to Beijing to study in Beijing Foreign Studies University for about ten days, and during these days, I have found out that there were many differences between us. The differences could be sorted into three parts: the department’s administration, the teaching method, and the students. 

First, I would like to talk about the administration of English department in BFSU, Beijing Foreign Studies University. In BFSU, the English department is subordinated to English college. Under English college, it has English department, journalism and communication department, diplomacy department and department of law. And under the English department, it has four minors: oral interpretation, written interpretation, literature, and one minor that studies international culture. In addition, students in BFSU can not minor in other fields. They can only master what they are major in. Although they can double-major, the departments they can choose from are limited. For example, the English major can only double-major in some English-related departments. The situation is different from our university, FJU. In FJU, the English department is under the College of Foreign Literatures & Languages. In addition, we do not have minors under our department. Moreover, we can minor or major in whatever department we like. Compare with the two colleges, I think that BESU put more emphasis on sorting our students according to different ability; however, FJU make students have more freedom to study what they are interested in. 

Second, I would like to compare the teaching situation in the two English departments. In Beijing, I have experienced different learning atmosphere and methods by taking different courses. For instance, I have taken some skill courses, which are like our CC class, such as interpretation, written translation, listening translation, and intensive reading. Other selective courses are like American social and culture, English journalism, and British literature. After taking these courses, I found out that there were some different situations between us. 

In my opinion, about their skill courses, they put more emphasis on training students in order to make them capable of mastering the skill. Take written translation course as an example, after lecture, the teacher would use some English articles or even formal official articles for students to practice translating them into Chinese. Then, after students translate them into Chinese, the teacher would make some common and make students to revise their interpretation. During the whole class, two hours, they do the same things through out the class. This would definitely make students be familiar with the skill of interpretation; however, to me, it seems too repetitive and bored. Take the listening interpretation as another example, in the two hours, the teacher keeps broadcasting the tape for students to listen to and then ask the students to translate them into Chinese. Again, after translation, the teacher would give some commons and then keep practicing listening interpretation. For me, I feel like a high school student because the teaching way is resemble the way taught in high school. The teacher gave a lot of practice to students. Unlike the situation in FJU, the teachers just mention about the main point and then the students have to figure out the problem and practice themselves. Moreover, In BEFU, , I always feel interested in the first-hour class for I do not have resemble class in FJU; nevertheless, in the second hour, I become to feel bored because the teaching way is fixed and seems to be endless. The skill courses in BEFU are like CC class in FJU. However, I think that perhaps we have combine more topics in our CC class rather than sorting those topics into single courses so that our teaching way has more variations and alterations. For example, when teaching about job interview, we really hold an imitative job interview for students to practice. Hence, students would not feel bored easily when taking CC class. Nevertheless, I have to admit that, generous speaking, the ability of BEFU students is better than us in FJU. The foundation of their English skill such as listening and speaking are really better than us. Maybe, to have a better basis of English skill, using the boring way to study would be a better way. 

Except for the system and the course, I had also known more about the students in Beijing. In fact, before I went to Beijing, I was very afraid that if I could not compete with them at all. Although I knew that I still had much more room to improve, I was not as worry as before. The reason was that when taking course in Beijing, I found out that some of them were just like students in Taiwan. They would nod their head during the class, remain silent when the teacher was asking some responses, skip class when it is necessary…etc. They were not really different with us. However, they did have something that we students in Taiwan can learn from them. One was that they were sincere and responsible for every assignment. According to the interview we did in Beijing, they would use at least three or four days to prepare a presentation in class. They would digest the content first, and then do the research. Next, they would do the power point file if it was necessary and write down the script of what they were going to say. Finally, they would memorize the script until they could say it fluently. From the process of doing an assignment, I suddenly realized that how a lazy student I was. I should really do some adjustment on my attitude toward my studies. And the other thing that worth to learn was that they were diligent and active in studying. I remembered one day after they accompanied us to take a look at some historical relics, they still hurried to the library to study even though there was no test on the other day. If I were them, I would go back to the dorm to sleep rather than studying. And this showed that I was not diligent enough as well.

After getting along with the students there, I have found that we are actually the same in the physical and psychological part, and the only difference is the attitude toward learning. If I could spend more time studying and improve myself actively, I believe I could compete with them in the future. Joining this trip does not help me improve my English ability for we have only taken a week of courses, but it does help me introspect myself in my study. When I am lazy and do not want to catch up my delayed assignment, I would think of the students in Beijing. In this way, I have the motivation to finish my homework. I hope I could do better and better in my studies later, and I hope that the other students who have also joined this trip would make some differences on themselves as well so that we could proudly say to the people in the world that we are Taiwanese and we are not inferior to students in China.

Judy Huang

The Reflection of a Trip to Beijing

When I knew that the English department would hold a study trip to Beijing, I decided to visit Beijing, the ancient capital which is the embodiment of preserved heritage and modern development. When on the way to Beijing, while I was excited to be approaching Beijing, I was afraid because Beijing was such a mysterious place to me. After landing, this unnecessary fear faded away because the mild weather made me calm down. I felt extraordinary excited. Every scene I saw was so unreal. The people I met here looked similar to me, but there were something different, enormous different that I wanted to find out. And that was the primary reason I went to Beijing. In this ten-day trip, I was astonished to see, to experience, and to involve in the “real Beijing life”. The classes I attended, the people I contacted, and every new thing I experienced were so unique that I surely would never forget this unforgettable journey. I learned, and earned back a lot.

I. The classes I attend

Our destination is Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU). It is considered one of the best foreign languages institutes in China. BFSU is famous for its prestigious faculty and staff, and its excellent and competitive students. Before I go to BFSU, I am told that BFSU students’ command of English is outstanding. They are the top of the tops in China. It is true. Having studied with them for several courses in the same classroom, I realize why they can be that exceptionally good. Their secret to master English is not difficult to unveil but is difficult to carry on. Their key to success: study, study hard, and study whenever there is a time.

In BFSU, I attend quite a few interesting courses, such as interpretation, American History, English speaking, translation, and the like. Attending in these classes, I am more like an observer than a participant (actually, I do participate in English speaking). I observe the students, and the teaching materials and methods carefully because I am eager to see the so-called hard-working attitude of Chinese students with my own eyes. As an observer, I see some things which are different to the Taiwanese students, in terms of their learning attitude, and the viewpoint of the value of the things. The differences lie in that 1) the majority of them consider teachers the authorities, 2) being able to be educated is a blessing, and 3) the society is so competitive that one must struggle and strive to get a good grade.

In class, first, I find students pay their full attention to teachers’ lecturing. Almost all of them are very concentrated. The teachers are giving lecturing by showing them power point slides. I am very surprised to see that the teachers, both the young and old ones, are using computer-assisted aids when teaching. Hardly do they write things on the blackboard. They all prepare their own slides. The students are accustomed of using visual and audio aids when giving presentation. Some of the students even bring their laptop to class to document things they want to. Clearly, it is consequences of China’s economic growth. That is, in fact, many of them are afford to buy high-tech products. In classroom, teachers are the authorities. What they say will be considered perfectly right. Although students are encouraged to give their own opinions by some young and active teachers, teachers’ opinions and conclusion will be believed as the most right one with no doubt. After the class, the teachers will leave immediately. Some students tell me that the teachers are “far away” from them. There is an invisible gap between teachers and students. Hence, teachers are not close friends. Teachers are authorities and they do not have personal contact with students after class. In class, second, I find students are counting their blessings for being able to be educated. In china, some people are very rich due to the economic miracles, but some don’t. There is an extreme disparity between the rich and the poor. The students I meet, some are from rich family, but some are from middle class family. For those who are able to get the advance education, they are thankful because the tuition and fee is quite high in China. In order to go to the University, their family may spend a fortune to support them to be educated. Therefore, the students I encounter, especially those from bourgeoisie study very hard. Finally, in class, I find students are very active and always be ready and willing to answer the questions the teachers raise. A student tells me that she hopes to study abroad after graduation. To realize her dreams, she must study hard now to get a high GPA since other students are very competitive. One time, I go to visit the school libraries. It is just 8 o’clock in the morning. But to my surprise, the eight reading rooms are filled with people. They bury their head in books. What amazing! I really admire the way they cope with their studies. 

II. The general reflection

This ten-day journey to Beijing truly broadens my view of China, and the world. As far as I am concerned, I have heard many negative stories about the dark side of China society: the foods are dirty, the products are lousy, and the people are cunning. But actually, they are not true. Putting aside the political issues, I think the people are nice and friendly. The foods actually are very delicious; one can try different kinds of traditional Chinese cuisines, such as Szechwan and Zhejiang styles. I personally prefer Szechwan cuisine because it is hot and spicy and tasty. The products here are not lousy, but because of the appearance and name of the products, we may consider it lousy. For example, in Taiwan, we translate “yogurt” into優若乳, but in China, they call it “酸奶”, which to me, sounds quite disgusting at first. But after trying it, I find it not only good in taste but also cheap in price. In our point of view, we may think their translation of the exotic words is strange and ridiculous, but it is just their way of saying that. The only difference lies in the lexical items, other than that, I do not think all of their products lousy. Finally, because China is peopled with 13 million people, they have to work hard to stand their own two feet in the competitive society. So, they will try hard to succeed and to win over others. The way the lead their life may appear to be a little aggressive, but it is human nature. They just want to strive and survive. 

To conclude, the journey to Beijing is so impressive and informative that I would never forget it. From the bottom of my heart, I would very happy to say this journey to Beijing is a gold-digging journey. I go there to find “gold” which brings me the wealth of spirit and knowledge, and I feel wealthy now. In class, I witness the hard-working attitude of students, which stimulates me to work hard as they do. They are my modal. They make me know there is no quick path to success; to succeed, it takes time and efforts. After the class, I go out with the local students. We talk over many current issues. Communicating with them, I get to know their outlook of the life. By sharing different opinions, we understand one another more. That is the real communication, and I really take great pleasure in that. It is the wonderful journey. I am glad I made a right decision to visit Beijing!

Eunice Liao

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參訪北京外國語大學心得

此次參訪北京外國語大學，我發現無論在教學方法、師生互動、上課氣氛，或是學生學習態度上，都和本系有許多相異之處。

星期一第一二節的「批判與文化理論」，是由外國老師授課。他把文本放在WORD上，跟所有同學一步步細細探討幾個段落，並要求同學一起找出文本中共同的pattern，這位老師說，大家可以有不同的pattern，但是都必須找出evidence。值得注意的是，這位老師可以用二三十分鐘的時間帶領同學比對兩個段落並找出pattern，這種方式非常具要求性及挑戰性，而看同學的反應，對他們而言這似乎相當困難。但是換個角度想，因為這種方式，才更能使同學建立批判性的思考。我覺得這種訓練非常困難，同時又很紮實。

上三四節「美國歷史」時，同學們積極地發表並且與老師互動，令我感到相當佩服。老師首先問各位同學跟美國朋友交流的心得，從中可看出北外同學們對兩種文化碰撞時的思考，是深刻的。令人最印象深刻的是兩位同學的報告。第一位同學著重在事件的解說；她完全沒有準備講稿，只是從容不迫的看著簡報一字一句清楚的解說，無論從簡報製作到報告內容全都充滿極強烈的充實感。而第二位同學將自己的報告內容以Q&A的方式呈現，雖然她有講稿，但是完全是經過自己的整理與分析，令人讚嘆她在批判思考方面的能力。兩位同學演講時非常正式，完全沒有出現嗯嗯呀呀的情況，用詞用字亦經準，實在太令人佩服了。

星期二的「精讀」，是大二的基礎課。這堂課是小班制的，由老師帶領閱讀文章並且挑出單字解釋並且作課外延伸。這堂課就好像高中的英文課一樣，先讀文章，後面有單字解釋以及各式各樣的練習，只是課文難度和延伸練習與高中相比是難的多了。這堂課學生較少發言，而是默默的聽課做筆記，老師偶爾問同學意見但大家似乎挺害羞的沒什麼回應，倒是跟我們同學有些相似。這堂精讀課頭一兩天是由老師主講，之後幾天針對同一課題會有活動參與的部份，徹底使得同學深入學習。其實我覺得這樣的課程設計很好，可以使同學在不同主題上學習到更為廣且深的的英文辭彙使用，這點是目前我們系上安排的課程內容所做不到的。

「美社會與文化」這堂課，主要是由老師發問同學回答，以及使用簡報的方式呈現。同學事前有被要求找一些資料吧，但是當幾個熱心的同學說明自己找到的資料時，由於是面對著老師，背對著同學，且教室非常長的關係，坐在後面的我們其實根本聽不懂他們說了些什麼。而老師並未重新歸納整理這些新資訊，而是接著開始講解自己的簡報。這堂課上到美國憲法制度，老師又把它跟中國的法律、政府結構等做比較，是活用的好示範。只是，老師從頭到尾都隔著一段距離做著講課，和同學的互動在我看來是少了些，且既然是文化課，總覺得仍可以再活潑生動些。(席間有同學睡著了也沒有人管呢)

下午的「口語」也是大一大二的基礎課。可能因為是跟外交系一起上課吧，我覺得英文方面不像前幾堂那麼要求也沒那麼困難。但是同學仍舊是非常積極，抓住每一個機會練習說英文，當老師要求下次要讀完二十幾頁的內容並且要作辯論時，同學也面無難色，似乎已經習以為常，由此可知他們的閱讀量和上台演說所展現的能力在大一大二時是經過細心培養的，到了大三後才有那麼好的表現。

星期三「英國文學」或許是跟我們系的英文國學史授課方法最相似的一門課。那天講到Wordsworth，老師首先在白板上介紹Wordsworth生平，其後再使用WORD講解文章內容。奇妙的是，都已經在有良好設備的網路教室了，為何捨PowerPoint而用白板呢？(寫白板沒開燈，字也不是很大，坐在後排的同學其實根本看不見耶) 從這點看來，在教具輔助教學應用上，是有待加強的。老師較少帶著同學逐字句地看文本，而是利用同學報告及提問時提出重點。如果事先沒有做預習的話，是絕對沒有辦法馬上了解老師所講的重點的。由同學的提問中可看出，他們都已經預習並且統整過了。相形之下，我上課前最多瀏覽一遍記些摘要，要說自己預先思考甚至批判就幾乎是沒有了，慚愧呀！

星期四「語言學概論」是很有趣的一堂課。既是「概論」，內容相形之下是廣泛但較淺的。老師同樣以口授為主，使用簡報並佐以許多例子。她似乎也是使用中文解釋內容最多的一位老師，這可能也是她之所以可以快速涵蓋許多內容的原因。在我們系上，同樣的範圍，我們會花上更多的時數來上課。我們有許多單元練習，並且會逐一檢討，我覺得這樣可以讓我們更深入了解一個主題，是很好的方式。另外，這位老師也使用許多中文字句做例子，比方說中文裡的前贅詞、後贅詞等等，我認為這樣雙語並用的例子很好。
　　星期五的「中西文化比較」，比較了各種主義，可是對於老師用WORD放了一大堆小字的方式，我在閱讀實在感到很吃力，感覺沒有重點。真的很抱歉，這節課到後來我恍神了，沒有記到太多重點。還是老話一話，教學器材的應用可以再加強一下啊。

課程方面，整體而言，在教學方法方面，我想跟本系差別不大，只是老師在教材運用上變化較少。師生互動方面，比較弱一些。至於上課氣氛，則是安靜且嚴肅的。雖然研討會上他們同學說，有許多報告呈現方式都是很活潑的，可惜我沒看到。而學生學習態度上，多數較我們同學認真，且較積極。

此次活動整體來說，是令人愉快且滿足的。無論在文化或是學術交流方面，我都有不少體會。也認識不少同學，看到他們在學習上和帶人處事上有什麼特色。另外觀光遊玩自然也讓人很滿意。要說到不足的地方，我想就是遲到。這是所有人的通病，在當地上課或是遊玩都免不了造成一些困擾。但是整體來說，從行前安排、行程進行，到事後檢討，都達到一定的效果，可以說是一個有意義、有趣且令人回味的好活動。

Julie Chou

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Beijing Report

From the tip to Beijing, not only do I cultivate the international perspective, but also experience a different flavor of school life which seems alike mine, however, with totally different way of learning. Besides, the most beneficial thing I acquired from this trip is to know how indifferent I am toward this world and my lack of international perspective.

One mere week course is not enough to put any judgment on their courses system. But truly, I find out some differences spontaneously. Because Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFU) has close relationship with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the courses are designed perfectly for future career and are prone to be effective as well. It is good to learn the skills which the students can apply into the work for the future, but it makes me feel a little bit utilitarian. Because no matter what courses I took there, they are all toward the only goal: cultivating themselves as professional in order to compete within the society. 

Difference foci could be told from presentations. The student in American History course did a perfect presentation. With delicate power point, she speaks English fluently and her content is well- organized. However, she gave a presentation with the script which she had prepared in advanced. With script, they perform professionally. In our department, students are not allowed to bring script during presentation to practice how to speak with a note instead of memorizing whole speech. 

Not every course in Fu-Jen University is aimed to train students in a specific field in future career. Some of the courses are really helpful for living. But more important, we learned ourselves or even our life through those courses which look not important such as Practical Ethics. We emphasize more on “human”. Both in the literature class, the students in Taiwan are lead to scrutinize each character’s personalities and are asked to experience their feeling in their position at that age of the book. We learn the life better through literature work. However, the students in Beijing are guided to survey the literature work from the outer perspective. For example, they would talk more about the backgrounds of the work on a certain ages from the book. They read literature from outer space, and we study it from inner world of the characters. 

Within the competitive nature in their society, students remind themselves to study all the time. They study hard because they realize they might be kicked out easily if they perform inferior. The influence between the classmates for them is to alarm each other to study hard. However, in Taiwan, friends often gather together for pleasure. Students in Beijing quite understand how difficult they will be if they are not better than other people. Therefore, they study much harder than we do in Taiwan. 

As the other experience in Beijing, I would like to say that it is an unprecedented experience staying under Communism. I have heard that they do not have freedom to talk about many issues such as politics. However, this is first time do I comprehend the power of information blocking. Most of students know a lot about cross-straight politics, but do not know many about our lives. First few days in Beijing, after Beijing students talks with us, they told us we speak Mandarin pretty well because they consider us speaking Taiwanese. Talking about the famous visiting spot in Taiwan such as 101 building, I am shocked that they do not know about it. They are curious more about our opinions on politics instead of our lives. That is really different from us. In Taiwan, most students have no interest in getting involved in politics. However, students in China have no right to participate politics. 

I think the gap between rich and poor is severe because compare to the common people and students in BFU. They are quite different in behavior. Lots of people split on the streets and they do not close the door when using the restrooms. Therefore, I think the gap between poor and rich is huge and in this trip, I do not have opportunity to experience how huge it is. 

Students there are really nice. I feel their hospitality in bones. And we feel familiar especially speaking the same language. They are all from various provinces in Mainland China. They are open-hearted and I could tell their sincerity by taking us around the whole city help us answer the questions we are asking. The last night in the party, we all felt sad to leave. That is really odd that we seem so alike but also so many differences between us.

From chatting with Beijing students, I was keenly impressed by their international view. People consider that Taiwanese students lack international perspective and the awareness of international issues. At first, I do not care about it because I think it does not matter. However, comparing to Chinese students, their talkativeness and confidence are from the international information acquiring. International perspective acquires people look the whole world from a neutral view point, understanding different culture without bias. From this trip, Beijing students pay more attention on international issues and news than we do. Although in their country, the government would block some adverse news or opinions from other sides, the students still try to dig out the truth or various points of view as possible. On the contrary, we here have all the freedom to know whatever we want but we do not hold the chance to know more. Mass media in Taiwan own entire freedom to report or publish any information but most of the journalism failed to apply to profession in providing people real and good quality news. Both of Chinese students and Taiwanese students are lack of international perspective. For Chinese students, plenty of information are blocked by the government. For Taiwanese students, we show indifferent attitude toward the world. In this case, actually, we Taiwanese students could have performed better because of our advantages, information freedom. Shortage of international perspective leads our place being marginalized. 

In general, the opportunity to Beijing is precious. Not only did I visit their rich Chinese culture, but also eat lots of delicacy. Furthermore, this trip makes me to survey myself what strength and weakness I own by comparing with others. 

Ignecia Lin

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Reflection of Journey to 北外

這次來到北京外國語大學參訪，覺得系上這個活動辦得很好，學生可以白天和當地學生一起修課，下午跟晚上可以在北京市區內自住旅行，加上這次接待我們的學生們都很熱心親切，當我們看當地文化時，有他們的陪伴講解，讓我們不會想是觀光客一樣，只是走馬看花，而且也不會提到政治議題。

其實我還是會覺得在台灣系上的學習環境真的很是自由很開放，由這次旅程中，我看到的是大陸學生只要一有機會，就會緊抓不放，他們充分利用空閒時間，來加強語文練習，像是大聲在校園裡public speaking，利用mp3重複聽一演講等等，我覺得他們的基礎訓練打的比我們紮實，但另一方面來看會顯得很像國高中那種教法，我還是會想要建議系上可以多開一些基礎訓練的課程，最明顯的口語能力，普遍來說是還要再好好加油的。

另外就是台灣是可以自己取得想要的資訊，但由於他們政府的一些規定，有些網站訊息是被封鎖的，我們很訝異的是他們對台灣的認識很少，就像認為我們每個人都講閩南語，驚訝於我們普通話也講的很好，對台灣的民生不是很了解，可能知道的大部分都是娛樂消息，和一些被篩選過的政治新聞。

我會覺得其實他們跟我們沒有什麼很大的差異，但他們的課程比較沒有那樣多的人文色彩，我們系上的課真的選擇比較多變化，也比較符合人性，再加上我們很自由，應該要好好彌補自己的不足。參加這次的北外行程，我覺得跟大陸學生有交流是一件很好的事，可以了解他們對台灣的想法，對於自己的成長是很有幫助，可以實際看到他們現在的狀況，而不是由別人所給的評價來評斷他們，可以刺激並幫助我看到自己的要努力和改進的地方。

Veronica Ni

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【北京外國語大學參訪心得】

來到北外之前，我們滿懷期待的心情踏上中國的土地，心裡已有要接受新的文化衝擊以及在北外吸收新知識的準備。同樣是大學，不得不帶點驕傲的說輔大的環境較為宜人，不只有節次鱗比的教學大樓，輔大又多了許多綠地跟樹木。輔大的外語學院跟台灣的其他大學比起來算是比較完整的了，但是跟北外一比便相形見拙，北外的所開設的系包括３３個外國語種。同樣是英文系，北外課程的設置跟輔大很不一樣，我們輔大英文的對文學、語言學、翻譯、西方文化都有點涉略；但北外的英文系在大三時會細分為文學組、對象國組、翻譯組等。我覺得各有優劣，我們對跟英文系相關的專業知識都有一些了解，但除了文學跟語言學之外，我們對翻譯跟文化的了解其實不算深入。而北外採分組教育，學生對於自己領域的知識勢必有更深的研究，但是對其他領域可能就不夠了解。事實上，北外英文系的教育很有職前教育的味道，因為學生已經十分清楚自己的專業在哪裡，課程的安排上也可以作更多實務上的訓練。

我們在北外上的第一堂課是一個美國籍老師開的文學批評課。恰巧我上學期才剛修過蘇文伶老師的文批課，可以做個小小的比較。與我們系上文批課不一樣的是北外老師採取close reading的方式，給同學一小段文字作理論的探討，而不是像我們動輒一篇文章或一本小說。不變的是理論的艱深難解，優秀如北外學生也跟我們一樣唸得痛苦。我們也去上了美國歷史，修的學生都是做對象國研究的。這堂課有點像是我們系上西方文明史的延伸，也是一堂老師講課，一堂學生報告，值得一提的是，我們在這堂課見識到了北外學生的厲害，一個30分鐘的口頭報告，不看稿也能用很流利英文完成，更難得的是他的措辭也好，不會過度口語化，讓同是主修英文的我們霎時覺得很自卑。奇怪的是，她們開的語言學課很少，連語言學概論上的內容跟我們比起來也偏簡單。他們也有英國文學史，據說開課的英國老師很帥，風靡學生的程度不輸我們系的Dr. Murphy，我們去上他的課，果然所言不假，但是因為去的那堂課整節都在講作家的生平，無法評斷他到底教得如何。我覺得收穫最多的是口譯課，老師會在講台上講一段中文，然後每個同學就要做筆記然後試著翻成英文，之後老師會挑一個同學來講他的翻譯，老師再給予建議。我看過她們的課本，每個課都是一個領域，例如說某一課是汽車工業，底下就列了數十個單字。學生就要在上課之前把這些單字給記熟，因為老師上課給的翻譯題就是會用到。相較起來我們的翻譯課似乎老師都不會給學生可以做課前準備的課本或講義。比如說我們的中英翻譯，一個學期三個報告，其實學到的東西很有限，雖然我們熟習了許多翻譯的原則，但是練習稍嫌不足，而翻譯這學問就是要不停的磨練。

這次去北京，收穫頗豐，心得一言難盡。特別感謝友善的北外同學給我們溫暖的招待。犧牲課餘時間帶我們在北京各處名勝古蹟走走，帶我們去吃了好多好吃的東西，冬天要來了，我有點想念北京的涮羊肉跟麻辣燙呢！

陳維真