by Alison | Sep 15, 2024 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
Today, one of my students came up to the front of the classroom before class started and just wanted to chat. We ended up talking for almost the entirety of the twenty-minute break between the classes, and I really enjoyed the conversation. Part way into the...
by Alison | Sep 10, 2024 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：画布，遐想王雪晴从上下铺的床底拖出折叠画架，在上面铺上一张新画布。她只能买得起一块小画布，但这样就够了。拧开几条颜料，边哼歌边调色。宿舍的小风扇搅动着潮湿粘腻的空气，一只苍蝇从开着的窗户飞进来。尽管宿舍有台空调，但女孩们为了省钱只有晚上才会开。雪晴的室友或许去图书馆蹭空调了，但她却感到一股熟悉的渴望，她想画画。等到雪晴调好颜料，脸上已沁出了汗珠。她在新画布上涂抹着她的遐想，抹出一片澄净的蓝天，高高的竿子是树干，添上几条棕榈树枝，在风中摇曳，几乎无法供人遮荫。最后补上几颗圆圆的椰子，高高挂在树上，棕榈树就画好了。她沿着...
by Alison | Sep 10, 2024 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Canvas and Daydreaming Wang Xueqing (wahng ssee-yoo-eh cheeng) pulled the easel out from where she had stashed it between her bed and her roommate’s bed and put a new canvas on the stand. She had only been able to afford a small canvas, but it was...
by Alison | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture
Everyone has different ways of learning languages. One of my favorite ways to learn Chinese is to read books. Several years ago, someone gave me a Chinese book, and I started reading it, but I had a hard time getting into it and every time I picked it up, it had been...
by Alison | Sep 3, 2024 | Stories (Chinese)
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