35.Study in America

旁白 neutral

Nannan's father runs an enterprise near the Ming Tombs selling batteries and drills to the Daqing Oilfield

Nannan的父亲在明十三陵附近经营一家企业，向大庆油田销售电池和钻头。

旁白 neutral

Hoping to get the qualification to help govern it , Nannan made much preparation and then left her motherland with her visa to study in America

为了获得参与治理的资格，Nannan做了充分准备，随后持签证离开祖国前往美国求学。

旁白 neutral

Having reached her destination , she settled in an inn recommended by the travel agent

抵达目的地后，她入住了旅行社推荐的一家旅馆。

旁白 neutral

As far as Nannan was concerned , she always kept it up in China

就Nannan而言，她在中国始终保持着这种状态。

旁白 neutral

But she had to acknowledge it was not easy to adjust herself to the new academic requirements , which were not parallel with China's

但她不得不承认，要适应与中国不同的新学术要求并非易事。

旁白 neutral

Though she was occupied with lectures and seminars day in and day out , the essays she drafted were still contradicted by her tutors

尽管她终日忙于讲座和研讨会，但所撰写的论文仍遭到导师们的质疑。

旁白 neutral

As for her routine life , she felt that it was hard to fit in , too

至于她的日常生活，她也觉得难以融入。

旁白 neutral

For example , she found English idioms difficult to understand

例如，她发现英语习语很难理解。

旁白 neutral

And it was out of the question to eat delicious Chinese foods though many optional cafeterias served abundant substitutes

尽管许多自助餐厅提供了丰富的替代品，但享用美味的中国菜依然是不可能的。

旁白 neutral

In addition , she had to wait in a queue early for the minibus that took her to school and it was usually so cold that she felt numb

此外，她还得早早排队等候送她去学校的迷你巴士，天气通常冷得让她感觉麻木。

旁白 neutral

What bothered her most was that she received no apology when her sleeping was disturbed by a barking dog in a shopkeeper's cage

最令她困扰的是，店主笼子里的狗吠声扰她清梦，却连一句道歉都没收到。

旁白 neutral

Luckily , with her parents comforting her by videophone , she became autonomous soon and eventually got her bachelor's degree successfully

幸运的是，在父母通过视频电话的安慰下，她很快变得独立自主，最终顺利获得了学士学位。