考古系 - 2014.8 APSA Program

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嘛……简单记录一下当初的日子，也许有人看呢？

In summer vacation of 2014, I, together with my friends, joined a volunteer program called APSA(Americans Promoting Study Abroad). In the program, we two males staged as daily photographer and tour guide for the American pupils. Our female companion served as Chinese and Chinese culture tutors, guiding them to have a better knowledge of what they’ve learned in class and share the real trends about Chinese culture.

两个月（其实是一个半月啦）的时间过得很快，尽管每天北京都是三十多度的高温，但这并不影响我们到处撒欢。不上课的时候，我们带着他们去了很多地方，像故宫、颐和园，还有中国美术馆。在这些地方，或许除了看风景以外，我们还能更好地为他们讲述一些真正的中国文化吧。

During our visit to the Summer Palace, we told them the history of Eight-Nation Alliance who invaded in China, which caused the demolition of the Old Summer Palace. Huge casualty and enormous loss of the ancient Chinese treasures was made by the Alliance Army. After learning this part of history, they really had a brand new comprehension of this place.

除了出游，我们还进行了诸多课内课外的活动。作为摄影师，我和搭档在课堂上记录下每个美国学生的成长：从对中文和中国文化的一无所知，到尽力模仿着老师的语调说出“你好”，“谢谢”等常用语，再到写下自己的第一幅“中国书法”……一天一天，在学习之中，这些美国学生开始一步步了解中国。

Meanwhile, we volunteers definitely had some enjoyable time with them. We hold several activities such as making dumplings, playing Chinese tongue twisters, playing Majong, telling them how to use VPN, etc. Urged to check their own twitters and facebook pages, the were ‘dominated’ by the possessor of VPN ;-).

Finally, the program came to its end.

我们和他们最后在一起聚会，为了这一个多月一起学习生活、交流文化、了解彼此的日子。多么希望两国年轻人之间能有更多这样的交流，从而少一点分歧，少一点仇视，像朋友一样互相勉励共同进步……

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