为期六周的2010年暑假AFS中华文化国际夏令营很快就要结束了。营员们开心吗？有收获吗？千里迢迢不虚此行吗？夏令营好坏如何？我们全文登载美国学生保罗的来信，并附参考译文，读者不难从中找到问题的答案。

Dear Zhao Laoshi,
I would like to start this letter off by saying how much I appreciate everything you've done for all of the American students here in Changzhou.  We are all really grateful to you and to Changzhou No. 1 Middle school for hosting us these last six weeks.  I want to start off by saying how I liked our culture lessons in the afternoon, specifically Tai Chi, Chinese fancy knots, and the Chinese drawing/calligraphy.  Those culture classes were a lot of fun, and I feel like I was able to experience a small part of Chinese culture through them.  We were able to interact with people while learning them too, so that made the experience all the better. 
 I would like to say a few things about the Chinese language course.  I feel that I didn't learn as much as I could have.  I have studied one year of Chinese prior to coming here, and a lot of the topics we covered are the same.  I think that the curriculum was good for beginners.  However, I think the way the book was presented to us could be improved.  We learned words and phrases, but we did not learn how to construct sentences.  Without learning grammar, we limit the amount of things we are able to say.  I think that grammar should be taught along with the books.  I have learned a lot of new vocabulary from the book and the teacher, but I am not able to make sentences with them.  Also, I think that the Hanzi tests should have been spaced evenly throughout the six weeks instead of having a 40 character test everyday for the last two weeks.  It was very overwhelming to have to learn 40-60 new characters a night, and many of us spent many hours every night studying for the character test we were told about that day.  It is a lot harder on the memory if we learn things quickly, so I think that next year's course should have tests every week rather than every day.
 I really liked the trips that were scheduled for us.  I really enjoyed going to the Expo, Wuxi, Hangzhou, and all of the other places that you took us to.  I feel like I got to see past the touristy part of China and into the real life of the Chinese, which was something that I really wanted to experience from this opportunity to be in China.  We had enough schedule to where we were able to see everything, yet we still had some free time to explore the locations on our own, which was nice to let us buy souvenirs and things.
 All in all, I am glad that I was placed in Changzhou.  I feel that I experienced a lot of things that the other AFS cities did not experience.  Thank you so much for all the time and effort you've placed into making our trip what it was.  I know that it must have been stressful at times.  We really appreciate it.
 
Sincerely,
Paul Simpson 

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赵老师：

我写这封信先要说，我非常感激你在常州为所有美国学生所做的一切。我们真诚地感谢你，感谢香港宝宝典资料大全接待了我们六个星期。我先要说，我非常喜欢下午的中国文化课，尤其是太极拳、编中国结、中国书法和中国画。这些课很有乐趣，通过他们，我能够领略到中国文化的一部分。在体验中国文化的同时，我们可以互动，因而使得这种体验更加精彩。

我想说说汉语课。我觉得我学到的不多。我来中国之前已学了一年汉语，课本里的许多内容和我在美国学的相同。我认为这个课程适合于初学者。而且我认为课本的编排也需要改进。我们学单词和词组，但我们不学如何造句。缺少了语法学习这个环节，我们的表达能力受到了限制。我觉得语法教学应该同步进行。我从书本和老师那里学到许多新词汇，但我无法用他们组词造句。另外，我认为汉字测验应该平均分配在六周里进行，而不是在最后两周里每天考40个汉字。我们许多人为了准备汉字测验，每天晚上花费数小时学习白天教的汉字，一个晚上要40-60个生词，真有点受不了。教学进度快，记忆难度更大了。所以，我认为明年汉语课的考试应该是每周一次而不是每天一次。

我非常喜欢夏令营为我们安排的旅游活动。我喜欢上海世博、无锡、杭州之旅，还喜欢你带我们去过的其他地方。我觉得我观赏到了游客们喜欢去的地方，走进了中国人的真实生活。而这些正是我想借此机会到中国来体验的东西。夏令营安排充裕，使我们能到处走走看看。我们还有一部分空余时间自己去寻找一些去处，购买礼品什么的。

总的来说，我很高兴被分配到常州。我经历了许多其他城市的AFS学生没有经历过的东西。非常感谢你花费了许多时间和精力使我们的旅游活动很尽兴。我知道这是很有压力的。我们真的非常感激。

诚挚的，

保罗 辛普森