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 Canadians Never Say Old
Canadians Never Say Old
“After I immigrated to Canada, I didn’t like to look into the mirror anymore” my friend Lily said with a smile. We were exchanging stories of our first experience in Canada, sitting beside a small table near the window in a café bar, on a snowing Sunday. I felt that I fully undersood her.For a woman, who was no longer young and who was going to start a new life in a foreign country, wrinkles, even just a couple, could detrimentally affect her confidence.
As with other new immigrants in Canada, she used to work during the day and go to classes of English as a Second Language, that is ESL, in a community center in the evenings. In one of these classes a teacher, Mrs. Dorsy, let students talk about their work in their home country. . Lily used to be a mechanical engineer in China. She could not help feeling down talking about it. It had been quite a struggle in Toronto, looking for a professional job It might actually be impossible.
Mrs. Dorsy cheered Lily to continue, “Excellent, it is a nice profession.Are you working as a mechanical engineer now?” “ No.” Lily answered, saddened much more. o. “I am working in a Chinese restautant.” she answered, feeling quite uncomfortable.
“Did you try to find a job in mechanical engineering?” Mrs. Dorsy encouraged Lily to talk more. Lily began to explain to Mrs. Dorsy all her shortcomings in her job applications”. She meant that she was no longer young, had no Canadian work experience or Canadian professional certificate and her English was poor. “How could I find a professional job in Canada?” Lily lowered her head down further and further. I could picture her in that class.
“What did Mrs. Dorsy say?” I asked, becoming interested.
“The teacher looked at me for a second and spoke very slowly and very clearly”:
‘You look very young. Please remember this, Canadians never say old.’
At the end of the class, Mrs. Dorsy spoke to the whole class proudly : “Tomorrow is my 65th birthday. Today is my last day as an ESL teacher. Let us say goodbye.”
Sixty-five years old? Lily could not believe it. As she looked at the teacher’s pinky and healthy-looking face, her bright eyes and her confident smile. Lily felt enlightened. .
Mrs. Dorsy and her last class. How impressive it is! Since then, Lily has been motivated and driven. Mrs. Dorsy and her last class has inspired her.She has been working hard. She spent all her spare time t in improving her English, Eventually, she got a professional job.
Doess Lily face a mirror these days? I would not have known. But through her her stories and wrinkles , I see much youthfulness in her heart. That is quite infectious.
2008-02-01 21:18:11 |
| 白水 ?2008-02-01 21:31:32?? |  |
改写我的随笔, 请朋友们多侃(砍) 
老师今天讲ESSAY, 喜欢
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| hepingdao ?2008-02-01 22:01:31?? | |
西方的ESSAY
很规范的
就是中国的八股文,
不要觉得八股文不好
其实它本身,就是一种格式
重要的, 就是如何把你的观点, 借用这种格式, 清晰地表达出来
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| 白水 ?2008-02-01 22:13:33?? | |
就是希望你们多侃(砍), 用你们的眼睛看是否表达清楚了 
今天太累, 明天把笔记整理一下留个八股. 偶尔吃吃西餐还行, 吃多了就受不了啦
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| hepingdao ?2008-02-01 22:33:38?? | |
刚看一句
有些语法上的错误哦
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| 白水 ?2008-02-02 10:40:27?? | |
HI, PEACE, THANKS . THAT IS WHY I WRITE ESSAY, TRY TO IMPROVE MY ENGLISH.
I CHANGED A LITTLE, DO YOU THINK IT IS BETTER THAN BEFORE?
WELCOM ALL OF MY FRIENDS 接着砍 
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| Lake ?2008-02-06 12:09:25?? Re: Canadian Never Say Old | |
| 白水 Moonlight 写到: |
Canadian Never Say Old
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这里的 Canadian 是不是应该用复数，Canadians?
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| William Zhou周道模 ?2008-02-19 23:55:32?? | |
just discuss:
when the class ended------"when the class was over"?
or "at the end of the class"?
after a few years------- "a few years later"?
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| 白水 ?2008-02-23 22:10:06?? | |
lake, William. Thanks.
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| kino ?2008-02-23 23:40:33?? | |
“After I immigrated to Canada, I didn’t like to look into the mirror anymore” 我移民到加拿大之后，就再不喜欢照镜子了。
这个句子的思维就很中国呢~~~我觉得中国人写英文，语法毛病只是一方面，表达方式不地道才是最难客服的。
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