北京之行（上）Trip to Beijing (part one)——何备雷
In the last few days, I have stayed in Beijing, China. One year had passed since my last trip here. In 2008, I came here to watch the Olympics before I went back to America and in 2009 I accompanied my family to Beijing again.
北京是个令人惊讶的城市，也是我最喜欢的中国城市之一。这个城市里有很多"老外"，这也让我很惊讶。当我在逛街，买东西，或者随便做什么事情的时候，有人会停下来，看着你。有的外国人会忽略额外的关注，而也有一些人会喜欢。对我自己而言，我试着去理解当地的人民，学习他们的文化，就这样。北京是个很大的城市，当我在这里的时候，我选择去探索这个城市，见本地的人，吃本地的食物。来北京这几天，我已经发现很多有意思的东西。
Beijing was an amazing city and also one of my favorite cities. There were lots of "Laowai" here which was to my surprise. When I was shopping or doing something else, passers-by would stop and look at me. Some foreigners preferred to ignore this extensive attention and some liked it. Personally, I would try to understand the local people and learn their culture. That was it. Beijing was a big city and when I was here, I chose to explore it, met people and enjoyed the foods. During my stay in Beijing, I had already found many interesting things.
首先，虽然说北京有很多的外国人，但是外国人和中国人之间的互动却很少。很明显的是当我去一个本地的餐馆的时候，只有本地人去吃，而我点东西吃起来的时候，我发现几乎所有的人都在盯着我，有对夫妇带着小孩子一直盯着我，那个小孩子指着我对他妈妈说："外国人，看外国人"。他的爸爸妈妈笑了一下，然后给了我一个让我很紧张的微笑。
First of all, though a great number of foreigners lived in Beijing, they seldom had interactions with the local people. For example, once I went to dine in a restaurant where rarely received foreign customers. As I was eating, I found almost everyone was looking at me including a couple with their kid. The kid then pointed at me and said to his mother "foreigner, look at that foreigner." His parents chuckled and then gave me a smile which made me feel embarrassing.
在这个国家，这种事情发生在我身上已经很多次了，我现在已经习惯了。但是更奇怪的是，当我回过头，看见一个50多岁的人和他的朋友一直盯着我。于是我问朋友，难道我真的看起来那么与众不同？
In this country, such thing happened to me for many times and I now have already got used to it. But I still felt strange when I looked back and saw a 50-year-old man and his friend stared at me. Then I asked my friend "Am I so different?"
那个人回到他的座位后，仍然盯着我长达5分钟。我转过头然后对他说："我一定是很帅，否则你怎么一直盯着我看？"他大笑了一下，然后告诉我："我来自云南，我这辈子都没见过外国人。" 我向他介绍了我自己，然后问他是否愿意和我合影，后来我把我的中文博客地址告诉了他，我希望他能够读到我这篇文章，并且认识到，我没有他想象得那么与众不同。
When the man returned to his seat, he still kept looking at me for 5 minutes. I turned back and said: "I must be very handsome, or you will not look at me continuously." After that, he laughed and told me that he came from Yunnan and never met a foreigner before. I introduced myself to him and asked him if he would like to take a photo with me. I then gave him my Chinese blog address and hoped him could read this article online and realized I was not so different as he thought.
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过去几天，我一直在中国的北京。一转眼，距上次到北京已经一年多了。2008年我回美国之前到北京看了奥运会，2009年我又陪伴家人游览了北京。
In the last few days, I have stayed in Beijing, China. One year had passed since my last trip here. In 2008, I came here to watch the Olympics before I went back to America and in 2009 I accompanied my family to Beijing again.
北京是个令人惊讶的城市，也是我最喜欢的中国城市之一。这个城市里有很多"老外"，这也让我很惊讶。当我在逛街，买东西，或者随便做什么事情的时候，有人会停下来，看着你。有的外国人会忽略额外的关注，而也有一些人会喜欢。对我自己而言，我试着去理解当地的人民，学习他们的文化，就这样。北京是个很大的城市，当我在这里的时候，我选择去探索这个城市，见本地的人，吃本地的食物。来北京这几天，我已经发现很多有意思的东西。
Beijing was an amazing city and also one of my favorite cities. There were lots of "Laowai" here which was to my surprise. When I was shopping or doing something else, passers-by would stop and look at me. Some foreigners preferred to ignore this extensive attention and some liked it. Personally, I would try to understand the local people and learn their culture. That was it. Beijing was a big city and when I was here, I chose to explore it, met people and enjoyed the foods. During my stay in Beijing, I had already found many interesting things.
首先，虽然说北京有很多的外国人，但是外国人和中国人之间的互动却很少。很明显的是当我去一个本地的餐馆的时候，只有本地人去吃，而我点东西吃起来的时候，我发现几乎所有的人都在盯着我，有对夫妇带着小孩子一直盯着我，那个小孩子指着我对他妈妈说："外国人，看外国人"。他的爸爸妈妈笑了一下，然后给了我一个让我很紧张的微笑。
First of all, though a great number of foreigners lived in Beijing, they seldom had interactions with the local people. For example, once I went to dine in a restaurant where rarely received foreign customers. As I was eating, I found almost everyone was looking at me including a couple with their kid. The kid then pointed at me and said to his mother "foreigner, look at that foreigner." His parents chuckled and then gave me a smile which made me feel embarrassing.
在这个国家，这种事情发生在我身上已经很多次了，我现在已经习惯了。但是更奇怪的是，当我回过头，看见一个50多岁的人和他的朋友一直盯着我。于是我问朋友，难道我真的看起来那么与众不同？
In this country, such thing happened to me for many times and I now have already got used to it. But I still felt strange when I looked back and saw a 50-year-old man and his friend stared at me. Then I asked my friend "Am I so different?"
那个人回到他的座位后，仍然盯着我长达5分钟。我转过头然后对他说："我一定是很帅，否则你怎么一直盯着我看？"他大笑了一下，然后告诉我："我来自云南，我这辈子都没见过外国人。" 我向他介绍了我自己，然后问他是否愿意和我合影，后来我把我的中文博客地址告诉了他，我希望他能够读到我这篇文章，并且认识到，我没有他想象得那么与众不同。
When the man returned to his seat, he still kept looking at me for 5 minutes. I turned back and said: "I must be very handsome, or you will not look at me continuously." After that, he laughed and told me that he came from Yunnan and never met a foreigner before. I introduced myself to him and asked him if he would like to take a photo with me. I then gave him my Chinese blog address and hoped him could read this article online and realized I was not so different as he thought.
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- amazing [ə´meiziŋ]
a.惊人的；惊奇的 (初中英语单词) - extensive [ik´stensiv] a.广阔的；大量的 (初中英语单词)
- culture [´kʌltʃə] n.修养；文化；饲养 (初中英语单词)
- restaurant [´restərɔnt] n.饭店，菜馆 (初中英语单词)
- rarely [´reəli] ad.难得；非凡地 (初中英语单词)
- everyone [´evriwʌn] pron.=everybody 每人 (初中英语单词)
- pointed [´pɔintid] a.尖(锐)的；中肯的 (初中英语单词)
- foreigner [´fɔrinə] n.外国人 (初中英语单词)
- ignore [ig´nɔ:] vt.忽视，不理，不顾 (高中英语单词)
- personally [´pə:sənəli] ad.亲自；就个人来说 (高中英语单词)
- explore [ik´splɔ:] v.勘探；探索；探查 (高中英语单词)
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