不重复美中的近似美 Similarities & Differences

今天一个很偶然的机会到郑州附近的地方走了走，感觉很是不同，自己在大连待了将近7年的时间，熟悉了那里的山和水，记得那里每周的远足活动，可是在郑州却再也没有了一前的幸福时光，刚开始的时候确实伤感了很久，今天突然看到了郑州与大连不同的土山，山上后很多的杨树，这也是与大连所不同的，大连多的是银杏树，这多的是高大挺拔的杨树，很是壮观，看到这些杨树，突然间回想起以前学过的一篇文章《白杨礼赞》，当时不明白那篇文章的美妙，今天感受到了。又看到了黄河，她也有着自己独特的壮观。
今天感到，每一个城市都有着自己独特的地方，一方水土养育着一方的人，每个城市的人民又有着自己独特的风俗习惯，真的是一种不重复美！可是生活一段日子，静心走在街上的时候，你又会发现，这里的人怎么和我以前在的城市里的那些人那么相似啊！是人的共性！
呵呵！我感觉自己在这种不重复美中又发现了他们的一种近似美！
感慨造物主的伟大啊！

Abstracted from http://www.learningchinese.org/zxw/index.php/46 writer: Ivy Song

Recently I happened to be at the outskirt of Zhengzhou, giving me totally unexpected feelings. I had been living in Dalian for over 7 years and admired the beautiful scenery there. I was so sorrowful when I had to leave. However, when I saw the tall and straight poplar trees along the grand Yellow River today, which are not the gingko trees as I would often see in Dalian, I thought of the famous essay "Ode to Poplar" and got to know the profound meaning in the article.
So I realize that each city has its own speciality, fostering its own people with particular characteristics. And when you stay in a city a bit longer time, looking around you in the street, you'll find there are so many similarities among people both in this city and that, where you used to live.
Alas, that's what I've found the similarities and differences among people in different places.
Thank God for such wonderful creactions!

Only one sentence in Chinese will help him out

I saw a foreigner at Guangzhou Raiway Station yesterday evening who wanted to buy a train ticket to Shenzhen. He neither knew where the ticket office was nor could he speak Chinese.While he and the railway station clerk were struggling to make themselves understood in vain, the clever foreign friend seemed to see the willingness of help in my eyes and asked, "can you speak English?" That brought the happy ending of the story. How I wish next time if ever I could see him, i would surely tell him how to say "去深圳的火车票,哪里买？（qu4 shen1 zhen4 de5 huo3 che1 piao4, na3 li3 mai3 Where can i buy a train ticket to Shenzhen?）"

My new website of on-line Chinese learning

In our spare time, my husband and I , with the help of a few friends, have established an on-line Chinese learning program, committed to "bridging the gaps between cultures". We wish it will be helpful for people all over the world who are interested in China and Chinese culture. Here it is http://www.learningchinese.org