杨宇宸
大家好,我是一个移民到新泽西的八年级学生。在一个不熟悉的地方安家落户,一切从零开始,是极其困难的事情。但当你开始克服困难、尝试着融入其中,你就会发现不同文化之间有趣的差异。
Hello,I?am?an?immigrant? i n?a?s m a l l?t o w n?i n?N e w? Jersey,United?States.It?is? always?difficult?to?start?all?over? in?a?brand-new?environment?that? you?have?no?experience?with.
However,as?you?get?more?and? more?used?to?it,you?will?discover? the?interesting?traditions?and? differences?in?each?culture.
那一天,当我走进学校的大门时,几乎怀疑自己走错了地方。目光所及之处,几乎所有人都穿着绿色的服饰:绿色的衬衫、裤子、旗帜、项链、鞋子……
我感到摸不着头脑——今儿是什么日子?怎么所有人都穿绿色的衣服呢?
On?that?day,I?almost? doubted?if?I?went?to?the?right? place?when?I?walked?through? the?front?doors.Almost?everyone? I?saw?wore?green.Green? shirt,green?pants,green?flag,? green?necklace,green?shoes...
Everything?in?my?sight? was?decorated?with?the?color? green.What?is?today?Why?is? everyone?wearing?green?
那天的第一堂課,老师为我们介绍了这“绿色的节日”的来历。原来,每年的3月17日是西方的“圣·帕特里克日”,也叫爱尔兰日。天主教徒们会在这天纪念他们的圣人——帕特里克。
In?first?period,our?teacher? answered?my?questions?and? informed?us?about?this?“green? day”.March?17th?is?Saint? Patricks?Day,which?is?a? traditional?Irish?holiday?for?the? death?of?Saint?Patrick.
当老师问到是否所有人都穿着绿色的服饰时,我便开始左顾右盼。一个全身是绿的男孩一下吸引了我的注意力。他穿着印有巨大三叶草的绿衬衫,外罩一件翠绿色的西服。青绿色的西服裤,搭配一双艳绿色的鞋子。最可爱的是,他还戴着一顶绿色的帽子。
那个男孩明显地注意到了我的目光。他回过头来打量,好奇地问我:“你也穿了绿色的衣服吗?”
我上上下下看了看自己,微笑着回答道:“当然。我的袜子是绿的啊!”
Afterward,the?teacher?asked? if?everyone?wore?green?today.I? noticed?a?boy?covered?in?green—
he?wore?a?green?shirt?with?a? giant?shamrock?on?it,and?a?fake? green?suit?on?top?of?it.He?also?had? green?pants?on?paired?with?green? dressing?shoes.What?stood?out?to? me?the?most,was?the?green?hat.
He?obviously?felt?my?gaze,? and?turned?to?look?at?me.“Did? you?wear?anything?green?”he? asked?curiously.
“Yeah,”I?looked?down?and? considered.?“My?socks.”