中国乡下春节奇遇

2011年1月,适逢我在新疆石河子大学学习汉语的假期,新疆正天寒地冻,于是我选择了南下。从乌鲁木齐到上海的火车长达44小时,多亏一位友善的乘务员帮我将无座票升为硬卧票,漫长的旅途才好过些。我还记得她用英语低声说“请保持安静”“不要说话”,因为如果所有无座乘客发现有空余卧铺,那占位场面就太壮观了。在上海和浙江短暂停留、拜访过老友和学生后,我立即踏上了开往福州的火车。

Adventure of Chinese New Year in the Countryside

It was January 2011 and I was on break from studying Chinese at Shihezi University in Xinjiang.Xinjiang was freezing cold and I was headed south.The 44-hour train ride from Urumqi to Shanghai went relatively smoothly thanks to a very friendly train stewardess who helped me upgrade my noseat ticket to a hard sleeper.I still remember her telling me,in English and under her breath,to“Be quiet”and“don’t talk”because if all the other noseaters found out that there were sleeping berths available there could have been a scence.After a few quick stops in Shanghai and Zhejiang to visit old friends and students I was on train to Fuzhou.