除了导师之外,琼是系里第一个请我去家里作客的朋友,那时我到英国刚刚几个月,与琼也只是每天见面打个招呼,最多停下来说几句不关疼痒的客气话。由于初到异国,人地两生,倍感孤独,加上对于英国人生性冷漠耳闻过多,于是我平时也不太与人多谈。然而,琼,以及随后我结识的许多英国朋友彻底改变了我的这种观念,那天琼特意请好朋友我导师的秘书希拉同她一起开车接我到家中,以免她在厨房忙碌时我感到寂寞,那天她做了许多 In addition to my mentor, Joan was the first friend in my department who invited me to visit my home. At that time, I was in England for just a few months and greeted Jo every day, stopping to say a few words The kind words. As I first arrived in an exotic country, I was born in two places, feeling lonely, and I was overly apathetic about British life. So I usually did not talk much to anyone. However, Joan, and many of my British friends I’d made since then, completely changed my mind when Joan wanted a good friend, my mentor’s secretary, to drive me home with her to keep her from feeling lonely when the kitchen was busy That day she did a lot