中学生留学美国这种社会现象,正在引起越来越多的人的关注。伊玲和波克分别是中国中部一个大城市的高中一年级和二年级的学生,1998年夏天,他们双双赴美,寄居在一家华人家庭中,与主人同吃同住将近一年时间了。他们在美国最初一年的生活和学习经历,既让他们在中国的父母亲朋和中学老师同学们了解到他们初入美国的挣扎、适应和成功.也让有兴趣的读者在这个层次上了解美国的一面。 Middle school students studying in the United States, a social phenomenon, are arousing more and more people's attention. Eileen and Polk, respectively, are freshmen and sophomores in high school in a large city in central China. In the summer of 1998, both of them went to the United States and resided in a Chinese family for nearly a year with their host. Their life and study experience in the United States during the first year allowed them to learn about the struggles, adaptations and successes of their parents, friends and middle school teachers in China as they first entered the United States. It also let interested readers understand the United States at this level The side.