你好!我是來自中國大陸的交換生
Hello, I’m an exchange student from China.

我從小都生活在大陸,沒有去看看外面的世界
I have been living in China for my entire life without seeing the outside world.

我想去感受一下不同教育體制所帶來的影響
I want to experience the effects under different educational systems

1.台灣人最常說「謝謝」

在我跟(台灣)老師和同學們的相處之間
While I am spending time with my teacher and classmates,

我聽到最多的是「謝謝」
They say “thank you” all the time.

我向老師請教問題、我向同學請教問題
Whenever I ask questions to my teacher or classmates.

反而他們主動地向我說「謝謝」
They are the ones who say “thank you” to me.

我想這是在國內看不到的
It’s never like this in China.

我去超商購物的時候,付款之後,服務員也是主動跟我說「謝謝」
When I shop at any local convenience store, their employees say “thank you” to me as well.

這也是值得我們去反思的
This is something that China needs.

2.多元文化包容性

講到文化上面,我曾經在台北莊嚴的國父紀念館面前
From a cultural perspective, I’ve also seen people who would go to Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall

看到一群年輕人,放著嘻哈音樂、跳著街舞
play some Hip Hop music, to practice their moves and dances.

這應該體現了台灣對世界不同文化的包容性
I believe this has shown Taiwan’s acceptance towards different culture.

3.街上找不到垃圾桶

我覺得他們最難能可貴的是環保意識
I think their environmental awareness is another merit.

他們對生活垃圾的分類很自覺
They are pushing the idea of recycling everything to everywhere.

街上找不到垃圾桶
You can hardly find garbage can on the street

圖片來源:Bernard McManus@flickr, CC BY 2.0

因為他們出門產生的垃圾都會自己放在包包裡面帶回家
because most Taiwanese people are expected to not litter on the street.

我覺得這是值得我們去學習和借鏡的地方
I think this is something that Chinese people need to learn.

4.溫暖人情味

我來台灣進行了一次單車環島
I just finished cycling Taiwan.

我也沒做很多前期的工作
I didn’t really plan this trip beforehand.

我環島就是靠著我一張嘴巴跟一輛單車
I did my entire cycling with my bicycle and my mouth.

然後路上受到了很多台灣人民的幫助
A lot of Taiwanese people helped me out along the way.

謝謝台灣!
Thank you Taiwan!