Jack的英国小留学生日记 l 中式生活 VS 英式生活

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本期要跟大家介绍一下在英国生活需要适应的几点差异。

生活方式和成长环境是影响人们生活质量的关键。生活在地球另一端，英国的生活方式与中国大有不同。当然，我并不是说哪儿的生活更优越，因为无论生活在哪里，总会有自己觉得好跟不好的地方。只是对于许多刚来英国的外国人来说，总有一些文化差异需要适应。

在英国，最明显的差异就是生活速度。这里的一切都会变慢，支付速度慢，工作效率慢，公共交通也很慢……但好在大多数情况下，人们会觉得会比较放松。因为生活节奏放慢后，大家会有更多的时间去思考、享受当下。而且人们也会把更多的时间花在自己的个人爱好上，休息时间也不会被打扰。我的老师就是这样，他们从来不会在自己的休息时间回复邮件。我自己比较喜欢这样的生活节奏，能够有更多的空间去思考未来的选择，提高一下生活质量。我记得在中国的时候，总有一种时间不够用的感觉，上学、补习、睡觉，无论在家里还是学校，无时无刻不充斥着紧迫感和仓促感。当然，这样的学习、生活方式效率很高，比如在国内，当天就能收到快递，但是在英国，即使付了最贵的快递费，也不能跟中国免费的快递速度相比，所以，到了英国，“速度”是一个绝对需要适应的问题

使用手机是另一个问题。在英国，媒体经常批评年轻一代过度使用手机给社会带来了负面影响，但在我看来，这个问题在中国更加严峻。每次回国，无论在哪儿，地铁、餐厅，还是大街上，总会发现人人手里都拿着手机在不停地滑动。这种情况伦敦可能出现的多一点，但相对中国大城市来说还是少很多。我觉得，电子设备会让人际关系变得疏远，限制与他人面对面的深度交流。尤其在餐厅里，与家人一起吃饭本应该是享受美食，互相交流的过程，玩手机会让自己显得很粗鲁，不礼貌，而且也是对其他人的不尊重。在英国，大家特别看重这一点，虽然手机让我们的生活变得快捷有趣，即将到来的5G时代也让我很期待，但我觉得，还是应该控制自己，有限度的使用手机。

英国人对生活中的享受感和满足感十分重视。中英两国在文化方面有很多相似点，都很重视传统文化，尊崇社会道德。在过去五周的日记当中，我跟大家介绍了很多自己眼中看到的中英教育以及生活方面的差异。希望这些简短的文字能帮您从不同的角度更好的了解英国。

下期我会跟大家谈谈英国年轻学生们的日常生活。敬请期待。

Jack

英文版

Lifestyle and environment is a key factor in the quality of one's life and of course, living on the other side of the earth, British lifestyle is a bit different than the ones in China. Of course, I'm not saying that one is far superior and better than the other in every way as living anywhere have benefits and restrictions; but for many people coming to the UK, there is always some cultural differences to adapt to, regardless of your nationality.

Firstly, let's address the speed of things. In the UK, everything is slower; the delivery is slower, things get done slower, public transport takes more time... But for most of the times, this is rather relaxing as life slows down and one can have more time thinking and enjoy the moment as it is. One can simply have more time to spend on their hobbies without being distracted from the day to day work on the weekends and holidays, certainly for my teachers as they never reply an email on breaks, and also have time to reflect and think about one's choices and how to improve as a person in general. But, from my experience, when back in China, one does not have the time to do that: it's either school, tuition or sleep, and even now when I go back,  I can feel the urgency and rush even though I'm on holiday. Of course, this has many benefits including the urgency to learn more and to do more, but also in day to day matters like the extremely fast free delivery which in the UK would be impossible to get even if you pay the highest premium and extremely short response time from people when something is asked compared to a response time which could take days. But, positive or negative, this is definitely something which needs adapting.

The use of mobile phones is also something which needs addressing;  although even in the UK, we criticise the over usage of our phones and how the younger generations use it too much and it causes a negative impact and all the topic surrounding it, this is definitely a bigger problem in China in my opinion. I can see everyone swiping on their phone where ever I go - walking on the streets, in the underground, in restaurants, and although you can see some resemblance in London, the usage of devices is way less, which I really like. Sometimes devices make you miss all the interesting things happening around you and restricts you from connecting with other people which, in my opinion, is very important. On top of that, dining should be about eating and enjoying the company of your friends and family, and having your phone out, even on the table is rude, anti-social and disrespectful to people around you- this is quite the case in Britain. Although our devices make our lives a lot easier and more entertaining in some ways and having 5G everywhere is definitely something I want in the UK, phones should be used responsibly, especially here.

To finish up, British life is about enjoyment, satisfaction and fuffilment; although in many ways British and Chinese culture are similar, traditionalism and respect are valued very highly in society. For the past five weeks, we've been through the positives and not so positives of UK's education, living and society. I hope that this short introduction is useful and practical, and I will see you next week, where I would start talking more about day to day life as a young student living in the UK.

Jack

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