第十天

今天到"豆瓣"逛了两个小时，挺有意思的一地，看了好多科幻小说以及美剧的评论。最近这半年多看书很少了，少了许多享受阅读的乐趣。有很多很好的书想重温一遍，"飘"、"安德的游戏"、"缥缈录"、"上海堡垒"等等。期待着一个阳光灿烂的周末，没有电脑，没有些许烦人的事，只是手捧一本书静静的欣赏，好笑就笑，感动就哭。

1. 英语
   When I was 17, my mom told me "People see you as Chinese, not English. So they expect you to speak Chinese. If you can't speak it, you only embarrass youself." I thought she was wrong. In fact, I thought it was small-minded thing to say. After I graduated from university, I spent a year working in Beijing. There I started to understand my mom's words. The local Chinese frequently assumed I was fluent in Chinese. They were shocked when they discovered I wasn't. Meanwhile they praised my Caucasian friends whose Chinese was much worse than mine. I felt so discouraged.
   Many years have passed since my time in Beijing, but I havn't given up learning Chinese. Living in Taiwan, I get the chance to pratice everyday at my office. My Chinese is pretty fluent now. But I know that my accent will always give away my overseas background.
   Although I've struggled with languages, I don't regret my bilingual upbringing in England. In fact, I'm glad I had such a rich and interesting childhood. Now I'm in the fortunate position of understanding and appreciating two different cultures. I'm glad to be a overseas Chinese, and can accept that I sound like one.
   small-minded 心胸狭窄的，固执己见的
   give away 透露，泄露
   upbringing 成长背景，教育经历
2. Java
   "J2EE"就要交作业了，让分组做一个具体的东西，老师也给出了一些题目，还没决定做什么。晚上到网上搜了一下J2EE的相关内容，找到了一个基于J2EE的blog系统，发现竟然还是北邮的一个师兄做的。写的很详细，流程、代码全都有了，可看了前面一段简介，还是没有一点概念，Java基础都还没学好呢，就要用J2EE做东西了。