In my life I have had many cultural exchange experiences with many different people from a plethora of countries. For example, the people I have met when I have traveled to the Caribbean or Greece have been amazing experiences. Meeting new people from different countries and cultures gives you a different perspective on life. As these people have different thoughts, ideas, cloths, and ideas. I have always gone out of my way to meet this people becasie I believe it is good to meet as my new people from different places as possible. With this being said my most impactful experience of meeting someone from a different country was in America. This happened around halfway through grade seven, when I foreign kid from China named James Peng came into my art class. The teacher introduced him to the class and talked about how he was from south china and he has moved to America and willl be with us in the class the rest of the year. When she was finished speaking there was a open seat next to me and James sat there. For the first class we were getting to know each other, which was interesting as he did not speak full English and had a very hard Chineses accent. We learned to communicate there hand motions or exhaling what words meant. I asked where he is from, how far was the travel, how he likes America, and if he likes school. He was always very honest and funny for a new student. I always remembered his big smile when making jokes. As we got closer I would ask what types of things he would do in china such as the food he would eat like dumplings were his favorite. Also we would talk about basketball as that was his favorite sport, and his favorite player was Yao Ming who was a famous Chinese basketball player. One very memorable experience with James was one day in Art class we were doing signatures and he wrote his name in Chinese. I found this very fascinating with the advanced letters and cool designs each individual latter has. I then proceeded to ask him to do my name which was very cool because I had never seen my name in a different language before. Also, I then learned how to do it myself and would show my parents which they found very cool. Additionally, it was amazing to see James grow in his American throughout the year, because when he first arrived he would carry a translator book around to understand and learn what people where saying. But, by the end of middle school he was fully fluent and learned pretty much all of the language. I was always very impressed by how he learned so fast and made many connections. I learned a lot from James for example about Chinese culture and cuisine. To add, about how traveling far distance is and how hard it is to be so far from relatives as they all still lived in china. Additnally I learned how different American culture is which gave me a great perspective on how we are all different in some way. Lastly, I have met many people from different countries but James was the only one I can say was a close friend.
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交流文化
在我的一生中，我与来自众多国家的许多不同的人有许多文化交流经历。例如，我去加勒比海或希腊旅行时遇到的人是惊人的经历。结识来自不同国家和文化的新朋友为您提供了不同的生活视角。这些人有不同的想法，思想，衣服和思想。我一直竭尽全力与这个人见面，因为我相信尽可能多地见到我的新朋友是一件好事。有人说我最有影响力的经历是在美国结识来自另一个国家的某人。这发生在七年级的一半左右，当时我来自中国的外国孩子詹姆斯·彭（James Peng）参加了我的艺术课。老师向他介绍了班级，并谈论了他来自中国南部的情况，他已经搬到了美国，并将在今年余下的时间里与我们同在。当她结束时，我旁边有一个敞开的座位，詹姆斯坐在那里。对于头等舱，我们彼此认识，这很有趣，因为他不会说完整的英语，并且具有非常硬的Chineses口音。我们学会了在那里交流手动运动或呼气单词的含义。我问他距离哪里，旅行有多远，他喜欢美国以及他是否喜欢上学。对于一个新学生来说，他总是非常诚实和有趣。我一直想起他的灿烂笑容开玩笑。随着我们越来越近，我会问他在中国会做什么类型的事情，例如他会吃的食物像饺子一样是他的最爱。我们还将谈论篮球，因为那是他最喜欢的运动，他最喜欢的球员是姚明，他是中国著名的篮球运动员。詹姆斯（James）的一次非常难忘的经历是在艺术课上的一天，我们正在签名，他用中文写了他的名字。我发现，这是每个人都有的高级字母和酷设计。然后，我继续要求他做我的名字，这很酷，因为我以前从未见过我的名字。另外，我亲自学习了如何做，并将向我的父母展示他们发现很酷的情况。此外，很高兴看到詹姆斯全年在他的美国人中成长，因为当他第一次到达时，他会随身携带一本翻译书来了解和了解人们在哪里说什么。但是，到中学结束时，他完全流利，并且学到了几乎所有的语言。他的学习方式如此之快并建立了许多联系，我总是给我留下了深刻的印象。例如，我从詹姆斯学到了很多关于中国文化和美食的知识。补充说，关于距离的距离的距离以及距离亲戚仍然住在中国的远距离要远。我了解了美国文化的不同，这使我对我们在某种程度上有何不同的看法有了很好的看法。最后，我遇到了很多人不同的国家，但詹姆斯是我唯一可以说的是密友。