我是美国人

I haven’t been feeling well lately, so I ended up missing two Chinese lessons. I was also super late to class today. We had a dictation quiz, so I left my apartment extra early to go to school, about 45 minutes before class started. I missed the city bus, so I walked the half-mile to the Garnet bus stop, the bus sponsored by the school. It didn’t come until 11:08, very late, especially since my class started at 11:15. I was so frustrated, especially considering I missed two assignments due to my absences. I got to class roughly ten or fifteen minutes late, but at the end, 潘老师 said he understood what happened and that I could make-up the exam on Monday during office hours. Yay! Now I have to work even harder in class to show how dedicated I truly am. Because, well, let’s face it, I missed two classes and two assignments in a row, so he probably thinks I’m a huge slacker. Still, I don’t know anyone who loves learning Chinese as much as I do. If that makes me super nerdy, so be it. While I do get frustrated sometimes spending hours upon hours studying and doing drills, Chinese is really fun. I like it a lot. I never thought I would, as I always preferred Korean (and I still love Korean, of course,) but Chinese is just… I have no idea. Maybe it’s the challenge that I love? And the sense of accomplishment. Whenever 冯老师 passed the exams back to us last semester and I saw a good grade, I felt like I was on top of the world, and that all that hard work paid off. It’s a good feeling. It’s a feeling I’ve never felt before.

Aaaaaaand here’s the script! I think there are a few mistakes in there, I’ll have to ask 潘老师.

I, of course, am 万丽蕊.

一月十一日二零一二年

*ring ring*

万丽蕊：为？

白文丽：万丽蕊，是我，白文丽！

万：白文丽，你好！最近怎么样？

白：很忙！我上周有很多功课。我在学校学的语法到很晚。我还去了看电影。你呢？

万：我在学校复习的生词。它是很容易。我真的很喜欢我的中文课。我喜欢学习的复习和改善我的语法。中文棵是很难得，但是很好玩。你呢？

白：我认为我的中文棵很有意思。语法和发音是很难的。我喜欢学习的生词。我用中文写信写得很不好。

万：Oh，我很累。我去睡觉。再见！

白：再见！

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