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International Students Share Their Winter Holiday Plans
Moving from one place to another is always an adventure. No amount of research can prepare you for the surprises you will find in the new place.
This is often the case with international students in the United States. Around major American holidays, international students often find themselves in uncharted waters, which they learn to navigate with time.
Come the fourth Thursday in November, many newly arrived students experience the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving for the first time.
"My first Thanksgiving was in Montana. My experience of it was fascinating," said Richmond Danso of Ghana.
"The whole process of preparing the food, the merry making around it, and everything was just fascinating," he said.
Danso is a doctoral candidate in political science at Howard University in Washington, DC.
Other international students look at Thanksgiving as a chance to rest up.
Dan Shengquan of China, a master's degree candidate at New York University, told VOA his first memory of the holiday was having a few days off from school.
"It was like end of semester day off, having time to chill," said Dan Shengquan, who admitted knowing very few people on arriving at school.
"But these days," he added, "I get a chance to visit my friends' family and join their family party."
Around Christmas, many international students do not have money to travel back to their home country, so they spend the holiday in the States.
Those with extended family in the country go to stay with them for the celebrations.
"When it's Christmas, I go back to my family in New York," said Daniel Mensah of Ghana.
Mensah is in his final year at The George Washington University in Washington. He is specializing in economics.
International students with no extended family in the States often celebrate Christmas with their American friends and their families.
Lourds Fernando from Sri Lanka is a doctoral candidate in biology at Howard University.
She told VOA she celebrates Christmas with her best friend whose family lives in Maryland.
"So I'll go there," she said. "Her family is there so I'll go for dinner or something."
Some international students who are Christian attend church services in the States. During the holiday season, they join with their church family in celebrating Christmas.
"Personally, I think it's more the family element.
I have a church family here, so the excitement of spending Christmas: we go to church and we stay together," said Sally Amankwah of Ghana.
She is a masters' candidate in sociology at American University in Washington.
The act of giving gifts to adults at Christmas and even the holiday itself is foreign to some students.
Selina Anosike of Nigeria is a doctoral candidate in biology at Howard University. She been living in the United States for about two years.
Anosike says she was shocked when family members living in the States gave her gifts for Christmas.
"I remember my first Christmas here, I really did not know anything about the gift sharing.
I just realized my uncle got me a gift, my aunt got me a gift, and my cousin got me a gift, but I did not get anyone a gift," she said.
"It was a new experience for me because back home, as kids, while you're still young, your parents will get you a new outfit, new shoes, new dresses for Christmas, up until high school.
But by the time you get to college, no one cares anymore," she added.
For some international students, Christmas is not a holiday they celebrate in their home country.
"We don't really do Christmas in China," said Bo Wang of China. He is a master's candidate in business analytics at American University.
Wuntha Kyaw-san of Myanmar is studying computer science at Howard University. He told VOA that the idea of celebrating Christmas is new to him.
"Since we don't actually celebrate Christmas back home, it's like a new experience, you know," he said.
During the three to four weeks break between school terms, some international students take time to explore the United States.
"Usually, I go to other places in the States, travelling with my friends," Wang said. "For this year, I plan to go to Denver to snowboard for my Christmas holiday."
Other students do a mix of things over winter break. They spend the holiday working, meeting up with friends and having fun.
"Now (as graduate student), it's always work because, you know, research is time consuming,"
Lourds Fernando said, "so I rarely take break, even though it's a break for the school."
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重点解析
重点讲解：
1. rest up 充分休息；休养；
He is tired, and let him rest up from his work.
他累了，让他好好歇歇乏吧。
2. day off 休假日；休息日；
Yesterday was a day off for everybody, with the exception of Lawrence.
昨天所有人都放一天假，劳伦斯除外。
3. specialize in 专攻；专门研究；
Many students specialize in engineering.
许多学生专攻工程学。
4. meet up 偶遇；见面；
I am back in my office and meet up with all of our staff.
我回到了办公室和我所有的员工见了面。
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留学生分享他们的寒假计划
从一个地方搬到另一个地方总是一种冒险。再多的研究也无法为你在新的地方发现的各种惊喜做好准备。
在美国的留学生往往就是这样。在美国的主要假期里，留学生经常发现自己身处未知的水域，他们学会了随着时间的推移而前行。
11月的第四个星期四，许多新来的学生第一次体验美国的感恩节。
“我的第一个感恩节是在蒙大拿州度过的。”加纳的里士满·达索说：“我的经历引人入胜。”
他说：“准备食物的整个过程，周围环绕的欢乐气氛，所有的一切都让人着迷。”。
达索是华盛顿霍华德大学的政治学博士生。
其他留学生把感恩节看作是休息的机会。
丹圣泉（音译）一位中国留学生，现在是美国纽约大学的硕士研究生，他告诉美国之音，他对这个节日的第一个记忆是会放假几天。
“这就像是学期末的一天，有时间放松一下，”丹圣泉说。他承认到学校时，认识的人很少。
“但是这些天，”他补充道，“我有机会去拜访朋友的家人，参加他们的家庭聚会。”
圣诞节前后，许多留学生没钱回国，所以他们会在美国过节。
那些在乡村有大家庭的留学生，会去和他们一起庆祝。
加纳的丹尼尔·门萨说：“圣诞节时，我会回到纽约的家里。”
门萨在乔治·华盛顿大学读大四，他的专业是经济学。
在美国没有大家庭的留学生，经常和他们的美国朋友及家人一起庆祝圣诞节。
来自斯里兰卡的劳德·费南多在霍华德大学读生物学博士，
她告诉美国之音，她和最好的朋友庆祝圣诞节，她的家人住在马里兰州。
“所以，我也去那儿，”她说，“她的家人在那儿，我要去吃晚餐或做其它事情。”
一些信仰基督教的留学生，在美国会去教堂做礼拜。在节日期间，他们和教会这个大家庭中的成员一起庆祝圣诞节。
加纳的萨利·阿曼夸说：“就个人而言，我认为更多的是家庭元素。
我在这儿拥有教会这个大家庭，所以过圣诞节的兴奋感是因为我们去教堂，一起庆祝。”
她是华盛顿美国大学的社会学系硕士生。
对一些学生来说，在圣诞节，甚至是在节日期间，给成年人送礼是件很陌生的事。
尼日利亚的赛琳娜·阿诺斯克是霍华德大学生物学的博士生，她在美国生活了大约两年。
阿诺斯克说，当住在美国的家庭成员送给她圣诞礼物时，她感到震惊。
“我记得在这里度过第一个圣诞节时，我真的对送礼物一无所知。
我只是了解到我的叔叔、婶婶和表妹都给我买了礼物，但我没给任何人买礼物，”她说。
“这对我来说是一次全新的经历，因为在我的国家，当你还是孩子的时候，父母会在圣诞节给你买一套新衣服、新鞋、新裙子，一直到你上高中。
但等你上了大学，就没人在乎了，”她补充道。
对一些留学生来说，他们的国家并不庆祝圣诞节。
中国学生王博（音译）说：“我们在中国不过圣诞节。”他是美国大学商业分析专业的硕士生。
缅甸的文塔·觉山在霍华德大学学习计算机科学，他告诉美国之音，庆祝圣诞节对他来说是个全新的观点。
他说：“因为我们在家里并不庆祝圣诞节，这就像是一种全新的体验。
在学期间的三到四周的休息时间里，一些留学生花时间去游历美国。
“通常，我和朋友们一起去美国的其他地方旅行，”王博说：“今年，我打算去丹佛玩单板滑雪，来庆祝圣诞节。”
其他学生在寒假里会去做各种各样的事情，他们在假期打工、见朋友，尽情玩乐。
“我现在作为一名研究生，老在工作，因为研究很费时，”
劳德·费南多说，“所以，我很少休息，即使学校现在在放假。”
多萝西·甘迪和皮特·穆斯托报道。
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