Moving to Canada meant making some big adjustments to my life.
到加拿大读书，意味着我的人生要做一些很大的调整。
Although I knew everybody has to leave their nest at some point,
虽然我知道每个人到了一定的时候都得离开家，
leaving my family was the hardest part, and some people cannot handle being away from home.
但对我而言，离开家是最痛苦的一个过程；还有些人离开家以后甚至不知所措。
To help myself adjust, I set up e-mail addresses for my mum and dad so that I could e-mail them regularly.
为使自己调整，我帮妈妈和爸爸申请了邮箱地址，这样我就能定期给他们写邮件。
However, during my first year at university,
然而，在我上大学的第一年，
I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I did not write to my family as often as I should have.
我忙于学习和交新朋友，每当我要写信时，我都没有给家人写信。
When I went home for the holidays, I felt a bit like a lost son returning.
我回国度假时，我感觉有点像回家的浪子。
Another big change was the food.
另一个大变化就是食物。
When I first came to Canada, I found the food a bit strange.
我起初来加拿大时，我发现食物有点奇怪。
I did not like eating so much meat or food that had been fried.
我不喜欢吃很多油炸的肉和食物。
Now I am getting used to Canadian food, and believe it or not, my new favourite food is pepper steak.
现在我已慢慢适应加拿大食物，信不信由你，最近我最喜欢的食物是青椒牛排。
Before I left home, my mother showed me how to use a stove and a rice cooker,
在我离开家之前，我母亲教我如何用电炉和电饭煲，
and she taught me how to cook some simple dishes such as noodles, fried bean curd and garlic with vegetables.
她还教我做一些简单的菜，诸如面条，油豆腐和蔬菜炒大蒜。
Now, whenever I want to eat Chinese food, I can cook for myself, though usually I do all of my cooking in the microwave.
现在每当我想吃中国食物时，我会自己做，虽然我经常是用微波炉做饭。