今年，北师港浸大（UIC）不少外籍教师将留在珠海度过春节假期。他们有些是第一次在珠海体验中国年，有些则已把珠海当成了他们的第二家乡。这个假期他们会体验怎样的中国年呢？跟优优来看看吧！

(Scroll down for the English version -- UIC foreign staff: Chinese New Year holiday in plan)

Thomas Huggins博士：骑行游珠海

Thomas Huggins博士是UIC理工科技学部应用心理学专业助理教授，来自新西兰，今年是他第一次计划在珠海度过春节假期。2020年2月加入UIC的他很快就喜欢上这座美丽的海滨城市。

Thomas Huggins博士常和妻子一同在珠海骑行

Thomas热爱骑自行车，他常和妻子一起沿着情侣路从唐家骑行到港珠澳大桥，便捷的绿道和宜人的气候令他心情舒畅。

去年他和家人在墨西哥度过了寒假。今年他打算利用寒假学习中文、读书、做研究，也会继续骑行珠海，领略更多美景。过年期间，他还打算和妻子一起做美食，邀请朋友来品尝。Thomas说，中国的朋友教了他妻子做火锅。他最喜爱的中国美食是四川麻辣火锅和广东炒河粉。

Rebecca Levin：备战汉语水平考试

来自美国的Rebecca Levin是UIC英语语言中心的实习生。今年是Rebecca第二次在珠海过春节，她打算在这假期备战中国汉语水平考试三级（HSK3）。

2019年，Rebecca了解到UIC的实习项目，她认为中国是一个值得探索的国家，于是决定来UIC实习。在来中国之前，她未曾接触过汉语，通过UIC中国语言文化中心的汉语课程，她开启了系统的学习。在日常生活中，Rebecca也经常用汉语和中国朋友交流，不断提升汉语水平。

Rebecca在UIC学习古琴弹奏

除了学习汉语，Rebecca还在UIC学习了古琴弹奏。悠扬空灵的古琴曲让Rebecca着迷。UIC南海清音古琴社的老师和同学贴心地用英语教她弹古琴。如今她已能熟练弹奏《仙翁操》和《秋风词》两首古琴曲。

去年，珠海的同事邀请Rebecca一起庆祝新年，他们一起张贴对联，吃年夜饭。今年的春节也让她期待不已。

Rowan McCaffery：寻味唐家

来自英国的Rowan McCaffery是UIC英语语言中心的讲师。她于2017年作为交换生来到UIC。毕业后，Rowan加入了UIC外国实习生的队伍。

Rowan（左一）和朋友参观珠海的寺庙

Rowan很喜欢唐家，尤其是古朴的唐家村。她经常去探索唐家的小巷子，漫步闲逛，品尝美味的小吃。在唐家附近的公园，她遇到了写生的画家、观察自然的小学生，她会和画家聊天，也向小学生的带队老师介绍唐家。

这是Rowan第二次在珠海过春节。这个假期，她主要的计划是放松身心，继续探索唐家，以及读书、会友。去年她学会了打中国麻将，今年她也打算学习更多中国的棋牌和游戏。

Karentina Albin：学包饺子过中国年

UIC英语语言中心讲师Karentina Albin (Tina)在中国已生活了八年。来自美国明尼苏达州的她原本只计划留在中国一年，没想在珠海收获了事业，还组建了幸福的小家。

Tina曾跟着她的东北老公回哈尔滨巴彦过大年，吃过很多美味的食物。比起热闹的“东北老家”，珠海只有小两口和他们领养的三条狗互相陪伴。尽管如此，Tina说，春节是中国文化不可分割的一部分，她希望能像庆祝自己的传统节日一样和丈夫一起庆祝新春。

她已经买好了红袜子，并贴了春联。她还打算向婆婆请教，准备在家包饺子给老公吃，把年味带回家。

Tina喜欢骑自行车和爬山，她去过珠海大大小小的公园，也希望放假期间能通过适量的户外运动保持健康。她说自己已有两年没回美国了，非常思念家人，希望疫情形势好转，和家人早日见面。

Fernando Martin Pastor博士：享受音乐、书籍和沙滩

Fernando Martin Pastor博士是UIC文化与创意学部音乐表演专业署理课程主任，来自西班牙马德里，加入UIC已一年多，今年将是他第一次在珠海过春节。

Fernando说，珠海是个美丽宜人的城市，比起家乡马德里，这里冬天的气候温暖舒适。放假期间，他计划到海边走走，享受珠海的沙滩和暖阳。对即将到来的春节，他也充满期待，希望能品尝到富有特色的中国美食。

Fernando是一位作曲家，他习惯在安静的环境中创作。家人不在身边，他把这种思念融入到音乐创作中。Fernando喜欢阅读，这个假期也让他可以享受阅读的乐趣。

UIC foreign staff: Chinese New Year holiday in plan

The Chinese New Year is coming within a few days. Some UIC staff, especially foreign faculty members, unlike the previous holidays, cannot travel home due to the pandemic. What are their plans during the holiday?

Dr Thomas Jack Huggins: Cycling in Zhuhai

Originally from New Zealand, Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Dr Thomas Huggins will spend Chinese New Year in Zhuhai for the first time this year. Joining UIC in February 2020, Dr Huggins soon fell in love with Zhuhai, the beautiful coastal city.

During his free time, Dr Huggins likes cycling down Qinglyu Road from Tangjia to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge with his wife. He said, "I am looking forward to exploring a few more corners of this beautiful city with my wife and friends!"

Last year, Dr Huggins spent the Chinese New Year holiday in Mexico with his family. This year, he plans to study Chinese, catch up on reading, and probably sneak in a little bit of data analysis and other research. He might also make Chinese foods with his wife and invite friends to taste them. Dr Huggins says that his wife cooks a delicious hot pot, which she learnt from a Chinese friend. His favourite Chinese foods are Sichuan-style hot pot and stir-fried rice noodles.

Rebecca Levin: Preparing for HSK3

Rebecca Levin is from the USA and is at UIC as an intern coordinator of the English Language Centre (ELC). This will be her second year to spend Chinese New Year in Zhuhai. She plans to keep studying Chinese, as she will take Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi 3 (HSK3) by the end of the academic year.

Her college has a partnership with UIC, so she went to an informational session about the intern programme here when she was a senior. Wanting to take a chance to get to see more of the world and thought China was an excellent place to start, she came to work at UIC two years ago.

Before she came to Zhuhai, Rebecca didn't know any Chinese. She learned Chinese through the Chinese Language and Culture Centre (CLC) classes, self-study, and interactions on the streets. "I think it's important to make at least an effort to learn the local language wherever you are, both for your own ease of integration and also as a matter of respect for the area. It certainly hasn't been easy, but it's rewarding when I can communicate with people."

Besides Chinese, Rebecca also learned Guqin in UIC. She is even a member of the UIC Nan Hai Qing Yin Guqin Interest Club. Rebecca is grateful to the club's teachers and students, "They were nice enough to offer an English-language section for interns!" Now she is proficient in playing the two Guqin pieces "Xian Weng Cao" and "Qiu Feng Ci".

Rebecca was in Zhuhai for Chinese New Year last year and was invited to a colleague's apartment to hang the red wish posters and eat dinner with their family. She is also looking forward to the Chinese New Year this year.

Rowan McCaffery: A bite of Tangjia

Rowan McCaffery from the UK is now a Lecturer at ELC. She attended UIC as an exchange student in 2017 and joined UIC as a foreign in 2018.

Rowan loves walking around Tangjia, especially the old town because there are many charming snack shops and alleyways to walk around. "Recently, I have bumped into a group of painters and also a group of young children learning about the nature of the small mountain. I sometimes speak to the painters, and I joined the group of young children and spoke to the teacher about the area. It was enjoyable and special."

This is Rowan's second time spending Chinese New Year in Zhuhai. This vacation she plans to relax -- going on walks around the neighbourhood, going to the malls, cooking and baking food with her friends. Also, Rowan has a goal of reading lots of books during the vacation, and she has already finished four books in two weeks. She has even learned to play mahjong last year, and she will continue to play it with friends during the holiday. "It is a nice calming past time for us, and I think learning more games would be so much fun!"

Karentina Albin: Learning to make dumplings

Having lived in China for eight years, ELC lecturer Karentina (Tina) Albin from Minnesota in the US has spent her Chinese New Year holidays mostly in Zhuhai and once in China's Northeast region. She not only started her career at Zhuhai but also her family. Her husband is from Bayan County in Heilongjiang province. For the coming Chinese New Year holiday this year, Tina has bought red socks and pasted the Spring Festival couplets. She also plans to learn to make dumplings from her mother-in-law and make dumplings for her husband.

Tina loves cycling and climbing mountains as well as exploring the different parks in Zhuhai. She explained that it had been two years since she had left the US. She misses her family and hopes to meet them as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

Dr Fernando Martin Pastor: Enjoying music, books and beach

Acting Programme Director of Music Performance Programme, Dr Fernando Martin Pastor, said that this would be his first time celebrating the Chinese New Year in Zhuhai. He joined UIC in August 2019.

Fernando particularly enjoyed the beautiful autumn in Zhuhai. He said winter here is much warmer than where he comes from in Spain. Dr Pastor plans to stay home for the winter holiday, read and compose good music with some occasional visits to Zhuhai's seaside.

At the moment, Fernando is writing a short piano study. He is also reading a book called Numbers in the Dark by Italo Calvino. It is a set of short fictional stories written by this contemporary classic of European literature whose books are compulsory for primary school children in Italy. He said he loves Italo Calvino because the author can create stories by mixing mathematical or scientific concepts, with poetry and humour. Fernando believes that combining these concepts are perhaps the three most challenging areas of human creativity.

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文字 | 张帆 王嘉祺 郭令怡 王奕晖

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编辑 | 陈晓虹 高昕瑜

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