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After 15 hours flight, I arrived in USA on last weekend. I was so excited to here and face to the new life. I have never been here before. Everything gives me a novel feeling.
Two days after I arrival, I decided to go to downtown to buy some goods with my friends. From the other students, I knew we need to take bus to there.
Unfortunately, we forgot to take our bus schedule. So we have no choice but to wait. After 30 minutes, there were no buses pass here. I was so disappoint and sad because that day was a tropical day. And then, just as I was settling down, a bus appears on the horizon. I ran toward to the bus quickly. And to my utter dismay, I saw “Out Of Services” on the head end when I think the best thing was come. The driver made many of gesture means sorry to us. So I prepared to wait next bus. At the same time, my friend ran to the bus and say something to the driver, maybe he talked to him that we were so tired and wait to the bus for a long time, I think he just wanted to try if it's possible. Little did I know the bus driver told us get on the bus. We got on the bus in surprise and so we were so glad to him, he chated with us on the way to downtown. He told us he has been stay in China about 6 years and welcome us to the United States.
I have never met the thing before which made me very happy and gratitude. It made me feel that people in Vermont are very friendly which can say I can see smiles everywhere. That was a great experience, even I feel a little tired when I come back dorm. I think it can be described in “Every cloud has a silver lining”. I love USA, I love the people here.
Nina
06.2011
Two days after I arrival, I decided to go to downtown to buy some goods with my friends. From the other students, I knew we need to take bus to there.
Unfortunately, we forgot to take our bus schedule. So we have no choice but to wait. After 30 minutes, there were no buses pass here. I was so disappoint and sad because that day was a tropical day. And then, just as I was settling down, a bus appears on the horizon. I ran toward to the bus quickly. And to my utter dismay, I saw “Out Of Services” on the head end when I think the best thing was come. The driver made many of gesture means sorry to us. So I prepared to wait next bus. At the same time, my friend ran to the bus and say something to the driver, maybe he talked to him that we were so tired and wait to the bus for a long time, I think he just wanted to try if it's possible. Little did I know the bus driver told us get on the bus. We got on the bus in surprise and so we were so glad to him, he chated with us on the way to downtown. He told us he has been stay in China about 6 years and welcome us to the United States.
I have never met the thing before which made me very happy and gratitude. It made me feel that people in Vermont are very friendly which can say I can see smiles everywhere. That was a great experience, even I feel a little tired when I come back dorm. I think it can be described in “Every cloud has a silver lining”. I love USA, I love the people here.
Nina
06.2011
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After a 15 hours flight, I arrived in the USA on last weekend.
I was so excited to be here and face to the a new life.
Everything gives me a feels novel feeling.
"给我xx的感觉" is very Chinese. We just say "Everything feels xx"
Two days after I my arrival, I decided to go to downtown to buy some goods (stuff) with my friends.
Saying that you're going to buy some "goods" is very textbook English. We usually just say "stuff".
From the Some other students told me , I knew we need to take bus to there.
After 30 minutes, there were still no buses passing by here.
I was so disappoint and sad because that day was a tropical day really hot.
I assume you meant that it was hot. We don't use "tropical" to describe a hot day. Usually we use it to describe a place.
And then, just as I was settling down, a bus appeared on the horizon.
And To my utter dismay, I saw “Out Of Services” on the head end front of the bus just when I thought the best thing was coming.
The driver made many of gestures means to say sorry to us.
So I prepared to wait for the next bus.
At the same time, my friend ran to the bus and said something to the driver, maybe he told him that we were so tired and have been waiting for the bus for a long time. I think he just wanted to try see if it's possible (?).
You need to fill something in at the end of this sentence. "See if it's possible" to what? To wait on his bus? To ride his bus? To steal his bus? It's unclear.
Little did I know the bus driver told us to get (hop) on the bus.
In this instance it might be more fluent to say "to hop on the bus".
Surprised, we got on the bus. in surprise and so We were so glad grateful to him, he chatted with us on the way to downtown.
He told us he has been stayed in China for about 6 years and welcomed us to the United States.
I have never met the seen such a thing before. which It made me very happy and grateful.
It made me feel that people in Vermont are very friendly, that is to say, I can see smiles everywhere.
That was a great experience, even I felt a little tired when I come got back to the dorm.
I think it can be described in as “Every cloud has a silver lining”.
I love the USA; I love the people here.
Sounds like a great experience. I feel that people in the United States are generally kinder to strangers than people in China. There are just too many people in China. I've heard it described as the difference between "自己人" and "外面的人". In China, people treat "自己人" better than we do in the US, but Americans tend to treat "外面的人" better than Chinese do.
Sorry if that offends anyone...