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    If you want to study abroad, have you thought about where to live? I've been living and studying in Canada for about nine months. As I'm still too young to rent an apartment by myself. I live with a homestay family and I feel like I'm part of it.

    The first time I had a homestay was in 2013. During that time, I stayed in Ajax, a town in Canada, for a week and lived with a homestay family. Carlton lives with his nephew and his niece-in-law. Carlton drove me to an international school to learn about Canadian culture every morning, and he picked me up in the afternoons. Our leisure time was in the evening. The meals he made for me were delicious and we usually watched a movie after dinner. All experiences left an unforgettable impression on me, even if I didn't live there for a long time.

    I'm now living with a Hungarian(匈牙利) family with another Chinese boy. There are two family members--- Mrs Perger and her son, Robert. I've already lived here for nine months and I have been deeply moved by many things they've done. Once, my roommate went running and didn't come back for quite a long time. Mrs Perger called him, but he didn't answer the phone. She began to worry about him, and was even about to cry.

    However, living with a homestay family also has its disadvantages, especially when living with a foreign family. The biggest challenge for me has been the totally different lifestyle, which took me a long time to get used to.

    Living with a homestay family has given me a lot of new experiences. It has taught me how to communicate with different people. Moreover, when different lifestyles and cultures meet together, I have seen that the spark(火花) they make are spectacular(壮观的).

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清水一般的杨绛

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    看杨绛先生和钱钟书先生年轻时的照片,钱钟书潇洒俊朗,她温婉清秀,真是一对璧人。我觉得,他们骨子里散发出的儒雅和端庄最为动人。暮年时,他们都穿着黑色的衣裳,戴着黑框的眼镜,两位白发老人一起捧书阅读的侧影,那么安详、静美、温情。他们一生只做好一件事,此生只深爱一个人。

    世间所有的繁华都过去了,他们的漫漫人生有书相伴,一同在书香里优雅地老去,多好。钱钟书曾称赞她:最贤的妻,最才的女。读杨绛先生的《一百岁感言》,不由得惊叹,杨绛先生已是百岁老人了。岁月的河流中,有的人,如江南人家的一坛女儿红,历久弥香,醇厚芳香。老去的只是光阴,不老的,永远是她的人格魅力。

    她在《一百岁感言》中写到:“一个人经过不同程度的锻炼,就获得不同程度的修养、不同程度的效益。好比香料,捣得愈碎,磨得愈细,香得愈浓烈。我们曾如此渴望命运的波澜,到最后才发现:人生最曼妙的风景,竟是内心的淡定与从容……

    她八十余岁时,钱钟书和女儿钱瑗相继病重住院,她奔波在两座医院、两位病人之间,悉心照料,辛苦和操劳可想而知。钱先生临终,眼睛一直未合上,她在他的耳边柔声地低语:“你放心,有我。”听到这句话,钱先生安然离世。这是她年轻时常对他说的话。早年她和钱先生一起留学英国,在英国牛津生下女儿钱瑗。在她住院期间,常见钱先生苦着脸去看她。一次,他说,不小心将墨水打翻了,染了桌布。她说,不要紧,有我,我洗。几天后他又说,门轴坏了,不能锁门了。她又说,不要紧,有我,我修。他感激之余,对于杨绛所说的“不要紧,有我”深信不疑。

    钱钟书一生学贯中西,著书立说,但在生活琐事面前却如幼童一般束手无策。有她一生陪伴在身旁,与他比翼齐飞,做他温柔的知己。直到他生命的尽头,她还是那句话:“你放心,有我。”在生死面前,内心如此强大和沉静,听之令人落泪。此时,她唯一的孩子钱瑗也已经过世。

    她说:“钟书逃走了,我也想逃走,但是逃到哪里去呢?我压根不能逃走,我得留在人世间打扫现场,尽我应尽的责任。”尘世间,她最爱的俩人都离她而去,内心的悲苦和孤独无以言表。八十余岁的老人,提笔写下散文集《我们仨》,写下一个学者家庭半个多世纪的相濡以沫、患难情深,写下我们仨在人世的点点滴滴,如微风细雨,温馨感人。

    在“文革”那段黑暗的日子,大批知识分子无辜遭遇劫难,他们都被下放“干校”劳动。艰苦繁重的劳动之余,杨绛先生写下散文《干校六记》,从容练达,幽默风趣,细微处见真情。那是寒冬里一树树盛开的梅花,清芬暗盈,几乎所有的苦难都被她一支妙笔化解了,连同那漫天的冰雪。她温情而柔弱地支撑着他,相依相伴,不离不弃。

    杨绛先生年近九十岁,开始认真整理钱先生几十年来的书稿和笔记。那些手稿历经半个世纪的风霜,纸张发黄变脆,字迹模糊不清,她一字一句艰难地辨认,抄录,整理,而后相继出版了《容安馆札记》《钱钟书手稿集·中文笔记》。

    钱先生离去了,留下她一个人在人世间“打扫现场”,完成钱先生未完成的事业。她以这样的方式,寄托自己深深的思念。书稿所得的稿费和版税800万元,全部捐赠母校清华大学,成立“好读书”奖学金。留给后来的莘莘学子,连同他们一生严谨治学的精神。

    有一次,媒体邀请她参加作品研讨会,她没有去。还幽默地说:“稿子交出去了,卖书就不是我该管的事。我只是一滴清水,不是肥皂水,不能吹泡泡。”听她的话,令人莞尔。她说得真好。她就是一滴清水,文字和内心一样干净,清澈,透亮。她清华其外,淡泊如水,不做媚世之态,也不被俗世所打扰,一生沉浸在文字里,一活就是百余岁,终成一代大师,成为被世人尊称“先生”的女性。

(选编自《作文周刊》2016年第1期,有删改)

相关链接:杨绛生于民国,江苏无锡人,本名杨季康,是著名作家、学者钱锺书的夫人。杨绛通晓英语、法语、西班牙语,由她翻译的《唐·吉诃德》被公认为最优秀的翻译佳作,迄今已累计发行70多万册;她早年创作的剧本《称心如意》,被搬上舞台长达六十多年,至今还在公演;杨绛93岁出版散文随笔《我们仨》,风靡海内外,再版达一百多万册,96岁出版哲理散文集《走到人生边上》,102岁出版250万字的《杨绛文集》八卷。