Happy Homestay
作者/来源: 邓兆红    发表: 2014-02-25 10:26:24    浏览: 6524 次
By Chen Yixin from Class One, Grade Two


Host family is our home in another country.It can comfort us and bring us warmth.A wonderful trip also depends on a good host family except the places of interest.It was pretty lucky for me to live in a fantastic host family.

Our host is a middle-aged woman named Terri.On our way home the first day,laughing,she said,”I am 54,it’s too old.”Oh,her introduction was so humorous.Daisy and me laughed too,and told her she was still young.To be honest,her short gold hair and her beautiful big eyes made her look young.What’s more ,when she talked about her boyfriend,she would be very shy just like a little girl.But it really surprised me that she told us her age directly.What I know is that it is not proper to ask an English woman’ age.However,it was her confidence and sincere attitude that made us relaxed.I believed it must be a plesant holiday.

Every day,Terri made meals for us.And every meal,she put a pair of chopsticks beside the plate.Every morning,she made “Chinese tea”for us.How considerate she was!I couldn’t help feeling moved.

One day, her two grandsons came.One was 5 and another was 3.They were really naughty and lovely because they played in the garden as mad as a hatter.Terri called them”crazy boys”.After dinner,they showed their photos to us.We laughed and laughed.Before we went upstairs,Terri asked them to say “good night”.And even she asked how to say this in Chinese.We told them.But the naughty 5-year-old boy said it in French first and then in Chinese.The moment the living room was filled with warmth as well as our heart.

Terri liked laughing.Everywhere she was,everywhere her laugh was.There was a time when I asked her why she was so optimistic.She told me with a little sadness that she had cancer 5 years ago,but to her lucky,she went through it.She thought every day for her should have been extra,so she had no reason to be unhappy.I guessed it was the most sincere lesson she taught me.I should be happy like her whatever difficulties I will meet.

Happiness is always short.On the way to the bus stop the last day,I expressed my thanks to her.”Terri,thank you.You are so enthusiastic ,warm-hearted and considerate.The delicious food,the soft bed,the happy talk,and all the things here,makes our London trip more beautiful.”She was sobbing,and so was I.

Before Daisy and I got on the bus,we hugged each other.It was the first hug,maybe the last as well.However,the life here was an important part in my trip.It will forever in my memory and my heart.


the hostess and her grandchildren