Chapter 3 Arriving at Alma Mater
Because of the cold weather, the door of the dormitory here is a double-layer structure.
That is, outside the main entrance, there is a door opening with a glass structure.
The outermost part is a thick green canvas curtain, which can effectively isolate the cold outside air.
Open the curtain, go through the glass door, and arrive in front of the main entrance of the dormitory building.
A very typical Soviet-style door, with original wooden door frame, thick door handle, and inlaid with double-layered strips of thick glass.
The door handle and door frame are a bit shiny. This is because they have been used for too long and are a bit patinated...
As soon as I entered the lobby, I felt a heat on my face and a wave of hot air hit my face.
For some students who wore glasses, their spectacle lenses immediately turned white and they could no longer see anything.
Also due to climate reasons, it snows in Moscow for seven or eight months a year.
Usually, snow begins in October every year and lasts until April of the following year.
And this is not over yet, sometimes in May, June, or even July, there will occasionally be snowflakes!
The climate is cold, with the lowest temperature reaching minus 30 degrees Celsius, so heating is very important.
Here, indoors and outdoors are completely two worlds.
When Wang Ye and the others first got off the bus, even though they were wrapped in thick down jackets and wearing warm clothes and thick woolen trousers, they were still instantly "frozen" and felt cold in their bones.
Standing outside, you can't help but "tremble"...
But when we arrived at the dormitory lobby, it felt like summer was here!
You can also see some students passing by the lobby, wearing short sleeves and big pants...
The heating is sufficient and the indoor temperature is above 25 degrees, so wearing short sleeves and shorts is really normal.
Wang Ye also knew that when he entered the room, the temperature would be even higher, sometimes even reaching around 30 degrees. He could not cover anything while sleeping at night...
"Wow, why is it so hot! I'm almost sweating." Liu Xiaojie next to him unzipped his down jacket, took off his myopia glasses on the bridge of his nose, pulled up the hem of the thermal jacket inside, wiped the lenses, and put them on again.
I put on my myopia glasses.
Wang Ye smiled and said nothing, but he also unbuttoned his down jacket.
Just for a while, he started to sweat slightly.
Teacher Wu, who was leading the team, went to the dormitory management office to go through the formalities, leaving them standing in the hall waiting.
I took a look at the surrounding environment. Although so many years have passed, I still have vague memories. After all, I have lived here for more than half a year.
In Building 6, all the residents are preparatory students.
Domestic college students may not understand the concept of "preparatory course", but foreign students who come to study here must study for one year of preparatory course and pass the preparatory exam before they can officially enter the university.
Wang Ye and his group all came to college right after graduating from high school, and of course they also had to take preparatory courses.
They all came to study abroad through an agency, and they started to go through the procedures in June and July last year. However, this agency was a bit tricky and the procedures were processed too slowly.
As a result, they were originally supposed to come here to study preparatory courses in September last year, but they were delayed until now, which was a delay of half a year.
However, the agency has also communicated with the school and will allow them to enter the "expedited class". They only need to study for half a year of preparatory courses before they can enter university.
Of course, the prerequisite is to pass the preparatory graduation exam.
Before arriving, Wang Ye and the others were not idle. The agency organized a Russian language training class for them to start learning in advance.
The preparatory course mainly focuses on learning Russian, because after entering the university, you will have to take classes with old students who cannot understand the language even if they don't pass the class.
As for whether the language can really reach that level in one year, everyone knows this.
During my freshman and sophomore years, I barely took professional courses, but the main thing was to learn the language.
Only international students who really study hard can basically pass the language by their junior and senior years.
As for most students who don't study hard, they may hang around until they graduate, unable to communicate with Lao Maozi on a daily basis.
The group of high school graduates who study abroad can be described as a mixed bag of good and bad.
There are those who really come out to study, and there are those who come to hang out, it all depends on their choice.
In comparison, those who come to study in Russia are better off, because those who come here are those whose families have some money, but not enough money.
At best, he just doesn't study seriously and just spends his time playing computer games. As for squandering money, my family doesn't have the strength...
Among the international students, there is a consensus that if you really want to say "study abroad is rubbish", New Zealand is the first place, Australia is the second place...
Generally, students who go to those two places do not really go there to study, but to immigrate and obtain visas.
Moreover, the cost of studying abroad in those two places is very high, and my family does not have enough financial resources to send their children there.
The real “superiors” among international students are those who go to the United States, whether they graduate from high school and go to college, or they go to study for a doctorate after graduating from college.
Because to study in Lao America, either your family is very powerful, or your personal performance is very good...
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The dormitory lobby is quite spacious. There is a small shop in the corner inside, which mainly sells food, drinks and daily necessities. The rest of the hall is empty.
There is wooden flooring on the ground, but it is not the high-end "oak flooring" or "redwood flooring" that is popular in China. Because of the abundant wood resources here, many buildings are covered with wooden floors.
But the wooden floors here are more distinctive. They are all palm-length rectangular wooden strips, densely spread on the ground.
It's been a long time and the floor has become looser, making a "creak, creak" sound when you walk on it.
"Brother Ye, the environment here is good. I don't know which dormitory I will be assigned to later. It would be great if we could be assigned together." Liu Xiaojie next to him said again.
The two of them are also fellow villagers, and they also took Russian language training together before coming here.
Liu Xiaojie is the same age as Wang Ye, both eighteen years old, but he is half a head shorter than Wang Ye.
He is relatively honest and honest, and has a relatively good relationship with Wang Ye.
"I guess there's no chance. Didn't the teacher just say in the car that in order to let us integrate into the environment faster, we will be separated as much as possible." Wang Ye said with a smile.
Indeed, if you want to integrate into a new environment as quickly as possible, it is best not to hang out with familiar people.
If Chinese students continue to live and study together with Chinese students here, their language skills will definitely improve more slowly, because they usually communicate in Mandarin, and there will be fewer opportunities to practice the language.
But if you live with foreigners, even if they are not foreigners, if everyone wants to communicate, they will try to use Russian as much as possible.
This virtually forces you to improve your language proficiency as quickly as possible.
Chapter completed!