I want to talk about my life in (the) UK. I went to study in the UK a few years ago. The most exciting experience is that I went to a host family for my Christmas holiday in December. I went there alone … on a train. It took me about one or two hours to get there, to York, and then I stayed there for one week. This was the first time that I spent time with a UK family, which I learned a lot from them. They treat (treated) me like a family member, they took me out to eat, to play and to see all the different interesting culture of their region. On Christmas Day, they even bought me some presents to celebrate the Christmas (celebrate Christmas).
When I went back to Oxford, which was the place that I stayed for that year, I had the chance to teach in a Chinese school every Sunday. The kids are (were) about 14 years old and I taught them Chinese. They were very cute but they all speak (spoke) in English. I spent lots of time to encourage (encouraging) them to speak in Cantonese.
During my study (studies) in the UK, I lived with (a) few other students from different countries. They are very nice and we used to cook on our own, just like a big family. Every day we will go to … every day we went to supermarkets to buy food and drinks and desserts. We cooked every day. I was not a good cook – normally I just put everything into (the) oven. And I've tried (I tried) to bake a cake before but failed and they all laughed at me. And every time when I bake(d) a cake, they never taste(d) it. We share(d) a flat together – we share(d) kitchen, bathrooms but we do (did) have our own sink and bedroom. The life (Life) in the UK is quite relaxing besides study because you can explore more and do different activities at school or even some other extracurricular activities.
After I come (came) back (to) Hong Kong, I still keep in touch with all my friends in the UK, from different countries like Italy, Malaysia, Japan, UK and other countries. Sometimes we even send email(s) to each other, sometimes they may come to Hong Kong to visit and we will meet each other again.
I really enjoy (enjoyed) the time in the UK. I hope you will also have the chance to explore more in other different countries in the future.
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I lived in London for three months, since August to November in 2009. It was very exciting for me, too. I went to study English, and my host family was a Jamaican people who has a contract with the school where I studied.
It was very interesting and I enjoyed a lot with the students from other countries: Mongolia, Brazil, Spain, Vietnam.
It was a wonderful experience to travel in trains. I lost the first time, when I went to London Victoria and I couldn't find how to come back. I was very confused, however English people are very polite and they helped me a lot. After that lost, I learned very well, to read the instructions and routes on the maps, and enjoyed going everywhere.
I would like to come back to London to visit places that I had not enough time to visit.
Hi,
Would you like to give me the name of the school where you studied ? is it a summer camp institute?
I want to send my son to study english in UK during summer.
I appreciate your help as well as the help of others in this site.
thank you
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