其實來沒多久，我就有發現走在馬路上會聞到一種很像香菸，卻不是香菸味的味道.....當時我就在想可能是大麻....雖然來加拿大之前我並沒有去谷歌大麻在加拿大是否合法，但是就是猜測是大麻....
我第一週上課的時候，英文老師剛好有排一個30+的小聚餐，總共去了五個人，我們跟來自伊朗的老師Alan聊天，討論了加拿大政府合法化大麻帶來的影響，以及治安可能因為大麻的合法化變得更不好, 我們的老師非常不認同現在政府的做法，這些在路上因為吸大麻或毒品吸茫的遊民，政府每個月還要給他們一筆錢，幫忙戒毒，也提供住處給他們，這些錢當然就是人民辛苦工作納稅的錢....老師也說，在路上看到這些人，像殭屍一行走的遊民之類的，不用太害怕，因為它們雖然看起來恐怖，但是不會攻擊人，因為攻擊人是要去坐牢的 ，這比較不像目前美國加州把重罪門檻從四百元美金提高到九百五十美金後竊盜變得很猖獗 ，但是偶而在街上或著skytrain上看到這些吸到需要坐輪椅的遊民，還是讓人感到不自在..... (順便提一下這跟三十歲以下EC學生的活動對話內容顯然不同啊～～～果然是大人～～～😅）
Yesterday my high A teacher Denis asked us to take a guess of the average age of our class, she guess it’s ~40, and I guessed 42…some guesses less then 40. Everyone wrote down their age in a paper and we calculated it, the result is surprising because it the average age is 45😆, older than everyone,s guess…..
The result told us “ it’s never too late to learn” and it’s true. Many of my classmates they come here to fight for a chance to get a higher salary for their jobs. It’s a little bit different from mine but it did encourage me. I really should make more effort to learn better☝️. So I signed up another week after my trip back form Yellowknife.
In last week, our work for business teacher Sarah suggested us to go to visit Vancouver Public Library (VPL) , which located on the George street and only few minyby walking.
維多利亞的布查德花園（Butchart Gardens) 真的是太美了😍, 怪不得出發前有兩個朋友推薦我一定要去走走～～～
9/16 維多利亞一日遊行程：巴士沿路接旅客-->BC 渡輪 (1.5hr) --> 經過唐人街---> BC 省議會大廈. (停留約一小時）--> 維多莉亞一號公路起點拍照--> 布查德花園（本日重點，停留約兩小時）-->BC 渡輪回程--> 巴士沿路放旅客下車 , 費用：全程含小費不午餐約 200 加幣
It is important to know about how to order food in English. I remembered I made a stupid mistake in France many years ago....My husband and I were about to order some food in a pancake restruntant, and they friendly gave us an English menu. I couldn't understand most of the words, then I saw a familiar word "Lemon juice"and I thought it was lemon juice, I ordered it without doubt and expected to have a glass of lemon juice to enjoy the drink because I had walked all day long. Then it turned out it was a "lemon juice flavor PANCAKE " 😂......My husnabd took a picture of my look at the time the pancake was served and I will never forget the look😂....
I've tried to memorized some import English words about food before I came to to Vancouver and of course I'm much better than many years ago ( I think👀)
Vancouver Art gallery is very close to EC school. I visited it this Wednesday afternoon after my class. There are total 3 floors and 3 topics on views:
開始上課之後突然忙了起來，不趕快寫一下這兩天的感受，很怕自己忘記～～～昨天是我第一天上課～感受有上有下，首先對學校一開始的感覺不是太好，因為原本說報到當天要來個test 做能力分班，雖然在台灣的時候已經做過線上測試，但是畢竟只有閱讀和文法，沒有聽力和會話，網頁上說到學校後會先來測試一下，後來我知道原因了～～～因為學生實在太多了～～～網頁上說一班最多15人，但是我的第一堂課已經擠到16個人～～～沒空再分了，老師可能也不太夠？我雖然報名「商業英語」，一週30 堂課，每天要上六堂4.5小時的課，但是我實際上business 課程每天只有 1.5 hr.....另外三個小時全部在上核心課程，教材是國家地理雜誌，第一天早上上課的老師，也不能說她不好，但是感覺就是沒有很好，但是中午的商業英文老師，他說他是來代課的，我明顯感覺到他比較熱誠，表情豐富，認真教學. 還好隔天下午的核心課程，剛好老師就是他，這兩天上課下來，有一種想好好念書的感覺（雖然心中一直想要玩😛）.....所以當老師教學教到一半問我們: What is the determining factor of the a language school? 大伙毫不猶豫的說"Ａgood teacher"😊. 這個老師我之所以覺得他很不錯，是因為他除了讓我們對話之外，他會糾正我們一些錯誤、然後他會幫我們把一些語句從我們常用的簡單的單字，換成更自然，更像外國人會說的句子：
昨天白天我走了好多的路，還去搭了Harbour Air "SEAPLANE", 要價不便宜，不過剛好booking.com裡面有回饋金，就給他登記下去了，整趟行程我的感覺是，曾經滄海難為水啊～－誰教我之前已經在花蓮搭過輕型飛機了呢？整個行程約25分鐘，能鳥瞰溫哥華海邊風景，我覺得應該要十月初再搭看到楓紅才會有值得的感覺🤔.....
