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Moving to Canada meant making some big adjustments to my life.
到加拿大讀書，意味著我的人生要做一些很大的調整。
Although I knew everybody has to leave their nest at some point,
雖然我知道每個人到了一定的時候都得離開家，
leaving my family was the hardest part, and some people cannot handle being away from home.
但對我而言，離開家是最痛苦的一個過程；還有些人離開家以后甚至不知所措。
To help myself adjust, I set up e-mail addresses for my mum and dad so that I could e-mail them regularly.
為使自己調整，我幫媽媽和爸爸申請了郵箱地址，這樣我就能定期給他們寫郵件。
However, during my first year at university,
然而，在我上大學的第一年，
I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I did not write to my family as often as I should have.
我忙于學習和交新朋友，每當我要寫信時，我都沒有給家人寫信。
When I went home for the holidays, I felt a bit like a lost son returning.
我回國度假時，我感覺有點像回家的浪子。
Another big change was the food.
另一個大變化就是食物。
When I first came to Canada, I found the food a bit strange.
我起初來加拿大時，我發現食物有點奇怪。
I did not like eating so much meat or food that had been fried.
我不喜歡吃很多油炸的肉和食物。
Now I am getting used to Canadian food, and believe it or not, my new favourite food is pepper steak.
現在我已慢慢適應加拿大食物，信不信由你，最近我最喜歡的食物是青椒牛排。
Before I left home, my mother showed me how to use a stove and a rice cooker,
在我離開家之前，我母親教我如何用電爐和電飯煲，
and she taught me how to cook some simple dishes such as noodles, fried bean curd and garlic with vegetables.
她還教我做一些簡單的菜，諸如面條，油豆腐和蔬菜炒大蒜。
Now, whenever I want to eat Chinese food, I can cook for myself, though usually I do all of my cooking in the microwave.
現在每當我想吃中國食物時，我會自己做，雖然我經常是用微波爐做飯。
