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Over the weekend, 30 Japanese universities took part in the International Education Expo in Beijing. ROK, meanwhile, expects an influx of Chinese students, thanks to new exchanges between the two countries.
上周末，30所日本大學參加了北京國際教育展。同時，由于中韓兩國的進一步交流，預計韓國也將迎來大批的中國留學生。
Official figures show that in 2008 Chinese accounted for more than 60 percent of the foreign students in ROK and over 70 percent of those in Japan.
官方數(shù)據(jù)顯示，2008年在韓留學生中，中國留學生所占的比例已經(jīng)超過60%；在日本，這一比例高于70%。
While Chinese have many things in common with students in these two countries, they still encounter surprises every now and then. We explored some of these differences in interviews with people from all three countries:
盡管中國學生與日韓學生有著許多共同之處，但還是不時有意外狀況發(fā)生。通過采訪，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)三個國家間確有一些不同之處：
Seniors get respect 學長受尊敬
Remember young people nodding at their elders and giving way to them on campuses in Japanese and Korean TV dramas? Well, that's no exaggeration.
還記得出現(xiàn)在日韓電視劇中的這一幕嗎？校園里，低年級的學生向高年級的學長們點頭問好并主動給他們讓路。其實，那些都不是虛構(gòu)的情節(jié)?！ ?/P>
"We always respect elders for both their age and experience," said Hirotake Kobayashi, a 22-year-old student at Kyushu University in Japan.
來自日本九州大學，22歲的小林裕武說：“作為我們的長輩并且擁有豐富的閱歷，我們理應尊敬他們?！?/P>
This still surprises Chinese newcomers. Liu described one time when Japanese undergrads invited him, a grad student, to dinner: "They stood to the side although I asked them to sit down. They kept bowing when speaking to me."
但這仍使那些剛剛步入校園的中國新生感到驚奇。小劉說起他有一次應幾個日本在校生的邀請去吃晚飯，他回憶到“盡管我讓他們不必站起來，但是他們?nèi)詧猿终驹谝贿叀Ｔ诤臀艺f話的時候，他們不停地鞠躬。”
Pan sees the same thing in ROK. "My local classmates remind me to bow to elders we meet on campus," said Pan. "If we meet freshmen, we can sit and talk casually."
在韓國的小潘也經(jīng)歷了同樣的事情，她說：“我的韓國同學提醒我，在校園里遇到學長們要鞠躬，而面對低年級的新生，我們就自己隨意地坐下聊天?！?/P>
These campus actions are a microcosm of the two countries' respect for tradition. "From childhood, people are taught to be polite to people around them," said Gao. "They consider it an easy way to live--not a burden."
從這些校園行為中，我們可以看出這兩個國家對于傳統(tǒng)的敬重。“在日韓，人們從小就被告知要禮貌對待周圍的人，”小高說?！叭藗冋J為這是一種輕松的生活方式而并非一種負擔?！?/P>
