Moments ago I’ve just finished reading all the required passages of the Readings from English Media which is a book of one of our courses. It’s a pity that I didn’t even listen to one episode of the lessons given by Mrs. Zhuang carefully,nor did I read any of the passages devotedly.
All my reviewing this book has been taking me only half a month, anyway maybe even shorter.
January,4th will be the exam day of this course which is also the first day of my final week. Just in two weeks,I’ll finish my final of the first semester at university which seems has faded that rapidly. I’ve written into detail in my Chinese weblog of my summary of 2009. Seperated into two halves by the National Matriculation Test,my 2009 looks a bit tremendous or anyway incredible. Because this year runs across two absolutely different periods of time also two absolutely different worlds. Ever I said that ‘to most of my classmates ,maybe coming to Beijing means coming to another city, but to me,it means coming to a different world’. Having been living in a small county for 18 years,getting used to the life in a big city can be a tough journey,though I’m quite accustomed to everything here after struggling for about 4 months. What’s a bit surprising is that there’re many peopel here doing business or working in the dining halls who come from my hometown or just nearby. The benefit is that the dishes they cook taste familiar.
Decades ago, when the first radios and TVs came to normal Chinese people’s homes,people became curious looking at those strange machines which produce human voices and vivid pictures.They just turned around to the back of the radio or the television to see if there’s somebody behind. To me there’s a metaphor here,that my coming to Communication University of China is just doing this action. I come to behind the television. Because the bulk of those working in the field of media and communication in China mainland graduate from CUC. I came here, and saw how they’re raised also my experience of encountering many famous actors and hosts has got me realized how the television programs are made and who made them.
However, what’s brought to me is not the pride of these encounters,but the responsibility I’m going to take in future. Because ,I know that the public get to know the outside world through media, newspapers or televisions, traditional media or new one. Especially in small places where people barely get connected with the outside world in other ways, televisions could be anyway the only way for them to get in touch of the outside circumstances. So, if those report it without any sense of responsibility, it means a cheat.
It happend to remind me of Tusa’s speech in October. Though anyway he might have a little bit complaint about something or political intention. But it’s true that journalists have the responsibility though it means menace to the personal security at times.
Sticked to mydesk is a piece of paper countering days to go before back home which displays 2 weeks. They’re also the two examination weeks. I don’t know why the desire for going back home has diminished past the previous two weeks,maybe due to the business in reviewing my notes. I’ve no idea. But it’s true for those who’ve been long and far away from home that they understand more about the importance of a family and value it more.
Just as the saying goes, maybe the long march to the distance does not only build up the tiredness of traveling, but also adds some sweetness of home-sickness.
