Saturday 14 November 2009
纽卡斯尔的酒吧
这个星期六晚，我和舍友们一起去了一个离Henderson Hall 最近的酒吧。通常酒吧的服务台都会在门口附近，点好酒后就可以去找自己喜欢的位子了。 每个酒吧的装修各有特色，基本上都是典型的英国风格，优雅，温馨；灯光不会太亮，可以让人在工作学习之后好好放松一下。 在酒吧里你可以遇到形形色色的人：有的人想在一星期的工作之后放松一下，上司与下属的关系也不想办公室里那样紧张，他们谈论任何事；有些看起来比我们大一点的学生会在酒吧里讨论作业，论文。我们一人要了一杯酒，庆祝在这里充实又丰富多彩的生活。一小时之后，我们各自去找不同的消遣，有飞镖，桌球。我们与当地人聊天，他告诉我们，有的人每天都会去酒吧，有的人只是一个星期才会去一次，大家都是为了放松一下，与朋友聊聊天，不是单纯为了喝酒才去酒吧的。通常酒吧都会在11点准时关门，大大的减少酗酒。我认为这是一个很好的经历去更多的了解英国人的文化，生活，遇到更多的人，可以帮你更快的融入这里的生活。
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
We visited belasy Hall, Castle and Gardens last Monday, which is in Greek ancient, classical country house designed by Sir Charles. All of the buildings were made of stones. Belasy Hall is a 19th century country mansion. Picture 1 is the map of this group of buildings Stable Block is NO.1 in the map. There is a introductory exhibition at the gate.
After visiting Stable Block, we went to the Main Hall(NO.2 in the map), which is two-story Greek style. The Main Hall was built in 19th century. The columns at the gate are Doric order. However, the columsn in the hall are form Ionic order, the columns on the first are Tuscan. On the ground floor, there are some dinning rooms, library, rooms for relaxing or playing. There are still some romms for servants and nurseries. On the first floor, all of the rooms were used for sleeping. The windows are towards the Southeast to absorb more sunlight.
On the way to the castle, we enjoyed the magnificent gardens. Personally, I think the plants can make the environment more quiet, interesting, especially there are some monolith and spring in the gardens. In the gardens, unaltered for two hundred years, thousands of exotic species can be discovered. Sir Charles Monck designed the dramaticly romantic Quarry garden-a series of ravines, corridors and pinnacles, and his grandson, Sir Arthur Middleton, enriched it with all manner of rare and exotic plants. Picturesque landscaping covers thirty acres, which includes magnificent rhodedendorons, and see forever changing seasonal delights. For instance, snowdrops, gorgeous summer blooms or golden feay hues.
Finally, we reached the dramatic, well-preserved medieval castle(No.3 in the map) with rare wall-paintings. The right of castle was built in 14th century, the rest of them was built later. Now the entire castle is unfurnished and maintained in a condition of benign decay, with only necessary structural maintenance undertaken. Althouth there are no ceilings, floors, roofs in the left castle, you still can see the mark that people left such as cooking area.After entering the older castle, the strong stone construction is still in good condition . The stairs are very thin to spare more space to the rooms. There is a sculpture in on the second floor, called Lucky Spot that made by Stella Mccartney in 2003. Made form 8000 swarovski glass crystals, the work was painstaking and intricate, as each wire had to be numbered and carefully positioned on the stainless steel panel above. It forms an ethereal, yet solid mass and as light floods in through the castle’s medieval windows, the crystals produce brilliant prismatic patterns across the walls.
After visiting Stable Block, we went to the Main Hall(NO.2 in the map), which is two-story Greek style. The Main Hall was built in 19th century. The columns at the gate are Doric order. However, the columsn in the hall are form Ionic order, the columns on the first are Tuscan. On the ground floor, there are some dinning rooms, library, rooms for relaxing or playing. There are still some romms for servants and nurseries. On the first floor, all of the rooms were used for sleeping. The windows are towards the Southeast to absorb more sunlight.
On the way to the castle, we enjoyed the magnificent gardens. Personally, I think the plants can make the environment more quiet, interesting, especially there are some monolith and spring in the gardens. In the gardens, unaltered for two hundred years, thousands of exotic species can be discovered. Sir Charles Monck designed the dramaticly romantic Quarry garden-a series of ravines, corridors and pinnacles, and his grandson, Sir Arthur Middleton, enriched it with all manner of rare and exotic plants. Picturesque landscaping covers thirty acres, which includes magnificent rhodedendorons, and see forever changing seasonal delights. For instance, snowdrops, gorgeous summer blooms or golden feay hues.
Finally, we reached the dramatic, well-preserved medieval castle(No.3 in the map) with rare wall-paintings. The right of castle was built in 14th century, the rest of them was built later. Now the entire castle is unfurnished and maintained in a condition of benign decay, with only necessary structural maintenance undertaken. Althouth there are no ceilings, floors, roofs in the left castle, you still can see the mark that people left such as cooking area.After entering the older castle, the strong stone construction is still in good condition . The stairs are very thin to spare more space to the rooms. There is a sculpture in on the second floor, called Lucky Spot that made by Stella Mccartney in 2003. Made form 8000 swarovski glass crystals, the work was painstaking and intricate, as each wire had to be numbered and carefully positioned on the stainless steel panel above. It forms an ethereal, yet solid mass and as light floods in through the castle’s medieval windows, the crystals produce brilliant prismatic patterns across the walls.
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
We visited belasy Hall, Castle and Gardens last Monday, which is in Greek ancient, classical country house designed by Sir Charles. All of the buildings were made of stones. Belasy Hall is a 19th century country mansion. Picture 1 is the map of this group of buildings
Stable Block is NO.1 in the map. There is a introductory exhibition at the gate.
After visiting Stable Block, we went to the Main Hall(NO.2 in the map), which is two-story Greek style. The Main Hall was built in 19th century. The columns at the gate are Doric order. However, the columsn in the hall are form Ionic order, the columns on the first are Tuscan. On the ground floor, there are some dinning rooms, library, rooms for relaxing or playing. There are still some romms for servants and nurseries. On the first floor, all of the rooms were used for sleeping. The windows are towards the Southeast to absorb more sunlight.
On the way to the castle, we enjoyed the magnificent gardens. Personally, I think the plants can make the environment more quiet, interesting, especially there are some monolith and spring in the gardens. In the gardens, unaltered for two hundred years, thousands of exotic species can be discovered. Sir Charles Monck designed the dramaticly romantic Quarry garden-a series of ravines, corridors and pinnacles, and his grandson, Sir Arthur Middleton, enriched it with all manner of rare and exotic plants. Picturesque landscaping covers thirty acres, which includes magnificent rhodedendorons, and see forever changing seasonal delights. For instance, snowdrops, gorgeous summer blooms or golden feay hues.
Finally, we reached the dramatic, well-preserved medieval castle(No.3 in the map) with rare wall-paintings. The right of castle was built in 14th century, the rest of them was built later. Now the entire castle is unfurnished and maintained in a condition of benign decay, with only necessary structural maintenance undertaken. Althouth there are no ceilings, floors, roofs in the left castle, you still can see the mark that people left such as cooking area.After entering the older castle, the strong stone construction is still in good condition . The stairs are very thin to spare more space to the rooms. There is a sculpture in on the second floor, called Lucky Spot that made by Stella Mccartney in 2003. Made form 8000 swarovski glass crystals, the work was painstaking and intricate, as each wire had to be numbered and carefully positioned on the stainless steel panel above. It forms an ethereal, yet solid mass and as light floods in through the castle’s medieval windows, the crystals produce brilliant prismatic patterns across the walls.
Stable Block is NO.1 in the map. There is a introductory exhibition at the gate.
After visiting Stable Block, we went to the Main Hall(NO.2 in the map), which is two-story Greek style. The Main Hall was built in 19th century. The columns at the gate are Doric order. However, the columsn in the hall are form Ionic order, the columns on the first are Tuscan. On the ground floor, there are some dinning rooms, library, rooms for relaxing or playing. There are still some romms for servants and nurseries. On the first floor, all of the rooms were used for sleeping. The windows are towards the Southeast to absorb more sunlight.
On the way to the castle, we enjoyed the magnificent gardens. Personally, I think the plants can make the environment more quiet, interesting, especially there are some monolith and spring in the gardens. In the gardens, unaltered for two hundred years, thousands of exotic species can be discovered. Sir Charles Monck designed the dramaticly romantic Quarry garden-a series of ravines, corridors and pinnacles, and his grandson, Sir Arthur Middleton, enriched it with all manner of rare and exotic plants. Picturesque landscaping covers thirty acres, which includes magnificent rhodedendorons, and see forever changing seasonal delights. For instance, snowdrops, gorgeous summer blooms or golden feay hues.
Finally, we reached the dramatic, well-preserved medieval castle(No.3 in the map) with rare wall-paintings. The right of castle was built in 14th century, the rest of them was built later. Now the entire castle is unfurnished and maintained in a condition of benign decay, with only necessary structural maintenance undertaken. Althouth there are no ceilings, floors, roofs in the left castle, you still can see the mark that people left such as cooking area.After entering the older castle, the strong stone construction is still in good condition . The stairs are very thin to spare more space to the rooms. There is a sculpture in on the second floor, called Lucky Spot that made by Stella Mccartney in 2003. Made form 8000 swarovski glass crystals, the work was painstaking and intricate, as each wire had to be numbered and carefully positioned on the stainless steel panel above. It forms an ethereal, yet solid mass and as light floods in through the castle’s medieval windows, the crystals produce brilliant prismatic patterns across the walls.
Wednesday 28 October 2009
The impression of Newcastle
On the one hand, the majority of the business street and prosperous areas are in the city centre or beside the River Tyne. These groups of buildings are crossed, however, others are scattered. Most of the enterprises in the city centre have two levels. There don’t exist some office buildings that have lots of floors, which makes the space become wider. Though some shops are new in the city centre, but there are still some ancient typical European buildings, for example, church and ST Thomas. The purpose of urban planning is clear. To provide people with a quiet living condition and a convenient working condition, which lets people can enjoy life and throw themselves into work meanwhile. A lot of scenic spots are near the city centre or River Tyne. At the same time, lots of the fast food shops make it convenient for people to visit. Some buildings are old. Most of the buildings are classical. Masses of the architectures don’t use lime to cover the surface, sometime even make part of the bricks unfold inside, such as Robinson Library. But the newly-built buildings cotton with the old buildings. They don’t damage the style there. Many architectures’ roofs are inclined, which make it quick to drain off water, especially express in the old small buildings and private houses. The most significant impression of Newcastle is River Tyne. There are several different style’s bridges across it. Some bridges are ancient, others are modern. They unfold the changing with the time.
On the other hand, a lot of grassland are distract from the city centre, which are located among the private houses are far from the city centre, which have been built in the several decades. The houses are similar to each other which makes foreigners easy to be lost.
The shape of the walks likes make city centre as the centre, then diffuses towards every direction. The walks are two-way street, which are adapted to the population there. The roads were built according to the landform. Part of the walks aren’t straight. There aren’t clear sign between roads. The material to pave roads are made by bricks or stones because of the climate there. It is easy to drain off the water and makes air moist.
The impression of life there
I have been Newcastle for a month. Maybe you won't adapt to the climate there when you first come here. Beacuse it will rain if there is cloudy; otherwise it is sunny. But after several days, you will like newcastle. The air is clean, the city is quiet.
The people there are very friendly. The first week was about registering. We were new to the university, so we were often lost. But there were always people asked us whether we need help. And it was the first time when I had got bus pass to take no.1 bus. I took wrong direction. I asked the driver for help. He told me I should wait at the bus stop. After getting off the bus, I couldn't find the bus stop(The signs of bus are small if the bus stops aren't mafor). The driver saw me, he called me back and took me to the next bigger bus stop. So you need't worry you will be bullied there.
The high socre of IELST can't help you a lot there. You must learn how to get into the life there, how to take notes. The teacher will teach you how to do that. Teachers are available whether you are on class or off the class. You can send e-mail to the teacher to ask for help. They are patient to students. If you are worried about social life, it is useless. The student union have a lot of activities you can join in. You must know control yourself there. Because it all depends on yourself what person you will be.
The Newcastle has many views you can visit, such as Tyne River, Tyne Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Angle of the North(the biggest sculpture in the U.K.). If you like art, newcastle is a good choice. Some of the museums and galleries are free to entry. Others' charge are cheaper. There is metro centre which is the biggest shopping centre in the Europe. There are many different kinds of shops in the city centre. So you needn't care about this. The expense in newcastle is very lower in the U.K.
If you want to study abroad, Newcastle is a good choice.
The people there are very friendly. The first week was about registering. We were new to the university, so we were often lost. But there were always people asked us whether we need help. And it was the first time when I had got bus pass to take no.1 bus. I took wrong direction. I asked the driver for help. He told me I should wait at the bus stop. After getting off the bus, I couldn't find the bus stop(The signs of bus are small if the bus stops aren't mafor). The driver saw me, he called me back and took me to the next bigger bus stop. So you need't worry you will be bullied there.
The high socre of IELST can't help you a lot there. You must learn how to get into the life there, how to take notes. The teacher will teach you how to do that. Teachers are available whether you are on class or off the class. You can send e-mail to the teacher to ask for help. They are patient to students. If you are worried about social life, it is useless. The student union have a lot of activities you can join in. You must know control yourself there. Because it all depends on yourself what person you will be.
The Newcastle has many views you can visit, such as Tyne River, Tyne Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Angle of the North(the biggest sculpture in the U.K.). If you like art, newcastle is a good choice. Some of the museums and galleries are free to entry. Others' charge are cheaper. There is metro centre which is the biggest shopping centre in the Europe. There are many different kinds of shops in the city centre. So you needn't care about this. The expense in newcastle is very lower in the U.K.
If you want to study abroad, Newcastle is a good choice.
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