州教育局分管世界语言的负责人给我发了份邀请信,让我参加在西弗吉尼亚大学PARKERSBURG
分校举行的外语教学学术会议,我原本没打算去,想给学区节约点钱,但邀请人又来信说,由于州教育局对中文项目比较满意,今年又新增了好几个城市,希望我们两位去年的“老同志”和新来的中国同行好好交流交流。这无疑是我们最希望听到的,也无疑是对我们的最大褒奖,盛情难却,申请参加吧,何况开会不是完全没有好处的:可以会会同胞,练练母语,逛逛风景,最现实的是不用做饭,我们属于Professional
Leave,各种费用由学区支付,何乐而不为!
距离目的地开车几小时,我原打算独行,但没有信心,迷路的感觉实在不好,本人已经有好几次高速公路迷路的经历了。于是老老实实地联络上了临近城市同去的美国老师,这位老师很热心很爽快地答应了。不过,按照约定,我得开车约一小时到她父母家,一来免了她绕道来接送我,二来车可以停在她父母的车库里。下面是她给我指路:
Hi, Henry! I was thinking
about e-mailing you today also.
I have been thinking and I think that the best place to meet us
would be at my parents’ home in Bridgeport if that is OK with
you. The directions are you will take Route 57
west and then Route 20 until you come to Interstate
79. You will take I-79 North to Exit
121. Take exit 121 (the Meadowbrook Mall exit)
and at the bottom of the ramp turn right. You
will go past Go Mart and then Sheetz. You will
pass the Harrison County Bank and then the Bridgeport Public
Library (on the left). You will then see Wesbanco
on your left. As soon as you pass Wesbanco there
will be a street that turns to the right. There
will be a sign that says OLDE FARM. Turn into
that neighborhood and my parent’s house is the 3rd house on the
right (the address is 18 Carriage Lane). There
are three garage doors that you will see when you pull into the
driveway. You can leave your car there until we
return on Saturday. I do not know the exact time
that we will arrive. I can call your cell phone
when we leave Morgantown (approximately 4:15 or
4:30). It will take us 30 -40 minutes to travel
from Morgantown to Bridgeport and I think it will take you
approximately the same amount of time to travel from Philippi to
Bridgeport. If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact me on my cell phone. We look
forward to seeing you tomorrow.
我一看这个邮件,早晕了,心想不用担心,我肯定会迷路的。(待续)
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