Feeling Like Home–Bran’s New Experience in Yilan
訪問日期：105.01.23 英文記錄：翊慈／中文記錄：瑞文
Bran（Chang, Yu-Shen）is an American. His hometown is located in Bremen, Georgia. Later when he grew up, he studied abroad in Australia for two and a half years. It was when he studied there that he met his wife. Because his wife is a Taiwanese, he followed his wife back to Taiwan. Eight months ago, he followed his wife to go back to Taiwan, and they settled in Yilan.
Bran’s favorite sport is undoubtedly baseball because he has played baseball since he was five years old. Moreover, his hobby is art. As for his favorite food, he thinks his wife is a good cook, so he likes eating the Taiwanese food his wife makes.
Bran thinks Taiwanese people are very nice and friendly. Besides, they can speak English very well and the communication here is therefore relatively easy. However, Bran cannot speak Chinese very well, so he really wants to speak fluent Chinese. The above mentioned is what makes him love Taiwan so much!
說到美國，通常會想到紐約、華盛頓、夏威夷和黃石公園等，這次的訪問，讓我認識了美國的喬治亞州（Georgia）――位於美國東南方的州。在羅東美語補習班任教的Bran來自美國喬治亞州Bremen這個地方，是個牲禽多於人類的小鎮，人口數約有八千，小鎮的人彼此都互相認識。八個月前，他跟著妻子來到羅東，他覺得羅東跟他的家鄉一樣小小的，人很親切、很友善。
Bran曾在澳洲留學兩年半，認識了來自台灣的留學生張小姐，兩人結婚後先住在美國，後來再搬來台灣。Bran覺得中文很難學，但他想學好中文。
Bran說台灣有很多地方他都很想去，像花蓮太魯閣、南投日月潭等，台灣雖然小，但有很多值得去的景點。就像宜蘭雖然小，但也有很多值得去的地方。宜蘭的自然，跟他家鄉的感覺很像。
Bran最喜歡的運動是棒球，興趣是藝術，最喜歡吃的台灣食物是他太太煮的料理，他說太太的廚藝很好。Bran說到快過年了，這是他第一次在台灣過農曆年，他很期待。
這次的訪問全用英文對答，很有挑戰性，很像多上了一堂英文對話課，很有收穫。
