A new teaching assistant from Germany: Benjamin Weseloh
歐語系助教 - Benjamin Weseloh
Author: Chiu, Cheng-Chieh
Here comes a new semester. As usual, some foreign students and teaching assistants from different countries such as Vietnam and Germany join our extended family – Dayeh University. In this special column, we would like to give you a brief introduction about Benjamin Weseloh. He is a new teaching assistant at the department of European Language.
又是一個新學期的開始。一如往常，來自不同國家的新朋友，例如越南和德國的外籍學生和教學助教也成為了大葉大學這個大家庭的一員。在這個專欄裡，我們要簡單的介紹一位歐語系的助教 - Benjamin Weseloh。
Benjamin Weseloh comes from Hamburg in Germany and he is a student who major sinology and history at Hamburg University. Before coming to Taiwan, Benjamin had already finished his study for the degree. But he wants to learn more knowledge about sinology, so he chooses Taiwan to learn Traditional Chinese Characters and also to realize culture and history in Taiwan. Because of a professor who teaches in the department of Chinese literature in Hamburg University recommended Dayeh University to him, therefore, he decided to visit Taiwan.
Benjamin Weseloh來自德國的漢堡，是漢堡大學的學生，主修漢學與歷史。在他來台灣之前，Benjamin已經完成了他學士學位的研究。然而，他還想要學習更多關於漢學方面的知識，因此選擇了台灣來學習繁體中文字。同時，也想要瞭解台灣的文化及歷史。他會選擇到台灣的原因是因為漢堡大學中文系的一位教授向他推薦大葉大學，因此，他便決定要造訪台灣。
Benjamin considers that Taiwanese people are polite and friendly. However, this is the first time for him to visit Taiwan, but he had an experience to teach Taiwanese students in a summer school last year. Besides, he feels Taiwanese food is really delicious and the scenery here is attracted. Nevertheless, he did not have a chance travel around to see the nature yet, but already visited some cities in Taiwan. He especially likes the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Benjamin認為台灣人都十分有禮且友善。然而，這雖然是他初次造訪台灣。但去年在德國暑期學校裡，他就有教台灣學生的經驗。此外，他覺得台灣的食物都非常美味而風景則是十分引人入勝。雖然他還沒有機會到處走走，欣賞台灣的大自然景色，但他已經有到過台灣的某些城市。其中，他特別喜愛座落於台北市的
國立故宮博物院。
The most special thing for Benjamin is the weather in Taiwan. During the three weeks, there were two typhoons pass through and caused damage. He never saw storms like that in Germany. On the other hand, he likes to reading novels and also interested in movies. Benjamin mentioned that he saw a lot of interesting Taiwanese movies at Taiwanese Film Festival in Germany. So, he had a deeply impression about Taiwan. He also interested in Chinese ancient culture during his study in Hamburg.
對Benjamin來說，最特別的事情就是台灣的天氣。在他來台的三個星期中，就有兩個颱風過境台灣並帶來災害。在德國時，他從未見過如此強烈的颶風。另一方面，他的興趣是閱讀小說及看電影。Benjamin提到，他曾經在德國所舉辦的台灣電影節上，看到許多有趣的台灣電影，因此對台灣也有著深刻的印象。此外，在他完成他的研究的過程當中，也對中國古老文化漸漸產生了興趣。
During this journey in Taiwan, Benjamin expects that he can improve his Chinese and learn more about some Taiwan culture. The most important thing for him is to make some Taiwanese friends and try to blend into people’s life in Taiwan.
在台灣的這趟旅程中，Benjamin期望他的中文能力可以進步，也能學到更多的台灣文化。最重要的是多認識幾個台灣的朋友，並試著去融入台灣人的生活。
