留學生眼里的巴黎：留學圣地 魅力不減

編譯_彭杏月 設計_孫星

留學生眼里的巴黎：留學圣地 魅力不減

編譯_彭杏月 設計_孫星

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衛報12月1日

What makes Paris the best city in the world for students? One student explains what makes it special.

對于留學生，巴黎有著怎樣的吸引力？一名留學生這樣描述他眼里的巴 黎。

Like so many Parisians on 13 November, my friends and I stayed up the whole night, watching the news. We followed the tragedy of the terrorist attacks online and checked in with all our friends on social media, while sirens blared down the boulevards outside. Paris was different when we woke up. The few people who had ventured out onto the empty streets seemed tense, which was understandable; everyone knew of someone who had died or been injured.

和許多巴黎本地人一樣，11月13日，我和我的朋友們徹夜未眠，關注著新聞。我們在網上關注著恐怖分子制造的慘案，并且通過社交媒體跟朋友互報平安。彼時，刺耳的警報響徹整條街道。第二天醒來，巴黎已經變了樣。只有為數不多的人敢在空蕩蕩的街上露面，他們神情緊張；每個人都或多或少地認識一些在恐怖襲擊中死亡或受傷的人。

By Sunday, Paris seemed to have returned to normal. My friend and I walked by Notre Dame, surrounded by Parisians and tourists, like on any other weekend. These brave faces displayed resilience among Parisians that didn't surprise me. The attacks shocked Paris because they targeted a way of life. It's a way of life that Parisians are (rightly) proud of, and one that continues to set the city apart from its rivals.

可到了周日，巴黎似乎又恢復了常態。朋友和我在巴黎圣母院附近散步，周圍有很多巴黎人和游客，就像又一個平淡無奇的周末。巴黎人從恐怖襲擊中快速恢復的能力并沒有讓我感到吃驚。恐怖襲擊之所以重創巴黎，是因為它將槍口瞄向了巴黎人的生活方式，而這種生活方式是巴黎人引以為傲的，也是它與其他城市區別開來的重要因 素。

I recently moved here to study French language and culture at the Sorbonne, and though I am only two months in, I have not been disappointed. Anna Greenburgh, an Oxford University graduate who is studying for a master's degree in economics and psychology at the Sorbonne, says studying in Paris was “a dream opportunity”. The chance to improve her French and the Sorbonne's reputable course was a perfect fit.

我最近在索邦大學學習法語和文化，盡管在這里只生活了兩個月，但我知道我來對了地方。Anna Greenburgh是牛津大學的畢業生，她也在索邦大學修讀經濟和心理碩士學位。她說：“能來巴黎學習是夢寐以求的機會，我的法語可以得到提升，而且我想不出有哪些大學能比索邦大學聲譽極高的課程更適合 我。”

Because of its world-class institutions, Paris attracts an international audience. In my class, there are students from America, China and Brazil. Greenburgh also enjoys the international scope of her course: “I'm getting more perspectives on issues than I did at Oxford, where the majority of people on my course were raised in England.”Students flock to Parisianuniversities for both their quality and good value.

靠著這些世界級的高校，巴黎吸引來了“國際觀眾”。在我的班里，就匯聚了來自美國、中國、巴西的學生。Greenburgh也很喜歡這種國際化的氛圍。“我比在牛津大學時眼界更寬廣了，以前班里大部分學生都是英國本地人。”留學生青睞巴黎的大學，看中的是它們高質量的教育和價值。

Tuition fees in Paris averaged just $2,400 in 2014. Experiencing a worldclass education at a low cost comes at a price, though; international students are often surprised by French universities' lack of resources. Yannick Slade-Caffarel, a University of Sydney graduate who is studying for a master's in political theory at Sciences Po, has found some of the university's research facilities disappointing, though he admits that “the prestige is nice”.

2014年巴黎大學的人均學費是2,400美元，但頂尖大學的學費如此之低是有代價的；留學生們時常對法國大學緊缺的教育資源感到驚訝。Yannick Slade-Caffarel畢業于悉尼大學，現在巴黎政治大學修讀政治理論碩士課程，他發現法國一些大學的研究配備令人失望，盡管這些大學“名聲很好”。

Unfortunately, what you save on education, you might spend on accommodation. Expensive rent is unavoidable and, as Slade-Caffarel jokes, you may have to adjust “what one believes to be an appropriate amount of room for a human being to exist in”. But as Paris is smaller than London, it is much easier to live centrally and my friends save money through flat shares. The internet is a student's best friend; Appartager and La Carte des Colocs provide hundreds of student accommodation listings.

遺憾的是，你在教育上省了錢，就得在住宿上花更多的錢。在這里，房租貴是不可避免的，正如Slade-Caffarel戲稱：對于“一個人認為其生活所需要的合理空間。”這種念頭，你得調節。但是，巴黎比倫敦小很多，想要在市中心生活就不那么容易了，我朋友靠和別人合租節省房費。不過利用好互聯網，你還是能發現一些便宜的住所。例如，Appartager和La Carte des Colocs網站就可以為上百個學生提供住處。

Excluding accommodation, student life in Paris comes chic and cheap. Even French haute cuisine is tailored to low student prices. Crous Paris, an organization that aims to improve the living conditions of students in Paris, has 15 restaurants and 30 university cafeterias across the city. I regularly eat a remarkably good two-course meal for just over three euros. For most students, Paris's main draw is its cultural cache. “You can see world famous bands for 10 euros,” says Slade-Caffarel. The theatre is also good value for young people and the quality is world class.

除了住所，學生在巴黎還能享受時尚和優惠兼有的生活。連法國大餐都推出優惠學生價。Crous Paris是一家打造學生舒適居住環境的公司，旗下有15家餐廳，并在巴黎室內的30所大學開有餐廳。我經常花3歐元就能吃到兩道菜，味道還不錯。對于大多數學生來說，巴黎最大的吸引力是其文化魅力。“花10歐元你就能逛十個世界名牌。” Slade-Caffarel說。劇院對年輕人來說，也是一個世界級的高規格場所。

Any day after class, I can walk in Hemingway's footsteps through the Jardin du Luxembourg, drink coffee at the same cafés as Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre, and venture to Shakespeare and Company, the legendary bookshop established by Sylvia Beach. That unconquerable way of living makes up Paris's charm– something that cannot be calculated into a ranking.

每天課后，我可以沿著海明威的足跡，在盧森堡花園里盡情徜徉，在西蒙尼·德和薩特去過的咖啡館里喝一杯咖啡，然后到莎士比亞書店，那個西爾維婭·比奇經營的傳奇書館里去坐坐。正是這種無堅不摧的生活方式，成為了巴黎魅力的一部分，而這是排名計算不出 的。