3. Pack using your head and your heart.

　　It‘s not easy being practical when deciding what to pack and there is always that temptation to bring cherished personal belongings such as books, letters or fluffy toys. Whatever you bring, make sure that is will be something that you think might help your chances of succeeding.

　　This includes practical items such as study materials, old class notes, favorite textbooks or pens and even the contact details of previous teachers. It might also include some small luxuries such as study music or well-packaged snack foods. Items of sentimental value such as a flipbook with photographs of family and friends or a favorite item of clothing can help you feel closer to home.

4. Remember your roots.

　　Contact people you care about before and after. You are a person with feelings and relocating overseas is a big event. Talk to your close friends and family about your thoughts, dreams and fears for your new venture before you leave and make sure you keep in regular contact after you arrive and during your time away. Sharing the experience always halves any burdens and doubles the excitement of any achievements. Besides, with the ease and convenience of communicating via the Internet nowadays, there is no excuse not to keep in touch!

　　It is important to realize that while new and exciting things may be happening to you in your new environment, things and people back at home will also be changing. It is possible to feel isolated and experience “reverse culture shock” when you return home for a visit after an extended period of time away. The extent of this can be determined by such things as how involved you become in your new culture and how involved you stay in your original culture. Remember your roots, they are an important part of who you are.

　　5. Take opportunities as they come.

　　Learn from all experiences. Value both your achievements and disappointments as learning experiences that can be applied to future situations in life. Value all positive outcomes and more importantly, don‘t take negative outcomes at face value. Instead, try to see the lessons in mistakes and turn them into opportunities for future improvement. Opportunities are present all the time, but often they go by unnoticed. Recognizing opportunities is a skill which anyone can learn through practice and patience.

　　In summary, travelling overseas is an amazing opportunity for personal growth, which not everyone has the chance, or the inclination to take part in. By no means should my advice be taken as the only way to do things. The beauty of learning through experience is that it proves that there is no right and wrong way, instead preparing you for the best personal way in which you can deal with issues as they arise. Still, I hope my suggestions will be of assistance to students (including previous ones of my own) who will study abroad from 2004 onward and I wish all the very best of success.

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　　3、收拾包裹時要心腦并用

　　收拾包裹并不是件容易的事情，總會有想帶一些私人珍藏的沖動，例如書本、信件或絨毛玩具等等。不論你帶什么東西，請確保這些東西對你以后的成功會起到一定的幫助作用。

　　這包括一些實用的東西，例如學習資料、以前的課堂筆記、喜愛的教科書或鋼筆，甚至是以前教過你的老師們的詳細通訊方式。這還包括一些小件的奢侈品，如學習音樂的東西或包裝精美的零食。有情感價值的東西可以讓你覺得離家不遠，例如家人或朋友的相集或鐘愛的衣服等物品。

　　4、把根留住

　　不時地與你所關心的人聯系。你是一個有感情的人，而出國留學是一件大事情。在離開前向你的家人朋友傾訴你的想法、夢想和恐懼。并且確保在你到達后以及其后的時間都要與他們保持經常的聯系。與他人分享你的經驗會讓你的痛苦減半，使你的快樂倍增。何況，現在通過互聯網可以很方便容易地與人溝通，我們沒有理由不和他人保持聯系。

　　有一件很重要的事情我們必須要意識到，那就是：當你在新環境里經歷著新鮮刺激的事情時，故鄉里的人和物也會發生變化。你很有可能感到被遺忘，并且當你經過一段時間后回國時可能會體驗到“反文化沖擊”。這種“反文化沖擊”的程度取決于你融入他國文化的狀況以及你對本國文化的保留程度。記住自己的根，它們是你自我歸屬感的一個重要組成部分。

　　5、不失時機地把握機會

　　在體驗中汲取知識。把成就和失望都當成是在學經驗，一種以后可以用得到的經驗。重視所有的成功，但更重要的是，不要只看到失敗的表面。盡量從失誤中吸取教訓，把它們變成以后成功的機會。機會無處不在，但經常在人們的忽略中消失。每個人都只能通過實踐和忍耐來學會抓住機會的技巧。

　　總而言之，出國留學對個人的成長來說是個不可多得的機會，不是每個人都有這種機會或有出國留學的意愿的。我的以上建議絕對不是唯一的行事指南。實踐學習的美妙之處在于根本就沒有對或錯的方法，有的只有你最適合的方法，你得用你的方法面對任何的挑戰。盡管如此，我希望我的建議能夠對從2004年起準備出國留學的學生（包括我教過的學生）起到幫助作用。我希望他們一切順利。