Saying Goodbye to Taiwan, But Not to Chinese Learning

In January of this year, Yuri (Ruyi) began learning Chinese with Teacher Stacy. At that time, she had already been studying in Tsinghua University's intensive program for nearly a year and had passed the A2 Chinese proficiency exam. Since she was set to leave Taiwan in March, she hoped that private one-on-one lessons would help her pass the B1 exam within the next two months.

Over the past year, Yuri moved from beautiful Kyoto to Taiwan because of her husband's job. Instead of spending her time sightseeing, she chose to focus on improving her Chinese intensively. As an employee in the benefits department of a semiconductor company, she was determined to enhance her language skills to expand her future career opportunities.

From not knowing a single word of Chinese to now being able to express herself fluently, her progress is the result of consistent daily effort. She often jokes, "This might be the hardest I've ever worked in my life."

During her year in Taiwan, Ruyi not only learned Chinese but also experienced Taiwanese culture, saw beautiful landscapes, enjoyed delicious local snacks, and made many new friends.

On March 15, Ruyi happily told her teacher that she had passed the B1 Chinese exam. Our last Chinese lesson was on March 17, and she expressed how reluctant she was to leave Taiwan. After returning to Japan, she plans to continue studying Chinese in her free time and work toward reaching the B2 level.

I truly admire this hardworking and dedicated Japanese girl and wish her all the best in her language-learning journey!

今年一月Yuri新友里開始跟Stacy老師學中文。那時候，她已經在清華大學密集班學習了快一年，並通過了A2的華語考試。她說因為三月就要離開台灣，所以她希望透過一對一的私教課，幫助她在接下來的兩個月通過B1考試。

過去的一年，因為先生來台灣工作，新友里Ruyi也從美麗的京都來台灣生活。這一年，她沒有每天遊山玩水，而是選擇密集提升中文。作為一家半導體公司福利部的員工，Yuri決心透過提升語言，拓展未來更大的職業空間。

從一句中文不會，到現在能夠流利的表達自己，背後是她每天堅持努力的付出。Ruyi常常開玩笑說，這好像是我人生中努力的頂峰。

在台灣的這一年，Ruyi不僅學習了中文，也認識了台灣的文化，看到了更多美景，吃到了美味的小吃，還有認識了不少朋友。

3月15號Ruyi很高興地告訴老師，她已經通過了B1的華語考試， 3月17號是我們最後一次中文課，她說很捨不得離開台灣。回日本後，要在工作之餘繼續學中文，再向B2的程度邁進。

很欣賞這一位努力認真的日本女生，也希望她的語言學習之路順順利利。

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