El meu tutor ens va invitar a la Laura i a mi a una barbacoa a casa seva el dia 4 d'agost. M'havia "insinuat" que li agradava molt el vi i alcohols similars, així que li vaig portar una ampolla de cava (vi català escumós, similar al xampany francès) que vaig aconseguir a "The Wine Thief" a New Haven. En Jun viu fora de la ciutat en un poblet proper. De fet, la seva casa està gairebé al mig del bosc. És un lloc realment bonic. L'única pega seria la gran quantitat de mosquits, però res que no es pugui solucionar amb un bon anti-mosquits. El menjar era molt bo, vedella i conill (o similar) fumats, amanida, blat de moro i pebrots, cogombre, etc. a la brasa. En Jun també havia convidat dos post-docs, el Florian i la Cécilia, i va demanar al primer que ens portés en cotxe. Així doncs, ens vam trobar a les 16:30 davant del laboratori i vam esperar 15 minuts a que la dona d'en Florian arribés amb el cotxe. Pensàvem que arribaríem tard, però tot just vam ser el segon grup en aparèixer. La vetllada va ser divertida. Vaig tenir l'oportunitat de parlar amb en Jun i els altres estudiants sobre idiomes, pel·lícules i campanyes. Vaig descobrir que el japonés no utilitza subjecte i que s'ha d'"endevinar" a qui es refereix el verb pel context. Ja sabia que el Jun i jo tenim un gust similar per alguns tipus de pel·lícules. I per a la meva total sorpresa, el Jun va invitar la Laura a acompanyar-nos a una campanya científica l'any vinent. Tinc mig any per convèncer-la però ho veig complicat. Finalment, després de 3 hores, l'esdeveniment social va donar-se per acabat i vam tornar en cotxe cap a casa.
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My supervisor invited Laura and me to a BBQ at his place on August 4th. He had hinted that he loved wine and similar alcohols, so we brought a bottle of cava (Catalan sparkling wine, similar to French champagne) that I got at "The Wine Thief" in New Haven. Jun lives outside the city in a nearby village. Actually, his house is almost in the middle of a forest. It really is a very beautiful site. The only drawback might be the huge amount of mosquitoes, but nothing that can't be solved with an anti-mosquitoes spray. The food was yummy, smoked beef and rabbit (or another similar animal), salad, corn, and grilled peppers, cucumber, etc. Jun had also invited his two post-doc students, Florian and Cécilia, and asked the former to take us all there in his car. So we met at 4:30 pm in front of the laboratory and waited for 15 minutes for Florian's wife to get there with their car. We thought we would arrive late, but we were just the second group to show up. The evening was fun. I had the opportunity to chat with Jun and his other students about languages, movies and cruises. I learnt that Japanese uses no subject and that one has to "guess" who the verb is referring to by the context. I already knew that Jun and I have a similar taste for some kinds of movies. And to my absolute surprise, Jun invited Laura to join us in a scientific cruise next year. I have half a year to convince her, but I think it will be complicated. Finally, after some 3 hours the event was over and we drove back home.
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My supervisor invited Laura and me to a BBQ at his place on August 4th. He had hinted that he loved wine and similar alcohols, so we brought a bottle of cava (Catalan sparkling wine, similar to French champagne) that I got at "The Wine Thief" in New Haven. Jun lives outside the city in a nearby village. Actually, his house is almost in the middle of a forest. It really is a very beautiful site. The only drawback might be the huge amount of mosquitoes, but nothing that can't be solved with an anti-mosquitoes spray. The food was yummy, smoked beef and rabbit (or another similar animal), salad, corn, and grilled peppers, cucumber, etc. Jun had also invited his two post-doc students, Florian and Cécilia, and asked the former to take us all there in his car. So we met at 4:30 pm in front of the laboratory and waited for 15 minutes for Florian's wife to get there with their car. We thought we would arrive late, but we were just the second group to show up. The evening was fun. I had the opportunity to chat with Jun and his other students about languages, movies and cruises. I learnt that Japanese uses no subject and that one has to "guess" who the verb is referring to by the context. I already knew that Jun and I have a similar taste for some kinds of movies. And to my absolute surprise, Jun invited Laura to join us in a scientific cruise next year. I have half a year to convince her, but I think it will be complicated. Finally, after some 3 hours the event was over and we drove back home.
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