
學生為省錢借花園露營一年
Student camps in stranger's back garden for a YEAR to save money on living costs
Being a student is not cheap these days - so a budding scientist spent a year camping in a Stockport back garden to save cash.
現如今上學真不是一筆小開銷,一名未來的英國科學家為省錢,竟在斯托克波特(Stockport)的一座后花園露營了整整一年.
Evan Eames, 24, from Canada, asked strangers online if he could camp in their back gardens when he realised he could not afford to pay rent on top of international tuition fees for an Masters in Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.
埃文·埃姆斯(Evan Eames)今年24歲,來自加拿大.他在曼徹斯特大學(University of Manchester)天體物理學專業攻讀碩士,當他意識到自己交完國際學生學費后再付不起房租時,他便在網絡上詢問陌生人,是否可以露營在他們家的后花園中.
He received an offer from generous Stockport resident Charley Mantack after posting adverts on websites Gumtree and Reddit.
他在Gumtree和Reddit網站發布了廣告,來自斯托克波特的查理·曼塔克(Charley Mantack)慷慨地向他伸出了援助之手.
Evan went on to spend 10 months camping in all weather in her back garden in Heaton Chapel - and it didn't cost him a penny.
在曼塔克女士位于希頓教堂地區的后花園里,他不論風霜雨雪地堅持露營了10個月,沒有花一分錢.
In exchange, he tutored Miss Mantack, 34, in maths and physics as she was studying for GCSEs at Stockport College.
作為報答,他教授現年34歲的曼塔克女士數學和物理,曼塔克女士正在斯多波特學院(Stockport College)學習普通中等教育證書(GCSE)課程.
He said the experience of camping in winter surrounded by snow was not too bad, but found it more difficult in the damp Manchester drizzle.
他說冬天露營在外被白雪包圍的經歷并不太糟,反倒是曼徹斯特潮濕的陰雨天讓他倍感艱辛.
Miss Mantack would often offer her spare bedroom when the snow was heavy, but the Canadian was determined to carry on camping.
雪大的時候,曼塔克女士經常會提出讓他住進備用臥室,但這位加拿大小伙子卻堅持露營在外.