学生为省钱借花园露营一年
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.
现如今上学真不是一笔小开销,一名未来的英国科学家为省钱,竟在斯托克波特(Stockport)的一座后花园露营了整整一年.
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岁,来自加拿大.他在曼彻斯特大学(University of Manchester)天体物理学专业攻读硕士,当他意识到自己交完国际学生学费后再付不起房租时,他便在网络上询问陌生人,是否可以露营在他们家的后花园中.
He received an offer from generous Stockport resident Charley Mantack after posting adverts on websites Gumtree and Reddit.
他在Gumtree和Reddit网站发布了广告,来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顿教堂地区的后花园里,他不论风霜雨雪地坚持露营了10个月,没有花一分钱.
In exchange, he tutored Miss Mantack, 34, in maths and physics as she was studying for GCSEs at Stockport College.
作为报答,他教授现年34岁的曼塔克女士数学和物理,曼塔克女士正在斯多波特学院(Stockport College)学习普通中等教育证书(GCSE)课程.
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.
他说冬天露营在外被白雪包围的经历并不太糟,反倒是曼彻斯特潮湿的阴雨天让他倍感艰辛.
Miss Mantack would often offer her spare bedroom when the snow was heavy, but the Canadian was determined to carry on camping.
雪大的时候,曼塔克女士经常会提出让他住进备用卧室,但这位加拿大小伙子却坚持露营在外.