At first it was really fun because they'd encourage me to speak and they'd act everything out for me, including my landlord's experiences during the Second World War in Poland, where he'd stand up and perform, but after awhile it got a bit wearing becuase when I was out the house he would go into my bedroom and start picking up my dirty underwear from the floor, all he used to leave on the bookshelf for me. He would also go into the bathroom, take my underwear off the line and hang it outside so it would smell fresher. 一开始我们相处得很好，他们鼓励我和他们交谈，他们什么都告诉我，包括房东在二战时期的经历，而且他会站起来表演。但后来他们有些让人受不了，当我不在的时候，房东会进我的房间，从地板上捡起我穿脏的内裤，并按照他的习惯都放在书架上。他还会到卫生间，把我的内衣拿到外面晒，这样我的内裤闻起来会更清新。

Sometimes he would cook for me, which is great up to a point, because I got to taste some real Polish home cooked food. But when he decided that I really was his long-lost-daughter and started chopping my egg for me and then trying to feed it to me I began to feel that maybe it was starting to get time to move out. 有时候，他会为我做饭，这点我很喜欢，因为这样我能尝到波兰真正的家常菜。但当他意识到我是他未来长期的“女儿”的时候，他就为我包鸡蛋，然后喂我吃，我开始觉得也许是时候我该搬走了。

He would also invite me into the living room so that I could watch the Polish TV and improve my language and then spend half the television show prodding me and getting me to speak to him in very fast Polish. He was very kind to my friend Kathy when she came over to stay, but unfortunately he wanted me to translate his thoughts on the Polish economy from very fast Polish into English and the same time she was asking me to translate her ideas on English Cricket to Polish. None the less, it was an experience I would not have missed! 他还会邀请到他的房间看波兰电视来帮助提升我的语言能力，鼓励我和他用波兰语快速地交谈。在我邀请我的朋友Kathy来做客的时候，他十分友好，但很不幸的是，他要我把他对波兰经济的想法从语速很快的波兰语翻译成英文讲给我的朋友，同时要求我把Kathy关于英国板球的描述从英语翻译成波兰语讲给他。不管哪件事，多于我来说都是不能忘怀的经历。