名校勵志英語演講 第183期:一切皆有可能(5)

[00:00.16]We grew up believing that being Chinese was the greatest advantage in life; in our house, 我們始終相信作為中國人是生活中最大的優(yōu)勢。 [00:06.39]everything important in life came from China, was invented in China, owed all to the Chinese. 在我家、生活中所有重要的東西都來自中國，都是中國發(fā)明的，都?xì)w功于中國人。 [00:15.27]We went on elementary school field trips to pulp plants, where they taught us how paper was made. 讀小學(xué)時，我們?nèi)ゼ垵{廠參觀，在那里他們教我們紙是怎樣生產(chǎn)的。 [00:22.10]Paper was invented in China, Mom said, after we relayed the process in awe. 回家之后，我們崇拜地描述了一番，然后母親告訴我們，紙是中國人發(fā)明的。 [00:29.11]Our favorite neighbors were Italian and invited us over for spaghetti. 我們最喜歡的鄰居是意大利人，他們邀請我們?nèi)コ砸獯罄妗? [00:33.48]When we came home and raved, Dad would remind us that Marco Polo brought pasta home from China. Not Italian....Chinese....and so it went. 我們吃完飯回到家極力贊美，父親提醒我們，馬可波羅是從中國把面團(tuán)帶回去的，不是意大利的，而是中國的... [00:45.19]And how wonderful they were to instill in us the sense of pride in our heritage that we have never forgotten. 不斷如此。我的父母很偉大，他們不斷地向我們灌輸對中國傳統(tǒng)文化的自豪感，我們從未忘記中國文化。 [00:53.15]When I first became CEO, a famous American television journalist interviewed my dad and 當(dāng)我剛擔(dān)任首席執(zhí)行官時，一個著名的美國電視記者采訪我的父親， [01:01.33]asked him if he always knew I would be successful in business. 問他是否早就知道我會在商界取得成功。 [01:05.33]No, he said, quite to the contrary, he worried for years that raising me to be a respectful Chinese daughter 不，他回答，恰恰相反，他很多年來一直擔(dān)心把我教育成一個孝順的中國女兒 [01:14.04]would hinder my ability to compete in a world with what he considered the aggressive, cut throat traits of typical America CEO's. 會妨礙我在一個他認(rèn)為充滿了攻擊性和殘酷無情的典型美國首席執(zhí)行官的圈子里和別人競爭。 [01:22.46]In fact, he passed on a letter to me that I keep, translated from Chinese to English, in my desk drawer. 實(shí)際上，他寫了一封信給我，我還保存在我辦公室的抽屜里。信是由中文翻譯成英文的。

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