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VOLUME 14 | NO.3 MAY, 2011
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萨莎（俄罗斯）
Alexandra Kupryashova, Russia
我与中国的“金玉良缘”
My“Gold-and-Jade Match”
with China
印象九州
VIEWS OF CHINA
我们的未来也充满了无限憧憬
。
在地上
，
我们要做连理枝
，
加强中国与世界的联
系和理解
；
在天上
，
我们是比翼鸟
，
为
中国与各国的和谐共处快乐穿梭
。
T
o talk about how fate has
brought me and the Chi-
nese language together,
we need to go back ten
years, when I, still a Rus-
sian “f lower bud” [young
girl], was traveling in China on a sum-
mer camp. On a bus, a woman sitting
in front of me was relishing an ear of
corn. Since I had always been allergic
to corn, I was looking at her anxiously,
trying to make sure that the corn was
at a safe distance from me. Noticing
my stare, however, the woman gener-
ously produced another ear of corn
from her bag and gave it to me! I was
dumbstruck, because I was afraid to
eat the corn but was not able to explain
why. Instead, I could only shake my
head and gesticulate. Seeing her disap-
pointed look, I became indescribably
depressed. What I had turned down
was not just an ear of corn, but rather
a heart of gold. I quietly made up my
mind to learn Chinese so that I could
express my feelings to hospitable and
kind Chinese people.
Now I have grown into an ador-
able “fair lady” and found my “Mr.
Right”. Our match was made through
the Chinese language, and everybody
says that we make a perfect couple.
我和汉语的缘分
，
还得从十年前说
起
。
当时
，
我还是一个俄罗斯的花骨朵
儿
,
参加夏令营到中国去玩儿
。
坐在公
共汽车上
,
我对面的一位妇女正在津津
有味地啃一根煮熟的老玉米
。
我从小对
玉米过敏
，
所以一直害怕地看着她
，
避
之不及
。
谁知道
，
那位妇女发现我老看
她
，
竟热心地从口袋里又拿出一根玉米
，
然后递给了我
！
我一时呆若木鸡
，
因为
我不敢吃
，
语言又不通
，
只能摇头晃脑
，
用手比划
。
看到她失望的眼神
，
我心里
说不出的郁闷
。
我不仅拒绝了玉米
，
更
拒绝了一颗金子般的心
。
我暗下决心
，
要学好汉语
，
对热情善良的中国人说出
心里话
。
现在我已经出落成一个人见人爱花
见花开的
“
窈窕淑女
”，
也找到了自己的
“
如意郎君
”。
我俩通过汉语结缘
，
别人
都说我们是金童玉女
。
汉语在我俩生活
中
，
也有意想不到的妙用
。
有一次吵架
，
我对他说
：“
我如果怕你
，
我就不是花木
兰了
。”
他说
：“
你要是花木兰
，
我就是
功夫熊猫
。”
我也不甘示弱
：“
你是功夫
熊猫
，
那我就是孙悟空
！”
谁知男朋友
更有高招
：“
那我就是如来佛
，
你再厉害
，
也逃不出我的手心
！”
我再也找不到词
了
。
好吧好吧
，“
和为贵
”
吧
。
冯小刚电
影
《
非诚勿扰
》
里说得好
：
二十一世纪
什么最贵
？
和谐
。
如今的金融危机让各国阴云密布
，
唯有中国这边风景独好
，
我和男朋友对
In our daily life, Chinese is also put
to unexpectedly fantastic uses. Once
during a quarrel I said to him: “If I
were afraid of you, I wouldn’t be Hua
Mulan.” He said: “If you were Hua
Mulan, I would be Kungfu Panda.”
Not going to show any sign of weak-
ness, I replied: “If you were Kungfu
Panda, I would be Sun Wukong!” I
had underestimated my boy friend’s
prowess, for he said: “Then I would be
Rulai Buddha. No matter how good
you are with what you do, you still
won’t be able to escape from my palm!”
I had no more words to fall my back
on. Alright, alright, let’s agree that
“peace is precious”. Feng Xiaogang’s
film
If You Are the One has said it well
:
What is the most precious thing in the
twenty-first century? Harmony!
While the grim clouds of the f i-
nancial crisis throw their shadows on
countries of the world, China alone
prospers in sunny weather. Likewise,
my boyfriend and I are full of confi-
dence in our future. On the earth, we
want to be like two trees whose trunks
and branches grow together; in the
skies, we are like a pair of Biyi birds [a
legendary bird species whose males and
females, each having only one wing,
the males on one side and the females
on the other, stick themselves together
and flap their wings as if they were one
bird] flitting back and forth to contrib-
ute to the harmonious coexistence of
China and the rest of the world.
插图／杨帆