(中英文对照)驻加拿大大使章均赛在“汉语桥 中国缘”招待会上的致辞doc.docVIP

驻加拿大大使章均赛在“汉语桥 中国缘”招待会上的致辞 2011年4月23日 渥太华Speech at the Chinese Bridge Reception by Ambassador Zhang Junsai April 23, 2011, Ottawa 老师们， 同学们：Members of the faculty, My dear students, 欢迎大家来使馆做客。教育处的同事告诉我，你们都对汉语和中国文化有着浓厚的兴趣，是加拿大大学生里的“中国通”。我对此深信不疑。 Its a real pleasure to have you all with us today. My colleagues in the Educational Section told me, that you are very interested in Chinese and the Chinese culture. They said that the young men and women present today are the old China hands among Canadian college students. (Laughter.) I have no doubt about that. 我来加已有5个月，走了许多地方，接触到许多人，令我吃惊，后来又习惯的是，许多加拿大人，年龄比你们大，都喜欢用汉语同我交谈，让我又兴奋，又失落。兴奋的是有越来越多的加拿大人了解中国或正在了解中国。失落的是今后我在这里用英语的场合就比较少了，这对我提高我的英语水平可不是个好消息。 Its been five months since I came to Canada. Ive traveled around and met many Canadians. One thing that surprised and inspired me was that many of these people, a lot older than you are, preferred to talk to me in Chinese. (Laughter.) Im excited and frustrated at the same time- Excited because more Canadians know about or are getting to know about China; Frustrated because I realized that there will be little time left for me to polish my English here. (Laughter.) That doesnt sound so good. (Laughter.) 对你们当中那些学汉语轻而易举的人，我想借现在中国年轻人中最流行的形容词夸一句：你们真“给力”。对你们当中那些曾为学汉语伤脑筋的人，我想说：别担心，我们当年学外语也是这么过来的。就我个人经历来看，无论是学汉语、英语还是法语，都跟打冰球一样，要做到三件事，就是练习，练习，再练习。 Now, to those of you who find learning Chinese a piece of cake, I say to you, as any Chinese your age would comment at the moment: 你们真给力, meaning You Rock. (Laughter.) To those of you who had a hard time with Chinese, I say to you: we all did. Thats what happens when you take on a foreign language. So hang in there, dont give up. To me, language learning is like hockey. To play like a pro, youve got to do three things- practice, practice, practice. (Laughter.) 当你决定修这门说话像唱歌，写字像画画，同音不同字，同字不同音的语言时，很难有捷径可走。所以有人感叹道，汉语能学好，什么事都难不倒。 When it comes to studying Chinese, a language where people talk like singing, write like sketching, different characters