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白岩松：我的故事以及背后的中国梦过去的20年，中国一直在跟美国的三任总统打交道。
但是，今天到了耶鲁大学我才知道，其实它只跟一所学校打交道。
透过这三位总统我也明白了，耶鲁大学毕业生的水准也并不是很平均。
接下来，就进入我们今天的主题，如果要起个题目的话，应该叫《我的故事以及背后的中国梦》。
那一年，我们更应该记住的是马丁·路德·金先生遇刺。
虽然，那一年他倒下了，但是“我有一个梦想”的这句话却真正地站了起来，不仅在美国站了起来，也在全世界站了起来。
我要讲五个年份，第一要讲的年份是1968年。
那一年我出生了。
但是，那一年世界非常乱，在法国有巨大的街头的骚乱……在美国也有，然后美国总统候选人罗伯特·肯尼迪遇刺了(他的哥哥约翰·肯尼迪总统在1963年遇刺)。
但是，的确这一切的原因都与我无关(哄堂大笑)。
那一年，我们更应该记住的是马丁·路德·金先生遇刺。
虽然，那一年他倒下了，但是“我有一个梦想”的这句话却真正地站了起来，不仅在美国站了起来，也在全世界站了起来。
但是，当时很遗憾，不仅仅是我，几乎很多的中国人并不知道这个梦想。
因为当时中国人，每一个人很难说拥有自己的梦想，将自己的梦想变成了一个国家的梦想，甚至是领袖的一个梦想。
中国与美国的距离非常遥远，不亚于月亮与地球之间的距离。
但是我并不关心这一切，我只关心我是否可以吃饱。
很显然，我的出生非常不是时候，不仅对于当时的中国来说，对于世界来说，似乎都有些问题(众笑)。
1978年，10年之后，我10岁了。
我依然生活在我出生的地方，那个只有20万人的非常非常小的城市。
它离北京的距离有2000公里，它要想了解北京出的报纸的话，要在三天之后才能看见。
所以，对于我们来说，是不存在新闻这个说法的(众笑)。
那一年，我的爷爷去世了。
而在两年前的时候，我的父亲去世了。
所以，只剩下我母亲一个人抚养我们哥儿俩，她一个月的工资不到10美元。
布什在耶鲁大学英语演讲稿：人人都可能当总统Everyone Can Be a President人人都能成为总统美国第43任总统乔治布什在耶鲁大学的演讲(中英文)To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C studentsI say, you, too, can be President of the United States. 对于那些表现杰出、获得各种奖项和荣誉的同学，我要说，你们真棒!对于那些C等生，我要说，你们将来也可以当美国总统!Remarks by the President in mencement Address Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Listen to the President’s RemarksTHE PRESIDENT: President Levin, thank you very much. Dean Brodhead, fellows of the Yale Corporation, fellow Yale parents, families, and graduates: It’s a special privilege to receive this honorary degree. I was proud 33 years ago to receive my first Yale degree. I’m even prouder that in your eyes I’ve earned this one.I con gratulate my fellow honorees. I’m pleased to share this honor with such a distinguished group. I’m particularly pleased to be here with my friend, the former of Mexico. Senor Presidente, usted es un verdadero lider, y un gran amigo. (Applause.)I congr atulate all the parents who are here. It’s a glorious day when your child graduates from college. It’s a great day for you; it’s a great day for your wallet. (Laughter.)Most important, congratulations to the class of 202X. (Applause.) To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students -- (applause) -- I say, you, too, can be President of the United States. (Laughter and applause.) A Yale degree is worth a lot, as I often remind Dick Cheney -- (laughter) -- who studied here, but left a little early. So now we know -- if you graduate from Yale, you bee President. If you drop out, you get to be Vice President. (Laughter.)I appreciate so very much the chance to say a few words on this occasion.I know Yale has a tradition of having no mencement speaker. I also know that you’ve carved out a single exception. Most people think that to speak at Yale’s mencement, you have to be President. But over the years, the specifications have bee far more demanding. Now you have to be a Yale graduate, you have to be President, and you have had to have lost the Yale vote to Ralph Nader. ( Applause.)This is my first time back here in quite a while. I’m sure that each of you will make your own journey back at least a few times in your life. If you’re like me, you won’t remember everything you did here. (Laughter.) That can be a good thing. (Laughter.) But there will be some people, and some moments, you will never forget.Take, for example, my old classmate, Dick Brodhead, the acplished dean of this great university. (Applause.) I remember him as a young scholar, a bright lad -- (laughter) -- a hard worker. We both put a lot of time in at the Sterling Library, in the reading room, where they have those big leather couches. (Laughter.) We had a mutual understanding -- Dick wouldn’t read aloud, and I wouldn’t snore. (Laughter.)Our course selections were different, as we followed our own path to academic discovery. Dick was an English major, and loved the classics.I loved history, and pursued a persified course of study. I like to think of it as the academic road less traveled. (Laughter.)For example, I took a class that studied Japanese Haiku. Haiku, for the uninitiated, is a 15th century form of poetry, each poem having 17 syllables. Haiku is fully understood only by the Zen masters. As I recall, one of my academic advisers was worried about my selection of such a specialized course. He said I should focus on English. (Laughter.) I still hear that quite oft en. ( Laughter.) But my critics don’t realize I don’t make verbal gaffes. I’m speaking in the perfect forms and rhythms ofancient Haiku. (Applause.)I did take English here, and I took a class called The History and Practice of American Oratory, taught by Rollin G. Osterweis. (Applause.) And, President Levin, I want to give credit where credit is due. I want the entire world to know this -- everything I know about the spoken word, I learned right here at Yale. (Laughter.)As a student, I tried to keep a low profile. It worked. Last year the New York Times interviewed John Morton Blum because the record showed I had taken one of his courses. Casting his mind’s eye over the parade of young faces down through the years, Professor Blum said, and I quote, I don’t have the foggiest recollection of him. (Laughter.)But I remember Professor Blum. And I still recall his dedication and high standards of learning. In my time there were many great professors at Yale. And there still are. They’re the ones who keep Yale going after the mencements, after we have all gone our separate ways. I’m not sureI remembered to thank them the last time I was here, but now that I havea second chance, I thank the professors of Yale University. (Applause.)That’s how I’ve e to feel about the Yale experience -- grateful. I studied hard, I played hard, and I made a lot of lifelong friends. What stays with you from college is the part of your education you hardly ever notice at the time. It’s the expectations and examples a round you, the ideals you believe in, and the friends you make.In my time, they spoke of the Yale man. I was really never sure what that was. But I do think that I’m a better man because of Yale. All universities, at their best, teach that degrees and honors are far from the full measure of life. Nor is that measure taken in wealth or in titles. What matters most are the standards you live by, the consideration you show others, and the way you use the gifts you are given.Now you leave Yale behind, carrying the written proof of your successhere, at a college older than America. When I left here, I didn’t have much in the way of a life plan. I knew some people who thought they did. But it turned out that we were all in for ups and downs, most of them unexpected. Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story. And along the way, we start to realize we are not the author. We begin to understand that life is ours to live, but not to waste, and that the greatest rewards are found in the mitments we make with our whole hearts -- to the people we love and to the causes that earn our sacrifice. I hope that each of you will know these rewards. I hope you will find them in your own way and your own time.For some, that might mean some time in public service. And if you hear that calling, I hope you answer. Each of you has unique gifts and you were given them for a reason. Use them and share them. Public service is one way -- an honorable way -- to mark your life with meaning.Today I visit not only my alma mater, but the city of my birth. My life began just a few blocks from here, but I was raised in West Texas. From there, Yale always seemed a world away, maybe a part of my future. Now it’s part of my past, and Yale for me is a source of great pride.I hope that there will e a time for you to return to Yale to say that, and feel as I do today. And I hope you won’t wait as long. Congratulations and God bless. (Applause.)END人人都可能当总统布什在耶鲁大学的演讲我很荣幸能在这个场合发表演讲。
2014年入党思想汇报：观《我的故事以及背后的中国梦》有感就在几天前邂逅一段视屏——白岩松在耶鲁大学的演讲《我的故事以及背后的中国梦》，让我颇有感触。
他用每个十年来阐述他的故事，和祖国每隔十年的成长贯穿起来，不仅是祖国日新月异的发展还有渐渐成长起来的中国梦。
从马丁路德金的倒下，到“i have a dream”的站起，再到中文版的“我有一个梦想”的站起，很容易发现梦想的力量。
白岩松说过，在他年轻的时候，他觉得梦想这个词离他遥远，但是今天的中国梦不再只是一个国家的梦，已经渐渐地上升到每个人身上。
然而情况不容乐观，当代的大学生有多少都还处于迷茫的困境。
作为其中的一员，深感惭愧，因为“我有一个梦想”并没有真正的在我们身上站起来。
或许我们有着很多的希望，也在不断地提升自己的素质，但被问及“你的梦想是什么？”时，却说不出所以然出来，感觉好大，好空。
有种悲观论“理想很丰满，显示很骨感”似乎很流行，越来越现实的思想观风靡着，或许这也是梦被埋没的原因。
我觉得，可能是是历的太少，还没能刺激到内心最深处的需求，之所以迷茫，因为每天都忙碌着昨天的忙碌，越来越觉得自己需要去接触新事物，而不是碌碌无为。
我需要拥有一双敏锐的眼睛，试着去发现藏在我心中的那个梦。
李开复给中国学生的信中提到过，需要告诉我们的不是从优秀到卓越，而是从迷茫到积极。
他早就看到了很多中国学生的弊病了。
“梦想”这个词离我们还没有那么近，我们常常被别人的思想观念左右着，什么样的工作可以带给我们多大的经济收入？什么样的人才是社会的稀缺资源？等等。
有时候我在想这样一个问题，来到这个世界我们到底是为了生存还是生活，当然首先要解决的肯定是生存问题，但能带给我们精神上的愉悦一点也不亚于物质的享受。
之前，我看了一些名人的传记，之所以成为时代的引领者，除了一些可贵的品质，他们有一个共同的特点：他们知道自己想要的是什么。
有的人很幸运的没有走多少弯路就发现了，有的人大器晚成是因为一波三折，但是他们都找到了。
Hello everyone! To first-year, transfer, and Eli Whitney students: Welcome to Yale! I also extend a warm welcome to all the family members and friends who join me in recognizing this milestone in your lives.大家好！所有大一新生们、转校生、Eli Whitney项目的学生们：欢迎来到耶鲁!也欢迎各位耶鲁家属和朋友的加入，与我一起见证你们人生中的重要时刻。
Today we begin a new academic year at a time of significant upheaval. Historically, social conflict and disease pandemics have catalyzed change, and so we should not be surprised that many are calling now for further transformation of our society.新学年始于一个非常动荡的时期。
过去的一段时间里，社会冲突和疫情让一切发生了改变。
如今，许多人期望我们的社会实现进一步的变革，我们对此也不感到惊讶。
We are dealing with two parallel crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial inequality and injustice rooted in our country’s history of slavery and still facing us today. We have all been affected by these challenges, especially members of Black and brown communities who bear the brunt of these burdens.摆在我们面前的是双重危机：新冠肺炎疫情，和种族不平等、不公正的问题。
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And to the C students—I say, you, too, can be President of the United States. 对于那些表现杰出、获得各种奖项和荣誉的同学，我要说，你们真棒!对于那些C等生，我要说，你们将来也可以当美国总统!Remarks by the President in Commencement Address Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Listen to the President's RemarksTHE PRESIDENT: President Levin, thank you very much. Dean Brodhead, fellows of the Yale Corporation, fellow Yale parents, families, and graduates: It's a special privilege to receive this honorary degree. I was proud 33 years ago to receive my first Yale degree. I'm even prouder that in your eyes I've earned this one.I congratulate my fellow honorees. I'm pleased to share this honor with such a distinguished group. I'm particularly pleased to be here with my friend, the former of Mexico. SenorPresidente, usted es un verdadero lider, y un gran amigo. (Applause.)I congratulate all the parents who are here. It's a glorious day when your child graduates from college. It's a great day for you; it's a great day for your wallet. (Laughter.) Most important, congratulations to the class of 20XX. (Applause.) To those of you who received honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students -- (applause) -- I say, you, too, can be President of the United States. (Laughter and applause.) A Yale degree is worth a lot, as I often remind Dick Cheney -- (laughter) -- who studied here, but left a little early. So now we know -- if you graduate from Yale, you become President. If you drop out, you get to be Vice President. (Laughter.)I appreciate so very much the chance to say a few words on this occasion. I know Yale has a tradition of having no commencement speaker. I also know that you've carved out a single exception. Most people think that to speak at Yale's commencement, you have to be President. But over the years, the specifications have become far more demanding. Now you have to be a Yale graduate, you have to be President, and you have had to have lost the Yale vote to Ralph Nader. ( Applause.)This is my first time back here in quite a while. I'm sure that each of you will make your own journey back at least a few times in your life. If you're like me, you won't remember everything you did here. (Laughter.) That can be a good thing. (Laughter.) But there will be some people, and some moments, you will never forget.Take, for example, my old classmate, Dick Brodhead, the accomplished dean of this great university. (Applause.) I remember him as a young scholar, a bright lad -- (laughter) -- a hard worker. We both put a lot of time in at the Sterling Library, in the reading room, where they have those big leather couches. (Laughter.) We had a mutual understanding -- Dick wouldn't read aloud, and I wouldn't snore. (Laughter.) Our course selections were different, as we followed our own path to academic discovery. Dick was an English major, and loved the classics. I loved history, and pursued a diversified course of study. I like to think of it as the academic road less traveled. (Laughter.)For example, I took a class that studied Japanese Haiku. Haiku, for the uninitiated, is a 15th century form of poetry, each poem having 17 syllables. Haiku is fully understood only by the Zen masters. As I recall, one of my academic adviserswas worried about my selection of such a specialized course. He said I should focus on English. (Laughter.) I still hear that quite often. ( Laughter.) But my critics don't realize I don't make verbal gaffes. I'm speaking in the perfect forms and rhythms of ancient Haiku. (Applause.)I did take English here, and I took a class called "The History and Practice of American Oratory," taught by Rollin G. Osterweis. (Applause.) And, President Levin, I want to give credit where credit is due. I want the entire world to know this -- everything I know about the spoken word, I learned right here at Yale. (Laughter.)As a student, I tried to keep a low profile. It worked. Last year the New York Times interviewed John Morton Blum because the record showed I had taken one of his courses. Casting his mind's eye over the parade of young faces down through the years, Professor Blum said, and I quote, "I don't have the foggiest recollection of him." (Laughter.)But I remember Professor Blum. And I still recall his dedication and high standards of learning. In my time there were many great professors at Yale. And there still are. They're the ones who keep Yale going after the commencements, after we have all gone our separate ways. I'm not sure I remembered to thankthem the last time I was here, but now that I have a second chance, I thank the professors of Yale University. (Applause.)That's how I've come to feel about the Yale experience -- grateful. I studied hard, I played hard, and I made a lot of lifelong friends. What stays with you from college is the part of your education you hardly ever notice at the time. It's the expectations and examples around you, the ideals you believe in, and the friends you make.In my time, they spoke of the "Yale man." I was really never sure what that was. But I do think that I'm a better man because of Yale. All universities, at their best, teach that degrees and honors are far from the full measure of life. Nor is that measure taken in wealth or in titles. What matters most are the standards you live by, the consideration you show others, and the way you use the gifts you are given.Now you leave Yale behind, carrying the written proof of your success here, at a college older than America. When I left here, I didn't have much in the way of a life plan. I knew some people who thought they did. But it turned out that we were all in for ups and downs, most of them unexpected. Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story. And along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.We begin to understand that life is ours to live, but not to waste, and that the greatest rewards are found in the commitments we make with our whole hearts -- to the people we love and to the causes that earn our sacrifice. I hope that each of you will know these rewards. I hope you will find them in your own way and your own time.For some, that might mean some time in public service. And if you hear that calling, I hope you answer. Each of you has unique gifts and you were given them for a reason. Use them and share them. Public service is one way -- an honorable way -- to mark your life with meaning.Today I visit not only my alma mater, but the city of my birth. My life began just a few blocks from here, but I was raised in West Texas. From there, Yale always seemed a world away, maybe a part of my future. Now it's part of my past, and Yale for me is a source of great pride.I hope that there will come a time for you to return to Yale to say that, and feel as I do today. And I hope you won't wait as long. Congratulations and God bless. (Applause.) END人人都可能当总统——布什在耶鲁大学的演讲我很荣幸能在这个场合发表演讲。
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那是一个我们在座的所有人都该记住的年份：1978年的12月16日，中国与美国正式建交，那是一个大事件。
而在中美建交两天之后，12月18日，中国共产党十一届三中全会召开了，那是中国改革开放31年的开始。
历史将两个伟大的国家、一个非常可怜的家庭就如此戏剧性地交织在一起，不管是小的家庭，还是大的国家，其实当时谁都没有把握知道未来是什么样的。
接下来的年份，该讲1988年了，那一年我20岁。
这个时候我已经从边疆的小城市来到了北京，成为一个大学生。
虽然，今天在中国依然还有很多的人在抨击中国的高考制度，认为它有很多很多的缺陷。
但是，必须承认正是高考的存在，让我们这样一个又一个非常普通的孩子，拥有了改变命运的机会。
当然，这个时候美国已经不再是一个很遥远的国家，它变得很具体，它也不再是那个过去口号当中的“美帝国主义”（众笑并鼓掌），而是变成了生活中很多的细节。
这个时候，我已经第一次尝试过可口可乐，而且喝完可口可乐之后会觉得中美两个国家真的是如此接近（众笑）。
因为，它几乎就跟中国的中药是一样的（众笑）。
那个时候，我已经开始非常狂热地去喜欢上摇滚乐。
那个时候，正是迈克尔·杰克逊长得比较漂亮的时候（哄堂大笑）。
更重要的是，这个时候的中国，已经开始发生了非常大的变化。
因为，改革已经进行了10年。
那一年，中国开始尝试放开很多商品的价格。
这在你们看来是非常不可思议的事情。
但是，在中国当时是一个很大的迈进，因为过去的价格都是由政府来决定的。
就在那一年，因为放开了价格，引起了全国疯狂地抢购，大家都觉得这个时候会有多久呢？于是，要把一辈子用的食品和用品，都买回到家里头。
英语演讲开场白(精选多篇)第一篇：英语演讲的开场白英语演讲开场白：欢迎听众(正式)- welcome to our company- i am pleased to be able to welcome you to our company...- i'd like to thank you for coming.- may i take this opportunity of thanking you for coming英语演讲开场白：欢迎听众(非正式)- i'm glad you could all get here...- i'm glad to see so many people here.- it's great to be back here.- hello again everybody. thank you for being on time/making the effort to come today.- welcome to x part ii.英语演讲开场白：受邀请在会议上致词- i am delighted/pleased/glad to have the opportunity to present/of making this presentation...- i am grateful for the opportunity to present...- i'd like to thank you for inviting/asking me/giving me the chance to...- good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentleman- it's my pleasant duty today to...- i've been asked to...英语演讲开场白：告知演讲的话题- the subject of my presentation is...- i shall be speaking today about...- my presentation concerns...- today's topic is...- today we are here to give a presentation on...- today we are here to talk about...before we start, i'd like you meet my team members...- a brief look at today's agenda...(告诉听众所讲内容的先后顺序) - before we start our presentation, let's take a brief look at the agenda...- i shall be offering a brief analysis of...- the main area that i intend to cover in this presentation is...- take a moment and think of...- thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you about...英语演讲开场白：告诉听众发言的长度- during the next ten minutes, i shall...- i shall be speaking for about ten minutes...- my presentation will last for about ten minutes...- i won't take up more than ten minutes of your time...- i don't intend to speak for longer than ten minutes...- i know that time is short, so i intend to keep this brief第二篇：英语演讲开场白如何在聊天网站打开话题conversation starters on internet chat sites“嗨，我在网上遭遇了各种各样的奇人。
白岩松，央视主持人，1968年8月20日出生于内蒙古自治区呼伦贝尔市，毕业于中国传媒大学新闻系，主持《新闻周刊》、《感动中国》、《新闻1+1》等节目，以其“轻松、快乐、富有趣味”的主持风格，深受观众喜欢。
以下是为大家整理的关于白岩松演讲稿，给大家作为参考，欢迎阅读!白岩松演讲稿篇1：我的故事及背后的中国梦中央电视台主持人白岩松2022年3月31日在美国耶鲁大学发表演讲过去的二十年，中国一直在跟美国的三任总统打交道，但是今天到了耶鲁我才知道，其实只跟一所学校打交道。
但是透过这三位总统我也明白了，耶鲁大学的毕业生的水准也并不很平均。
接下来就进入我们这个主题，或许要起个题目的话应该叫《我的故事以及背后的中国梦》。
我要讲五个年份，第一要讲的年份是1968年。
那一年我出生了。
但是那一年世界非常乱，在法国有巨大的街头的骚乱，在美国也有，然后美国的总统肯尼迪遇刺了，但是的确这一切的原因都与我无关。
那一年我们更应该记住的是马丁路德金先生遇刺，虽然那一年他倒下了，但是“我有一个梦想”的这句话却真正地站了起来，不仅在美国站起来，也在全世界站起来。
但是当时很遗憾，不仅仅是我，几乎很多的中国人并不知道这个梦想，因为当时中国人，很难说拥有自己的梦想，因为梦想变成了一个国家的梦想甚至是领袖的一个梦想。
中国与美国的距离非常遥远，不亚于月亮与地球之间的距离。
但是我并不关心这一切，我只关系我是否可以吃饱。
因为我刚出生两个月就跟随父母被关进了wxdgm 特有的一种牛棚。
因此我的爷爷为了给我送进牛奶吃，要跟看守进行非常激烈的搏斗。
很显然，我的出生非常不是时候，不仅对于当时的中国来说，对于世界来说，似乎都有些问题。
1978年，十年之后。
我十岁，我依然生活在我出生的地方，那个只有二十万人的地方。
你要知道，在中国它是一个非常非常小的城市，它离北京的距离有两千公里。
要想了解北京出的报纸的话，需要在三天之后才能看见，所以对于我们来说，是不存在新闻这个说法。
My Story and the Chinese Dream Behind It(2009-05-09 12:44:25)标签：my story and the chinese dream behind it 我的故事背后的中国梦杂谈分类：原书原文Here is a translation of his speech for your consumption.--------------------------------------------My Story and the Chinese Dream Behind ItIn the past twenty years, China has faced three American presidents, but till coming to Yale today, I never realized that China really just faced one university. Although, through these three presidents, I understand that the quality of Yale graduates is not so even.Let me begin my main subject and let me give it a title, called “My Story and the Chinese Dream Behind It”. I want to talk about five particular years. The first is 1968. That year I was born. But it was also a chaotic year for the world. In France, there was this huge street disturbance, and in America, too. Then President Kennedy was assassinated. However, I really did not cause all of these! But that year what •we remember more was the assassination of Mr. Martin Luther King. Although he fell that year, his words “I have a dream”stood up, not only stood up in America, but across the whole world.But sadly, not only for me, but for almost all Chinese, we did not know such a dream. It was hard to describe each Chinese as having his or her own dream. China and America were so far apart, no less far apart than the Moon and the Earth. But I didn’t care about any of that. All I cared about was could I have a full meal. Clearly, I was born at a very inconvenient time, not only for China, but even for the world, there were problems.In 1978, ten years later, I was 10. I still lived in the very little city that had only 200 thousand people at the time I was born. It was 2000 km from Beijing. Ifyou wanted to read the newspaper from Beijing, you waited three days. So for us, there was no such thing as news. That year my grandfather passed away. Two years before that my father passed away. So there was just my mother left to take care of me and my brother. Her monthly salary was not even ten dollars. As a result, even though I was 10, the word “dream” was still not in my vocabulary, and I would never think of it. I could not see hope in this family, but only felt bitter cold every winter. Where we lived was close to the Soviet Union. Yet the 1978 in which I could not see hope was also the year that a huge change took place, whether for China or for the relationship between China and America. That is a date that everybody here today should remember.December 16, 1978, China and America officially established diplomatic relations. That was a big event. And two days after that, December 18 was when China opened the 3rd Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Central Committee. That was the beginning of thirty-one years of Reform and Opening. History, two great nations, and a very pitiful family all became intertwined in a theatrical way. Truthfully, from the small personal family, to the big family of the country, nobody then had any idea what the future would be like.In 1988, I was 20. At this time I had already come out of the little border town to Beijing as a university student. Although we have many people in China today criticizing China’s university entrance exams and see many many deficiencies in it, it must be said that it is such a system that allowed very ordinary people like me to have the opportunity to change our lives. Of course, at that time, America was no longer a very distant country. It became very specific. It was no longer the “Imperialist America” of the past slogans, but it became the many details in our lives. This was the first time that I tasted Coca-Cola. When I finished drinking it I believed China and America were truly so close, because it tasted just like Chinese medicine.That was a time when I took a crazy liking to rock’n’roll. That was a time when Michael Jackson still looked relatively handsome. More importantly, that was a time when China experienced very big transformations, as Reform and Opening had already gone on for ten years. That year, China began experimenting with market pricing for many goods. It may feel like something totally incomprehensible to you, but it was abig deal in China, a huge step, because before that the prices were decided by the government. But in that year, because price controls were relaxed, the whole country went on a crazy shopping spree. Everybody all thought, how long could this last, so they had to get a whole life’s worth of food and goods to bring home. That year symbolized that China marched closer and closer to a market economy.Of course back then nobody knew that market economy could also have a subprime crisis. Anyway, I know that 1988 was an extra important year for Yale, because a Yale alum once again became an American President.In 1998, I was 30. I had already become a news anchor at CCTV. More importantly, I had become the father of a one-year-old child. That year a very important thing happened between China and America, and the protagonist was Clinton. Perhaps you remember his sexual scandal in America, but in China what we remember is his visit to China that year. In June, when he visited China, he and President Jiang Zemin held an open press conference in the Great Hall of the People. Then he gave an open lecture at Peking University. The live anchor for both events was me.During Clinton’s lecture at Peking University, because he used his own translator the whole time, I guessed that many Chinese viewers only knew that Clinton was definitely saying something, but what he said wasn’t all that clear. So near the end of my live broadcast, I remarked that it looked like for America to learn more about China, sometimes it needed to start with language, though for our two countries, face-to-face was always better than back-to-back. It was also at the beginning of that year that I drove the first car in my life. For me this was unimaginable before, that Chinese people one day would also drive their own cars. A personal delight can also make a lasting impression, because sometimes the first time is the most unforgettable.In 2008, I was 40. The words “I have a dream” that haven’t been discussed for many years now were heard among so many Americans. It seemed like Obama really did not want to accept Yale’s 20-year occupation of America. Using words like “change” and “dream”, he even convinced Yale teachers and students to parade and celebrate his election to the Presidency, according to what I’ve heard.But this was also a year in which the Chinese Dream showed clearly. After encountering many setbacks as any grand dream in the world is destined to, it came through. Whether it was the long-awaited Beijing Olympics, or the first spacewalk by a Chinese aboard the Shenzhou 7, these were all dreams which we have waited for a long time since a long time ago. But the sudden Sichuan Earthquake made all this not as magnificent as we had expected. Eighty-thousand lives departed, and made every day of 2008 seem like a year. I’m guessing that on Yale’s campus, on every web site, in front of television and newspapers, were also many people from China, and people in all parts of the world, who shed tears for these lost lives. Just like forty years ago when Mr. Martin Luther King fell but allowed the words “I have a dream”to stand higher, more enduring, and seem ever more valuable, more Chinese people also came to understand that dreams are important, but lives are even more so.During the Olympics, I passed my own fortieth birthday. That day I was full of emotional thoughts, because when the day of my birthday approached, I was broadcasting an exciting competition. Twenty-four hours later, when my birthday was passing, I was still broadcasting. But that day I felt very fortunate. Because it was such a special fortieth birthday at the Beijng Olympics that made me realize the Chinese Dream behind my personal story.It was in this kind of forty years that I went from a far-away border-town kid who had no possibility of having a dream, to a newsman who could be at a big festival celebrated with all of humanity and who could communicate and share the happiness with them. This was a life story that took place in China. And in this year, China and America were not far apart. There was a bit of me in you and a bit of you in me, we needed each other. It was said that President Bush spent the longest time in any country abroad as President, and that was during the Beijing Olympics. Phelps took eight medals there, and his family was there by his side. All Chinese wished that extraordinary family well. Of course, every dream will pass. In such a year, China and America almost simultaneously found their new “I have a dream” moment, and it was so coincidental, and so deserving.America is facing a very very difficult financial crisis, and it isn’t only America,but it affects the whole world seriously. Yesterday I got to New York. As soon as I deplaned, I went to Wall Street. There I saw the statue of President Washington. His gaze was permanently fixed on the huge American flag on the stock exchange. Interestingly, the hall behind the statue was holding an exhibition on “President Lincoln in New York”, so President Lincoln’s huge portrait was also on it, and he also gazed at the flag. I felt the very solemn weight of history. When I left there, I told my colleague this. I said, many many years ago, if something like this befell America, perhaps Chinese people would have taken pleasure, because see, America is miserable again. But today, Chinese people would especially wish that America get better soon. Because we have hundreds of billions worth of money with America. We also have a huge quantity of products waiting to be put on freighters and sent to America. If America’s economy takes a step for the better, it means behind these products, another Chinese gets a raise, it means he regains his employment and happiness in the family.In the past 30 years, I don’t know if you’ve noticed the Chinese Dream that is relevant to more and more ordinary Chinese people. I don’t know what other country in this world, in the past 30 years, has changed the individual fates at this magnitude.A kid from a remote small city on the periphery, a kid in despair, today has the chance to have an exchange with these Yale students. Maybe we can change the viewpoint, and look at 1.3 billion very ordinary Chinese, their down-to-earth dreams, their impulsive drive to change their fates, their still kindhearted temperament, and their diligent character. Today’s China is made up of these words I just spoke.In the past many years, Chinese seemed to be looking at America through a telescope. So everything good that is in America was magnified by this telescope. Frequently people mentioned America was like this and like that, then look at us, when can we be like that. In the past many years, Americans also seemed to be looking at China through a telescope, but I am guessing they held it backwards. Because what they saw was a diminished, always-doing-wrong, full-of-problems China. They overlooked 1.3 very ordinary Chinese people and this impulsive drive and urge of theirs to change their fate, which caused such huge transformations in our country. But I also always had this dream: why do we need to use telescopes to look at each other?Of course I hope very many Americans have a chance to go see China, and not to look at China through the media. You know I don’t really trust all of my colleagues. I’m just kidding. Actually I respect my American colleagues very much. I only hope that more and more American friends go to see a real China. Because I can at least guarantee one thing. Even if in America you ate what was deemed to be the best Chinese food, in won’t fetch a good price in China. Just like many many years ago, in every city of China there was this popular “California Beef Noodle” shop. Many Chinese all thought, anything from America was definitely very very tasty. So they all went to eat. Although it was not very tasty, they didn’t complain because they knew it was from America. This fast-food chain existed in China for many years, until more and more Chinese people came to America, and searched every corner of California for a California Beef Noodle shop, and could not find a single one. Only then did more and more Chinese know that California doesn’t have such beef noodle, so this chain store in China is in the process of disappearing. This is the kind of discrepancy I am talking about. As we come and go, such misunderstandings will be fewer and fewer.So lastly I just want to say one thing again. Forty years ago, when Mr. Martin Luther King fell down, his words “I have a dream” spread across the world. But, you must know that there is not just an English version of “I have a dream.” In the distant East, in the China that has held on for thousands of years, there is also a dream. It isn’t a grandiose slogan, it doesn’t lie with the government. It belongs to every ordinary Chinese. It is “I have a dream” written in Chinese.There are currently no comments highlighted.分享到新浪微博。
