《我的中国故事》是一本关于马克?力文在中国生活、工作和旅行的故事集。2005年,马克?力文来到中国,先在江苏淮安当英语老师,后来到北京。他爱上了中国,从那以后一直没有离开过。他的生活变得丰富起来。他开始写歌,边弹吉他边唱他创作的歌。后来,他开始跟朋友们写信,讲述他的见闻。他的朋友觉得他的故事对广大想了解中国人的外国人大有益处。
他努力了解学生的生活,并和当地官员交朋友。他想了解中国人看问题的视角。他的故事将为那些对中国好奇但还不熟悉中国的海外读者提供一个理解中国人生活方式的途径,或许他们也能跟他一样,把自己对中国人的点滴认识汇集起来。
从如何在你不会说中文的情况下考取驾照,到如何看懂中国版的《美国偶像》——《星光大道》,再到如何看待中国的春节,力文先生在书中为我们展示了友谊的价值。看过本书,你会钦佩中国年轻人所具有的毅力。他们努力打造自己的生活,并且在友谊的陪伴下,走在人生旅程中。
Stories from My Chinese Journey is a collection of stories about Mark Levine’s experiences living, working and traveling in China. He started out in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province, teaching English in 2005 and then came to Beijing. He fell in love with China and has never left. First he began to write songs and sing them along with his guitar. Then he began to write to friends about what he was experiencing, and they saw his stories as helpful to a wider range of people wanting to understand the people of China.
He went out of his way to learn about the lives of his students and befriend local officials. He wanted to understand the Chinese perspective. His stories will give those readers who are curious but still unfamiliar with China a way to appreciate how people here live their lives and perhaps, like Dr. Levine, glean their own insights about the Chinese people.
From how to get a driver’s license if you don''t speak Chinese and how to get on the Chinese version of American Idol, to expat movie extras, Chinese wedding rituals and a real look at Chinese New Year in the countryside, Dr. Levine shows us the value of friendship in China and the perseverance of the country’s young people, who are on journeys of their own.
關於作者:
马克 力文出生于洛杉矶一个美籍犹太人家庭。取得社会学博士学位后,他成为了一名全职志愿者,帮助低收入工人组织获得共生存和同奋斗的途径,以改变他们的贫穷状况。 在近30年的时间里,莱文先生在美国各地的许多社区从事这项工作,并得到了这些社区的支持。
力文先生在一个勤劳的家庭中长大。他的父母经营着自己的生意,也在外打工。自幼时起,直到上大学,他都一直跟着父母一起工作。因此,他深知工作对于实现正义、公众、友谊等真正有价值的东西的重要性。
他对中国的第一个记忆是父母告诉他不要浪费粮食,因为中国的许多儿童还在挨饿。他第二个记忆来自20世纪70年代,那时中国开放了,随后新闻媒体对中国兴趣大增。一次媒体采访了一位中国妇女,当被问到她丈夫哪一点最好时,她回答说是他的政治思想好。那时,这个说法听起来很奇怪。
2005年,力文博士来中国当英语老师。目前,他在中央民族大学教书,业余时间写歌、唱歌。
如今他已到过20个省份,大小城市、城镇和乡村都去过。作为一名讲师、歌手、旅行家以及演讲和辩论教练,他与近200所大学的学生、教职工、领导,以及各个年龄段的人、每个民族的人有过接触。
Mark Levine was born in Los Angeles to a post-Holocaust American Jewish family. After getting a Ph.D. in sociology, he volunteered full time at organizations for low-income workers. Dr. Levine did this in many communities across the United States for nearly 30 years.
His first memory related to China is his parents telling him not to waste food because many children in China were starving. His second memory is from the 1970s, when China opened and he saw an interview with a Chinese woman. Asked what she considered her husband’s best feature, she said it was his political ideology. At the time it seemed a strange thing for her to say.
Dr. Levine came to China as an English teacher in 2005. He has visited 20 provinces and been to villages, towns and cities large and small. As a lecturer, singer and tourist as well as a speaking and debating coach, he has met students, faculty and administrators from close to 200 universities. He has also met people of all ages and from most of China’s 56 ethnic groups.
目錄:
Introduction
Chapter One:Huai''an
My Welcome to China
My Students'' Castles in the Air
Huai''an Office of International Relations
My First Trip out of HuM''an to Huaguoshan
Getting a Chinese Driver''s License
Chapter Two:Teaching English in Beijing
At Minzu University of China
Teaching at Beijing Dance Academy
I Love English.I Would Die for English!
Issues in English Education
Classmates
Chapter Three:Life in China
Fu Han
Spring Festival in the Countryside
Love, Marriage and Parents
Chinese Weddings
Names
Do You Like Chinese Food?
Number 5!
Acting in China
Chapter Four:Honoring the Past and the Future
Israel Epstein and Huang Wanbi
They Helped to Build New China
Huai''an -- Promise of the Future
The Chinese Dream
AppendixSongs Written by Mark Levine