留在武漢的外教:慶幸沒回國怎么回事？梅根夢露是哪里人？

親身經(jīng)歷武漢封城的美國加州女孩梅根夢露，從隔離第一天就開始在抖音上分享武漢的生活日常，希望為全世界有類似處境的人傳遞正能量，卻遭到了一些人的質(zhì)疑。

“現(xiàn)在很慶幸當(dāng)時(shí)沒回美國!”她也借演講的機(jī)會(huì)回應(yīng)質(zhì)疑：那些視頻不是什么宣傳(propaganda)!世界需要看看，中國為了抗擊疫情都做了什么。

梅根夢露 堅(jiān)守武漢的美籍教師“新時(shí)代大講堂”英文演講《其他國家都應(yīng)該借鑒中國防控疫情的經(jīng)驗(yàn)》(略有刪節(jié)，中文為譯文)

　　武漢是我去過最大的城市

我叫梅根夢露。我來到中國已經(jīng)98天了，其中56天在隔離，其余42天我都可以自由行動(dòng)。

My name is Megan Monroe. And I have been in China for 98 days. We've been quarantined for 56 of those days, and I’ve been free for 42 of those days.

我的公司叫Pro-Stage。我在這里是想給孩子們做好榜樣，將來打算成為戲劇、舞蹈和公共演講方面的教師。我們之前是與孩子一對一教學(xué)的，現(xiàn)在都是在線教學(xué)了。

I am part of a company called Pro-Stage. And I am over here so that I can be a good role model for kids and eventually become a theater, dance and public speech teacher.We got to work with the kids one on one and in person before. And now we've been working with students online.

我講講自己來做什么吧，去年10月左右，有人給我打電話，問我想不想去劇團(tuán)做藝術(shù)顧問。我問在哪，她說在中國。我在加州生活，從沒出過國，我就答應(yīng)了，來到了中國。

I'm going to tell you about what I'm doing here. I got a phone call around October of last year, 2019, asking me if I wanted to be an artistic adviser for a theatre company. When I asked the location, she said China. And being in California and never have going abroad before, I said, okay, sure. And here I am.

武漢是我去過最大的城市，我的故鄉(xiāng)只有30萬人口，武漢則有1130萬。

Wuhan is the biggest city that I have ever been in. My hometown had 300,000 people in it, and Wuhan is home to 11.3 million people.

武漢還有160多個(gè)湖泊，我住的公寓剛好在三角湖旁，就是三角形的湖。

There are over 160 lakes in Wuhan. And my apartment building just so happens to sit next to the Sanjiaohu, which is the triangle or Delta lake.

武漢的高樓大廈，我之前從沒見過。我現(xiàn)在住在10層，公寓共30層，我之前的家都只有一層。這里住的公寓和家里的房子，比起來還是很不一樣的。

I haven't seen buildings as big as the ones in Wuhan in my entire life. I currently live in a 30-story building on the 10th floor. And my entire life I lived in a single-story house. So it's a little bit different for me to be in an apartment than being in my home.

　　現(xiàn)在很慶幸當(dāng)時(shí)沒回美國

剛開始隔離的時(shí)候，我和北京的美國大使館聯(lián)系，他們過了幾天打給我，說可以幫我回國，暫時(shí)離開這里。

In the beginning of the quarantine, I got in contact with the U.S. embassy that's located in Beijing. And they called me back after a few days, saying that they could help me with departure assistance, so that I could get out of here.

但是，我要向美國繳納1100美元，就是7700元，才能坐飛機(jī)離開，再去那邊隔離14天。

But the United States is charging its citizens( $1,100) 7,700 yuan, to fly out of here and then get quarantine for two weeks.

我不想這樣浪費(fèi)錢，我媽媽也覺得待在這邊的公寓里，比跟許多人一起坐飛機(jī)要安全。

I didn't really want to waste my money on that. And my mom thought that I would be safer here in my apartment than on a plane with a lot of people.

我就留在了這里，我也在盡量保持樂觀的心態(tài)。我后悔過沒回家，但現(xiàn)在我很慶幸，因?yàn)槲矣袡C(jī)會(huì)跟許多人溝通，為大家提供真實(shí)、開放的信息。

So I'm just here and I'm trying to be positive about everything. And I wish I had gone home, but I'm glad that I didn't go home because I've been able to communicate with so many people and be a very real open news source for everybody.

　　用抖音視頻真實(shí)記錄武漢

隔離第一天，我們就開始在抖音上發(fā)視頻, 因?yàn)槲覀兿胝故鞠抡鎸?shí)的情況，然后這就成了我們傳播正能量的渠道。

We started making TikToks on the first day of the quarantine, because we wanted to exhibit what was actually happening. After that it's become our way of being positive news.

我們想展示出來，我們是怎么苦中求樂的。

So we try to show people the best of the worst situation that we're in.

我們發(fā)的內(nèi)容沒有虛假，全都很真實(shí)，我本來就是很積極向上的人，我只想把這份正能量傳遞給全世界有類似處境的所有人。

Nothing on there is really a lie. Everything's pretty honest because I'm a pretty positive person anyways. And I just wanna spread that positivity to people all around the world who are dealing with the same thing.

說起抖音，我其實(shí)一開始也沒想到以這種形式發(fā)布消息，但現(xiàn)在我們在抖音上的收獲最大，上面有很多積極的評論。

As far as TikTok goes, that's not the platform that I would have first thought to do for this kind of news, but it's been one of the most beneficial ones. There's a lot of positive comments on there.

　　“我沒有收政府的錢”

很多人說我是英雄，我覺得有點(diǎn)過獎(jiǎng)了，但我也很感激。

A lot of people are telling me that I'm a hero which I think is a little bit too far, but also I'm very gracious for that.

當(dāng)然也有人要我去死，說我發(fā)視頻是收了政府的錢，都是宣傳手段。

But some people are saying that they wish I would die and that the government is paying me to make these videos and that it's propaganda.

我這次就借中國日報(bào)的平臺(tái)說實(shí)話。我沒有收政府的錢，視頻不是宣傳手段，我也不會(huì)死，因?yàn)槲冶炔《緩?qiáng)大, 你們也是。

And here I am on real China Daily news to tell you.No, I'm not being paid by the government. It's not propaganda and I'm not gonna die because I'm stronger than this virus. And you are too.

我只希望給孩子們做好榜樣, 因?yàn)槲蚁Ｍ麄兡転樽约涸诤醯氖麓竽懓l(fā)聲, 以后也可以有自己的抖音賬號, 也會(huì)有人認(rèn)真聽他們的想法。

I just care about being a good role model for my kids, because I want them to be able to speak up about the things that are important to them and maybe someday have their own TikTok channels where they can have people listening to the important things they have to say.

我只是從自己的角度發(fā)布消息，美國有很多人面對病毒已經(jīng)抓狂了。

I'm just here to give the news from my perspective. A lot of people in the United States are freaking out about this virus.

我發(fā)視頻的時(shí)候，有人說，你是白人，肯定不會(huì)感染病毒。但病毒不是這樣的，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)擴(kuò)散到了全世界，并且與種族完全無關(guān)。

When I posted one of my videos, someone said, obviously, you're not going to get the virus because you're white. But that's not how the virus works. It's spread all over the world now. It doesn't care what your race is.

有人說病毒專門感染中國人。我覺得大家應(yīng)該各退一步，相互妥協(xié)一下，這樣才能消除疫情帶來的種種負(fù)面影響。

People that are saying that are just racist against Chinese people. So I think that everyone just needs to take a step back and meet each other in the middle, so that we can mitigate all of the negative effects that have been coming from this.

　　隔離前后的日常

我的日常生活也發(fā)生了很大變化。

My daily life has definitely changed.

隔離之前，我起床后就去公司完成工作，周末會(huì)出去采購，同時(shí)逛逛武漢。

Before the quarantine, I would wake up and come into the office and do various tasks. And I'd spend the weekends going grocery shopping and exploring the city of Wuhan.

有次我在地鐵上，一直坐到了終點(diǎn)站，最后到了東湖，那是武漢的著名景點(diǎn)，很美。那之后我就沒什么機(jī)會(huì)出去了。

One time I jumped onto the metro link and I just took it very far in one direction. And I ended up at East Lake, which is actually a really pretty lake that's famous in Wuhan.Since then I haven't really been able to go outside much.

隔離開始第一天，我們?nèi)コ? 蔬菜都被買光了, 大家都趕著搶方便面、大米，還有其他日用品。

On the first day when we went to the supermarket, all of the vegetables had been taken off of the shelves, and bought, and everybody was running around trying to get instant noodles and rice and other things for their home.

過幾天情況就好多了，可以去日常采購了。

After a couple of days, it settled down, and you could go to the grocery store pretty regularly.

但是隔離進(jìn)一步嚴(yán)格之后，食品雜貨都是專人送到社區(qū)了。我們的社區(qū)有專門的送貨員，你可以在線下單，買蔬菜、雞蛋、魚、大蒜什么的。

But then after the quarantine got more strict, they started delivering groceries to communities. In our community, they have grocery deliveries and you can order a big bag of vegetables or eggs and fish and garlic and stuff.

社區(qū)還有專人運(yùn)送大家訂的面包，就在籃球場上，用紙標(biāo)好各個(gè)訂單的名字，方便大家拿取自己的訂單。

Someone from the community will bring in a couple orders of bread and will stand out on the basketball court and knock off their name on the piece of paper, so that we can make sure that everybody's getting what they ordered.

　　應(yīng)借鑒中國經(jīng)驗(yàn)，齊心協(xié)力戰(zhàn)勝疫情

這段時(shí)間，中國人民真的百折不撓。效果也是顯著的，尤其是在武漢。

Chinese people have been very resilient during this time. And it makes a lot of sense, especially in Wuhan.

因?yàn)椴《具€在繼續(xù)擴(kuò)散，我覺得大家都該借鑒他國，尤其是借鑒中國，看中國怎么應(yīng)對疫情。

For when this virus continues to spread, I think that everyone needs to look at other countries and especially look towards China to see what China has done for this virus.

因?yàn)橹挥旋R心協(xié)力才能戰(zhàn)勝疫情。

Because we can only overcome this together.

　　延伸閱讀：

　　武漢歸來的背后，76天我們得到了什么

4月8日零點(diǎn)的鐘聲響起，戰(zhàn)疫中心武漢市解除離漢離鄂通道管控，有序恢復(fù)對外交通。九省通衢之地，天塹再變通途，時(shí)隔76天之后的開城時(shí)刻令人感慨萬千。復(fù)蘇的脈動(dòng)，親切的煙火氣，是如此清晰可感。

“一起擁抱熱干面吧!”來自全國各地的深情問候，道不盡重逢的喜悅。“武漢，回來了!”只有歷盡千辛萬苦，忍過風(fēng)雪寒冬的人，才會(huì)在鐘聲敲響、燈光絢爛的那一刻淚流滿面。76天，湖北武漢，這座經(jīng)歷過辛亥炮火、特大洪水、雨雪冰凍災(zāi)害等無數(shù)考驗(yàn)的城市，又一次贏得了“光榮戰(zhàn)役”。

“封閉一座城，守護(hù)一國人。”為阻斷新冠病毒向全國蔓延擴(kuò)散，這座面積相當(dāng)于5個(gè)倫敦、10個(gè)紐約或者83個(gè)巴黎的巨大城市，在庚子年伊始義無反顧地按下了“暫停鍵”，近千萬武漢人民顧大局、為大家，用一己“隔離屏障”，護(hù)山河手足無恙。對國家來說，這是“一個(gè)十分艱難的決定”;對湖北人民、武漢人民來說，這是感天動(dòng)地的犧牲奉獻(xiàn)。戰(zhàn)疫中，無數(shù)勇士沖鋒陷陣，劉智明、李文亮、彭銀華、夏思思等烈士更是獻(xiàn)出了寶貴的生命。逆行者的背影，讓我們看到了英雄之城的蕩氣回腸，記住了中華兒女的精神疆界。“全世界真的欠了武漢人民的情。”世衛(wèi)組織赴中國考察專家組負(fù)責(zé)人艾爾沃德談及武漢見聞，動(dòng)容感慨。

武漢的封閉與重啟，對全國疫情防控格局都有著標(biāo)志性意義。武漢的76天，也是全國的76天;武漢的艱苦歲月，也是全國的戰(zhàn)疫縮影。為了打贏武漢保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)、湖北保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)，整個(gè)中國開足馬力，社會(huì)各界廣泛動(dòng)員，無數(shù)眼神凝望、無數(shù)力量匯集、無數(shù)暖流涌動(dòng)，流淌至城市的最深處，直抵抗疫的最前線。從武漢到湖北，從湖北到全國，在黨中央的統(tǒng)一指揮、統(tǒng)一協(xié)調(diào)、統(tǒng)一調(diào)度下，擰成一股繩、下好一盤棋。為化解防控壓力，14億人自覺“宅家”、減少流動(dòng);為做到嚴(yán)防死守，基層干部夜以繼日、辛勞堅(jiān)守;為防止疫情擴(kuò)散，各地大型活動(dòng)幾乎全部取消;為壓縮聚集風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，許多企業(yè)單位一度停工停產(chǎn)……應(yīng)時(shí)而變的政策、一呼百應(yīng)的動(dòng)員、不計(jì)其數(shù)的人財(cái)物力投入，生動(dòng)詮釋了什么叫“不惜一切代價(jià)”，什么叫對生命真正負(fù)責(zé)。

兩個(gè)多月的戰(zhàn)疫時(shí)光，貫注著無畏、無私、無悔，書寫了大仁、大勇、大愛，見證了擔(dān)當(dāng)、奉獻(xiàn)、犧牲。世衛(wèi)組織總干事譚德賽不止一次感嘆“從未見過這樣的動(dòng)員”，而事實(shí)上，也少有國家能夠像中國這樣付出。近千萬人口的超大城市說關(guān)就關(guān)，這在人類歷史上還沒有過。相較于一些國家在疫情初期遲遲不愿“犧牲經(jīng)濟(jì)”的糾結(jié)，中國的抉擇是那樣堅(jiān)定決絕、難能可貴。近日《科學(xué)》雜志在線發(fā)表美國、英國和中國科研人員共同完成的研究報(bào)告顯示，武漢出行禁令將其他城市的疫情暴發(fā)時(shí)間平均推遲2.91天，讓中國新冠肺炎感染者的總病例數(shù)減少96%;截至2月中旬，這一舉措減少了近80%國際傳播?？梢哉f，正是中國強(qiáng)有力的超常規(guī)措施，顯著改變了疫情蔓延曲線，為世界爭取到寶貴的時(shí)間窗口。

中國人民抗擊疫情，從一開始就秉持著人類命運(yùn)共同體理念。疫情發(fā)生后，我們第一時(shí)間向國際社會(huì)通報(bào)相關(guān)信息，第一時(shí)間與世衛(wèi)組織和其他國家分享病毒基因序列，當(dāng)一些國家和地區(qū)疫情突然暴發(fā)，我們又第一時(shí)間派出專家團(tuán)隊(duì)，竭盡所能提供檢測試劑盒，援助必要防護(hù)物資。投我以木桃，報(bào)之以瓊瑤。當(dāng)塞爾維亞總統(tǒng)親吻五星紅旗感嘆“唯一能幫助我們的只有中國”時(shí)，當(dāng)意大利羅馬一小區(qū)居民自發(fā)舉行的“陽臺(tái)音樂會(huì)”響起《義勇軍進(jìn)行曲》時(shí)，當(dāng)西班牙網(wǎng)友在社交網(wǎng)站發(fā)起“感謝中國”活動(dòng)時(shí)，世人看到的，不僅是中國作為負(fù)責(zé)任大國的擔(dān)當(dāng)，更是和衷共濟(jì)、共克時(shí)艱的精神力量。

冬天總會(huì)過去，長夜終將破曉。76天的等待，武漢迎來疫后重生的節(jié)點(diǎn)，和全國一樣，正在奮力奪回時(shí)間、追趕春天，也給其他國家仍在至暗時(shí)刻的人們帶來了希望。但需要看到，零新增不等于零風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，打開通道不等于解除防控，打開城門不等于打開家門。疫情在全球仍在加速蔓延，境外輸入病例每天都在增加，無癥狀感染者具有極大的復(fù)雜性和隱蔽性，“外防輸入、內(nèi)防反彈”壓力不小。當(dāng)此之際，我們需要做好較長時(shí)間應(yīng)對外部環(huán)境變化的思想準(zhǔn)備和工作準(zhǔn)備，堅(jiān)持在常態(tài)化疫情防控中加快推進(jìn)生產(chǎn)生活秩序全面恢復(fù)。不麻痹、不厭戰(zhàn)、不松勁，不獲全勝?zèng)Q不輕言成功，我們才能讓戰(zhàn)疫成果更穩(wěn)固、環(huán)境更安全、發(fā)展更扎實(shí)。

歷史會(huì)銘記2020年，不僅因?yàn)榻?jīng)歷的磨難，更因?yàn)橛煊碌亩分竞蜕幌⒌南Ｍ＿@場驚心動(dòng)魄的戰(zhàn)疫，將永遠(yuǎn)進(jìn)入武漢的城市記憶，進(jìn)入中國的國民記憶，并成為英雄精神的一部分，永遠(yuǎn)激勵(lì)中國人咬緊牙關(guān)、戰(zhàn)勝困難、奪取勝利。