不忘初心，传递中国声音

　　在无数医护人员的努力下，在国际社会各界的帮助下，全国人民积极响应国家号召，共同抗击新冠病毒，历经两个多月的防疫战，国内新冠肺炎疫情终于得到有效控制，多地区新增患者为零。

　　在这春暖花开的日子，苏州北美国际高中开展了以“传递中国声音”为主题的赠书活动，向目前在校的全体外籍教师赠送了《习近平谈治国理政》英文版第2卷。

　　通过赠书活动向外籍同事传递中国声音,讲好中国故事的同时，让他们更加了解脚下的这片共同工作与生活的土地。

　　3月24日下午三点，我校领导来到了外教公寓，将《习近平谈治国理政》英文版赠与每一位外教，并分别与学术支持中心Jonathan Cross老师、经济学Vincent Roy老师，以及外教管理Mathieu Demot老师进行了交流，外教们也纷纷表达了自己在这次疫情下的所见所想。

陆雨晴主任向Jonathan Cross赠书

王亚文主任向Vincent Roy赠书

Mathieu Demot在学习书中思想

　　Jonathan感叹：“我认为中国在防控病毒传播方面做的非常高效，我甚至想不出还能有比现在更好的方法来控制病毒的传播了。为了阻止病毒的传播，中国暂停了很多行业，把人的生命置于第一位。我想我和世界上大多数人一样，火神山医院建设得这么快给我留下了深刻的印象！”

　　在Jonathan惊叹于“中国速度”的同时，其他外籍教师也发出了这样的感叹：在中国疫情得到控制后，虽然中国的医护工作者已经疲惫异常、伤痕累累，但是中国仍然第一时间向世界伸出援助之手，这才是真正的“大国胸怀”。

　　不忘初心，传递中国声音。正如外交部发言人耿爽所言，“投我以木桃，报之以琼瑶”，这是中华民族的传统美德。随着国内疫情防控形势持续向好，中国也开始向有迫切需要资助的国家提供帮助。我们相信，在大家的共同努力下，全球疫情终将得到很好的控制。

　　愿世界安好！

Preserve Your Aspirations, Carry on with Your Mission

With the efforts of countless medical staff and the help of people from all walks of life in the international community, the Chinese people throughout the country proactively answered the call of the State to join and support the fight against the novel coronavirus COVID-19. After more than two months of relentless efforts, the novel coronavirus has finally been contained and the number of new patients in multiple regions has fallen to zero.

On this warm spring day, as a way to celebrate flowers blossoming, Suzhou North America High School set out to “convey the message of China", and offered the second volume of the English edition of Xi Jinping's “The Governance of China" to all foreign teachers currently on campus.

The book renders the vision of China and its people perfectly, and by organizing this activity, SNA wishes to give its foreign staff a deeper and better insight and understanding of the country they work in and the people they live with.

On March 24th, at 15:00, the leaders of our school went to the foreign faculty's residential building and offered each of them a copy of "The Governance of China" by Xi Jinping.  Jonathan Cross, from the Academic Support Centre, Vincent Roy who teaches economics, as well as Mathieu Demot who serves as Foreign Staff Manager, had a genial discussion and shared their views on the current situation.

Jonathan said: “I can’t imagine anywhere else doing much better really at implementing all these containment measures. They were able to get so many things to shut down to try to stop the virus spreading, putting people before the economy. I think like most people around the world; I’m pretty impressed at the speed of those hospitals being built so quickly!”

While Jonathan praised the "reactivity of China," other foreign teachers were distressed by the fact that containing the virus and bringing it under control, has left numerous Chinese healthcare workers exhausted and scarred. However, and despite this ordeal, China has not hesitated to lend a helping hand to the world and fulfil its role as a "key nation".

Preserve your aspirations, carry on with your mission. Geng Shuang, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, once said, " You gave me a peach, and I will return precious jade as a token of our friendship ", which exemplifies the traditional quality of the Chinese nation. As its domestic situation steadily improves, China has begun to provide assistance to countries that urgently need funding. China believes that only with a joint and concerted effort coming from all of us, will the global pandemic eventually be subdued and defeated.

May the world be well!

文字：王峰
翻译：马秋
审核：陆雨晴