美国文化脱口秀 第344期:为什么ABC都是佼佼者?

 说到ABC，你是否会想到外表阳光、中英文流利、中西文化并存的优秀结合体？开言的新主播就是这样一位优秀的ABC姑娘。

关键词：

生长在硅谷

I'm from California, specifically the Bay Area near Silicon¹ Valley: 我来自加利福尼亚，湾区的硅谷

Bay Area: 湾区

Silicon Valley: 硅谷

ABC (American Born Chinese): 美国出生的华人

I grew up speaking both English and Chinese: 我从小就是中英文都说

I have my parents to thank, especially my mom, since she always urged us to speak Chinese: 我要感谢我的父母，特别我妈妈，因为她从小一直督促我们要讲中文

My mom isn't really a tiger mom: 我妈妈不算是虎妈

She's a good mix of the two; she's kinda Western, but still has many traditional Chinese values: 她是很好的中西结合：既用西方的方式，又有很多中国传统价值

Sometimes she'll be strict, other times she gives me more freedom: 她有严厉的时候，但也给我很多自由

听节目学中文

I had a previous coworker, my friend Gao, who recommended your podcast because she listens to it to improve her English: 我以前有个同事，她一直听“潘吉Jenny告诉你“提高英文

I started listening to it to improve my Chinese: 我因此知道了这个节目，而且开始听，帮我提高中文

I was interested in joining and writing or coming on as a host: 后来我想能不能加入开言，帮你们写内容、或者主持

It was very serendipitous²: 我和开言真的很有缘分

为什么ABC都是佼佼者?

ABC的身份认同

My parents were born and raised in Shanghai: 我父母出生长大在上海

When I was a kid, we spent three months in Shanghai every other summer: 小时候，我每两年会在上海过暑假

In terms of your identity, do consider yourself American or Chinese or American Chinese? 你对自己的身份是怎么认同的？你觉得自己更美国还是更中国？

I considered myself a Chinese American because I was still very Chinese, and I was raised in a more traditional way: 我觉得自己是个美籍华人，我还是很中国的，因为我从小的成长环境比较传统

But after coming to China, I realized I was more American than I had thought: 但来中国后，我发现我其实比自己想象的更美国一点儿

中美沟通方式很不同

In what ways are you more American? 你在哪些方面更美国？

How does it manifest³ itself most noticeably? 最主要体现在哪里？

Mostly it's in terms of communication: 大部分是沟通方面

Americans like to be more direct, and they say what's on their mind: 美国人比较直接，想什么就直说

A lot of Chinese people tend to talk around things: 很多中国人说话比较婉转

Often it's not what's said that's important, but what's not said: 很多时候，重要的不是说出来的东西，而是没说出来的

Read between the lines: 尽在不言中、没明说的东西更值得寻味

Beat around the bush: 拐弯抹角

You have such great chemistry with Adam: 你和Adam搭档特别有默契

Compatibility: 相配度

Some of our listeners say you guys would make a good couple: 有些用户说你们两个CP值很高

1 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

2 serendipitous   

adj.偶然发现的

参考例句：

• There was a serendipitous second advantage working with a library of equations. 利用方程库有个意外收获的附带好处。 来自互联网
• Strategic networking prepares us for serendipitous moments. 战略性人际交往让我们为不时之需做好准备。 来自互联网

3 manifest   

n.载货单，运货单，旅客名单；adj.显然的，明白的；vt.显示，证实，出示

参考例句：

• It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
• That is manifest to all of us.那对我们大家来说是显而易见的。