Liu Xin: Thank you, contestant number 10. Now you're going to compare street markets and supermarkets.
刘欣：谢谢十号选手。现在请你对街市和超级市场做一个比较。
Rui Cheng gang:
Well, thank you very much. Um as a man who suffered from male chauvinism, I used to think that shopping is a privilege of women. I seldom do shopping until I have to . But three years ago, something happened and it changed my view. I remember it was the first day I went to college. After I had put down my luggage, I went out of the school to have a look around. It was a romantic rainy day. And guess what, I found the street market, right beside the school.
And I saw lots of middle-aged men and women talking with the sellers of fruit, clothes and soft drinks and it seems to me that they were intimate friends. And then I said to myself, why not have a try.
So I walked to the seller of pineapple and talked to him. And then i bought a pineapple and bargain with him and then i will eat the pineapple while wandering around the street market and enjoy the simple things of life. Thank you.
芮成钢：
谢谢你。唔，以前由于深受男权主义影响，我向来把购物当作是女性的特权。 不到万不得已决不得已决不上街购物。但在三年前发生的一件事改变了我的观点。 记得那是我进大学的第一天，放置好行李后我走出学校四处看一看。 那是个浪漫的雨天。你猜怎样？就在学校附近我发现了一条街市。
我看到许多中年男女正在与卖水果、服装、饮料的摊主议价，似乎是很熟的朋友。我对自己说，何不一试呢？
于是我走到一个卖菠萝的小贩前同他说起价来，最后买下一个菠萝。忽然间我意识到这十分有意思。回到学校后我想了一想，总结出这所以会钟情于街市的两点原因。首先，它带给了我乐趣。其次，我喜欢讲价。实际上我认为讲价是提高口才的极端有效的办法。没有这几年讲价经验的积累，我想我也不会有现在的机会站在这儿用流利的英语向你们做演讲。三年过去了，我一周还至少上街一次。我会去卖菠萝的小贩那儿和讲价，然后一边吃菠萝一边在街市上慢步，享受生命中一些小乐趣。谢谢。
Judge: You mentioned in your first speech the importance of variety even though the east and west are converging. But many people think that one of the problems of modern life is the lack of variety. This hotel looks like every other hotel in the world and the whole world is becoming an airport. Hong Kong looks like Singapore and so on. Do you think that we may be in danger of losing the very variety that you think is so important?
评委：在你的第一个演讲中你提到，尽管东、西方文化存在共性，多样性仍有其重要性。可是许多人觉得现代生活中存在的问题之一就是缺少多样性。这家饭店看似世界上其他饭店，整个世界成了一个机场。香港看似新加坡，诸如此类。既然人认为多样性很重要，你是否认为我们正濒临丧失这种多样性的危机的边缘？
Rui Cheng gang:
The variety. Of course I do not think so. I don't think we are losing variety. Instead ,we are, I think we are getting more varieties.
Well nowadays, as i had mentioned in my speech, we have a combination of eastern and western music, food and lifestyles. Actually I, I think I read an article in Vienna and many western critic and composers feel that a western music which has traditionally emphasized on the harmony between different instruments now is becoming increasingly, it increasingly reflects eastern music style. However, the eastern music style brought them a completely new sense of music.
So I don't think we are losing variety. I think we are having more varieties. And also in our daily life, I think we have more choice. It's not actually a choice between the east and west. Actually I think the choice is a combination of the two. And this doesn't necessarily mean we are losing our variety. We are updating what variety is .Thank you.
芮成钢：
说到多样性，我并不认为我们正濒临丧失这种多样性的危机，与此相反，我认为我们正取得越来越多的多样性。
正如我刚才说过的，在现代社会中，我们在音乐、饮食和生活方式方面都有东西方的结合。几年前，我曾在《中国日报》上看到一篇文章，说中国音乐在维也纳受到热烈的欢迎。许多西方评论家和作曲家认为，西方音乐传统上将重点放在各种乐器的配合上，现在刚更多地反映东方音乐的风格。东方音乐的风格给他们带了全新的意识。
因此，我认为我们并没有丧失多样性，而是在取得更多的多样性。在日常生活中，我们也拥有更多的选择。并不是说是选择东方还是选择西方，而是在东西方的结合中进行选择。这不一定就意味着我们正在丧失多样性。我们正在不断地高速这种多样性。谢谢。
Judge: In your second speech just now about street markets. You said that you enjoyed going to the street markets. It's a peaceful life and eating pineapples. Could you say something more comparing street markets and supermarkets as regards prices and quality and choice of products, things like that.
Rui Cheng gang:
Yes. Of course I prefer street market to super market. And actually I think ,nowadays the prices in the supermarket are becoming lower and lower to meet the demands of the people. But somehow I think people, not only Chinese people, but people from all over the world, will enjoy street markets much better. Because even though going to the supermarket will help you to get rid of a lot of the trouble of bargaining ,but somehow you lose the fun of talking with people and communicating with each other, and i think the super market just reflects one of the problems of modern society. I mean the alienation of people and their fellow man. And so I think that street market is secure to these disease or illnesses in modern society. Thank you.
芮成钢：
好。我当然是喜欢街甚于超级市场。我认为，现在超级市场的物价为了迎合大众的需要在逐渐调低。但我总觉得不仅是中国人，所有的人都会喜欢街市更多一些。因为尽管上超市可以省去讲价的麻烦，你多少也损失了和人聊天和交往的乐趣。超市反映了现代生活的众多问题。在此我指的是人与人之间的疏离。而街市则可避免现代社会的这些毛病。谢谢。 |
