国际部外教专访之一—— Daniel

      My name is Daniel and I was born in a small city in Florida, U.S.A. I was raised in Kansas until high school and then moved to Florida where I graduated to go on to college. After two years of college in Florida, I moved to Sweden. In Sweden I continued my studies. Traveling and experiencing college abroad is an experience I recommend to all that wish to gain a more worldly perspective.

      我叫丹尼尔，出生在美国佛罗里达州的一座小城，自幼生活在堪萨斯州，直到高中才回到佛罗里达，在那儿，我高中毕业后又念了两年大学，接着就搬去瑞典继续深造。在海外旅游和读书着实是一次难得的体验，我建议每一位想要扩大视野、丰富阅历的人都能拥有这样的经历。

      After living in Sweden for a number of years I came back to the United States, where I found my first job. I worked at a University in Boston. My accounting degree allowed me to enter the University working as a procurement specialist, assisting various departments with their supplies and purchasing. While I learned a lot working at the University, I found that working behind the scenes of the school is not the same as working amongst the students directly to critically think and solve problems.

       在瑞典生活了几年后，我又回到了美国，正式开启了自己的职业生涯。我持有的会计学位证书，让我在波士顿的一所大学找到了当采购专员的工作，负责各部门的供应和采购。久而久之，我发现学校幕后的工作，和直接教授学生批判性思维和解决问题相比，完全是两回事。

      Eventually, I found work in Chongqing, China working as a mathematics teacher within an international school. I gained a good deal of experience and found that the classroom is where I belong. To this day I am still surprised that I ended up in China but I am having the time of my life. I really enjoy all that China has to offer and hope to become the best teacher and student I can be.

      后来，我来到了中国重庆，在当地的一所国际学校教授数学。在那里，我获得了丰富的教学经验，也意识到原来课堂才是我的心之所向。如今我仍然会诧异自己会决定留在中国，但这就是我正在上演的人生。我真的很喜欢中国的一切，衷心地希望自己能够竭尽所能，成为最好的老师。

       I was told to give a suggestion to students that may attend my class, so here are my thoughts. I suggest you work hard and follow your heart because gifts are rarely given from above. They usually come from the struggles below. One famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, makes a rather famous quote which I sometimes use to describe the complexity of our world and all that makes it exist. It goes like this.“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” I think this aptly describes the opportunities we all have to bring something useful to the vast world that Sagan sometimes calls the Pale Blue Dot.

       我被告知要给我的学生提些建议，以下是我的想法。我建议你们努力工作，跟随自己的心，因为很多人生来并没有多少天赋。天赋来自于奋斗。著名的天文学家卡尔•萨根有这样一句至理箴言，我有时也用此来描述世界的复杂性和其存在的合理性。"如果你想要做一个苹果派，首先你必须得创造出这个宇宙。"萨根有时把这个世界称之为“一个淡蓝色小点”，我认为这句箴言巧妙地描述了我们每个人都有把一些有用的东西带到这个广阔世界的可能性。

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