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我的成年生活一大半是在美国度过的——回国时间不过四五年,而在美国却生活了十七八年的时间,我相信我的思想受了西方文化的影响。去年5月10日,我应邀去以色列大使馆参加一个晚宴。那天晚上,以色列大使大谈特谈以色列人、犹太人如何重视教育。我当时说,中国人更重视教育,例如,当年去给美国人修筑铁路的中国人,他们不管自己多么艰苦,还是想尽一切
Most of my adult life was spent in the United States - just four or five years after I returned to China and seventeen or eight years in the United States, I believe my thinking is influenced by Western culture. On May 10 last year, I was invited to the Israeli embassy for a dinner party. That night, the Israeli ambassador talked about how Israelis and Jews valued education. I said at the time that Chinese people paid more attention to education. For example, Chinese people who went to railroads to Americans at that time did not care how hard they were or tried their best