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我是如何来到这里的  或 天堂之……   《魅力厦门大学》English Version Adapted from "XMU--Strength of the Nation"
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很多人问我为什么在1988年选择来厦大时，他们都期待一个深沉的、意味深长的回答。但我的回答很简单：厦大是中国当时唯一允许外国学生带家属来的学校。一个更有意思的问题是“究竟为什么要来中国？”答案是――上帝的感召！

Bill Brown in Taiwan U.S. Air Force 1977在我20岁之前，我从来没有想过我会见到一个中国人，也没有想过会吃中国菜。我记得我20岁的时候有人告诉我，世界上四分之一的人口是中国人，我说，“不可能！我们家有四口人，但没有一个是中国人！”但很快我就去了东方，美国空军1976年派我到台湾工作2年。而此后十年发生的一系列事情最后使我来到了厦大。

天上的感召 作为一个年轻的美国空军导弹系统专家，我在中国大陆唯一的兴趣就象个军事目标。后来我知道，感谢20世纪70年代之前，台湾和apocalyptic Yellow Peril之间没有打仗，而是对话。

一个明媚的春天早晨，我所在的空军基地上空飘下一团大陆来的传单，就象彩色的雪片。我不懂中文，这些传单一点都没有引起我的注意――直到一个台湾警察告诉我们，“你们要是碰一下这些传单，就会被抓起来！”I still have this in my office at Xiamen University!

人们总是对被禁止的东西充满好奇心，我把这些违法宣传单塞进口袋，跑回家，关起窗帘，偷偷地研究起来。我不相信大陆会象照片中拍的那么rosy（应该是红色，而不是rosy），这引起了我的好奇心，于是我就开始阅读中国历史和文化方面的书。
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我爱上了台湾岛和岛上的人们，当我知道四分之三的台湾人来自福建的时候，我决定哪天我一定要去大陆看看。我从来没有想过，十年后，我不仅去了福建，还成了福建省的第一个外国永久居民。

Susan Marie Allison and Bill Brown were married in Christ College in Taipei Taiwan听说过厦门吗？1988年4月，就在我的二儿子马太出生后不久，台湾的一个完全陌生的人给我打电话，他说，“我听说你想到中国学中文。你听说过厦门吗？那里的大学可以给学生家属提供宿舍……”

“不，我从没想过要去，”我说，“我妻子刚生孩子，这两年我们哪都不能去。不过还是要谢谢你。”

正好一星期之后，一个加利福尼亚Orange的人给我打电话说，“听说你想到中国学习。听说过厦门吗？”

“听说过，”我说，“就在上星期！”后来我跟他见了面，5个月后，我和妻子带者两个幼子，来到了厦门大学！

只要英语老师！ 1988年，我是管理学博士，来到厦大，6个“China Hands”说中国除了英语老师什么都不要。他们建议我回美国考取一个TESL学位。可以想像，当我听到厦大开始设立中国第一批MBA program，他们也有了一个外国老师时，我又惊又喜。幸运的是（对我来说是幸运的，）那个美国老师由于家里出了点事就回国了。院长问我是否愿意接替他的工作，我说，“让我考虑一下吧。”大约考虑了三十多秒后，我说“好”，从那时起我们就留在厦大。

恰当的时间，恰当的地点，作为这个团队的一分子让我感到很骄傲。两年后我们学院颁发了中国第一个MBA学位（比南开大学早6天）。但在1988年，厦大和厦门远远没有我们今天所见到的这个校园、这座城市漂亮，那么让人愉悦。
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一个贫穷的特区 厦大是中国经济特区内唯一的一所全国重点大学，但中国还是一个相当贫困的国家，刚从几十年经济困难中恢复过来。厦门大学的生活条件很不尽人意。一周内有好几天要停水停电（有一次连续4天停水，我只好用提桶从山上提水下来）。装上自来水了，可水管里流出的水是褐色的，象茶一样的颜色。空气也不干净，尽是煤灰，我咳得象是个老烟鬼。

街道也很破，以前只有三条汽车干道，汽车很旧。黑色气体穿出汽车的木地板缝，有时下车时我看起来就象是个吟游诗人。

厦大校园的小路大多都很脏，下雨的时候，整个校园就成了一片沼泽，学校大门前车辆在泥里抛了锚，就会阻碍交通。排水系统很差，虽然厦门是一块小岛，校园还是被淹了。一次台风过后，外国事务办公室（现在的ICE）把文件摊开在太阳下的草地上晒干。（我很想知道这些文件里是否有关于我的什么信息，但我不敢偷看一眼。）

如果说外国老师的生活条件很差，那么中国的著名教授和领导的生活条件就更差了。我经常看到我们MBA学院院长刘鹏，身穿长袍，从公共浴室走好长一段路回家。纪玉华，现在是国内知名的“大胡子伯伯”，同许多其他教师住在一个房间里，同他们一样，他在公共走廊上用纸板做成了个厨房（用纸板做的门上……）。

从内部开始改变 我们在1988年时从没想象过，仅仅十年后厦大会变成今天这个田园般美丽的校园，也没想过厦门市会成为闻名世界的花园城市，既保证经济增长又能很好地保护环境。Bill and Sue in La Caruna Spain for the Livcom awards for livable cities in 2005 representing Shanghai Songjiang

2002年，我用了8个月时间考察厦门，厦门参加斯图加特国际花园城市比赛。我所看到的让我很震惊。每个人都可以看到，这个“海上花园”确实是地球上最漂亮的城市之一，外行人不知道实现如此全面变化背后的领导和策划。
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跟厦门市一样，厦大的改变不仅仅是表面上的，更是追求和精神的进化――尽管在我写这本书之前丝毫没有感觉到这种变化，我也不知道厦大在过去的85年对中国乃至是对世界的贡献。这本书只只是很粗浅的介绍了一些内容，我希望这些能帮助你理解在一定程度上理解，为什么厦大不仅是南方之强，更是中国之强。   《魅力厦门大学》

《魅力厦门大学》English Version Adapted from "XMU--Strength of the Nation"
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