听说有人在讨论龙,说要探讨中国是否应该以龙作为形象。其实不必炒来炒去,事情可以很简单。1996年在外交学院读书的时候,第一次注意到中国的龙和英文中的“Dragon”的差异。从那时起,每当和西方的朋友聊天,都会提起这个比较。后来有幸到处乱跑,从1997年去伦敦参加世界英语演讲比赛开始,到去年在耶鲁大学给美国学生上课,我一直在用这个例子来折射西方世界 I heard someone talking about the dragon, said to explore whether China should use the dragon as an image. In fact, do not have to speculation, things can be very simple. When I was studying at the Foreign Affairs Institute in 1996, I noticed for the first time the differences between “Dragon” in Chinese dragons and English. Since then, every time I talk to a friend in the West, I bring up this comparison. Fortunately, I was lucky to run around. From the beginning of 1997 to the World English Speech Contest in London to the class of American students at Yale last year, I have been using this example to reflect the Western world