[AC会客厅第八期]美高中女生Rebekah：AC online interview of Rebekah
calmvoca：
In order to build an unofficial bridge of communication between China and other countries in a better way, AC April Youth Interview will invite some foreign friends to be our honorable guests.
Tonight, we have fortunately had the distinguished guest, an extremely beautiful girl Rebekah J Yurco, a student of Acer Ang pi wa er (昂批娃儿)’s（Li Laoshi）. She will tell us the story of her learning Chinese in this precious hour.
Now, let’s welcome our distinguished guest of tonight!!
Rebekah J Yurco！
Her Chinese name, very cute, BeiBei(贝贝) ~~~
Welcome!!!
Say hi to her~~~
（译）为了更好地建立中国和其他国家之间非官方桥梁，AC四月青年会客厅将会邀请一些外国朋友作为我们的嘉宾。今晚，我们有幸邀请到一位著名的嘉宾，一位绝佳漂亮的女孩Rebekah J Yurco，一位AC网友的昂批娃儿（李老师）的学生。在这珍贵的一小时里，她会讲述他学习中文的故事。
现在，让我们欢迎今晚这位卓越的嘉宾！！Rebekah J Yurco！她的中文名字，非常小巧可爱，贝贝~~~欢迎！！！向她问好~~~
Rebekah：
Hello everybody!How are you doing?
（译）各位好，你们好！
calmvoca：
Hi, Rebekah！We are good! Thanks! How are you?Welcome to AC!!
（译）嗨，贝贝！我们很好！谢谢！你呢？欢迎来到AC！！
calmvoca：
Hi, 贝贝, 你好！Nice to meet you!I’m calmvoca. Welcome to AC, and I will be the hostess of tonight.Hope we’ll all have a good time here.
Thank Li Laoshi for introducing you to us.We have collected MANY questions from ACers. Now, let’s get started.
(Finally!!!)
Q1: Why do you choose to learn Chinese?
Which one is harder to learn, Chinese or Spanish?
Can you summarize the differences of the American, Spanish and Chinese culture a little bit?
（译）嘿，贝贝，你好！很高兴见到你！
我是calmvoca。欢迎来到AC，今晚我将是这里的主持人。希望在这儿我们会聊的愉快。谢谢李老师向我们介绍你。我们收集到AC网友“非常多的”问题。现在，我们开始吧。（终于开始了！！！）
问题1：你为什么选择学习中文呢？中文和西班牙文相比，那个更难一些？你能小小地概括一下美国，西班牙和中国文化不同吗？
Rebekah：
It is nice to meet you all. Thank you for having me.
Q1： I want to learn Chinese because I love to experience different cultures and languages. I will be studying International Affairs next year at the George Washington University in Washington DC. I believe that China is a rising world power and hopefully I will be able to work with China in a career in the future.
I found Spanish to be easier to learn that Chinese since I started speaking Spanish when I was very young and have had many years to study it. Hopefully I will become more comfortable speaking Chinese the more I study it.
（译）对于第一个问题：我要学习中文是因为 因为想体验一下不同的文化和语言。我快要进入华盛顿大学习国际关系学。我相信中国正在逐步成为世界强国，我希望以后在我的职业生涯里可以从事与中国有关的工作。
我发现西班牙语比中文容易学。因为我很小的时候就开始讲西班牙语，而且学习了多年。我希望随着我学习中文，说起中文来 会越来越顺畅。
calmvoca：
Thanks, 贝贝!
Congratulations to you, for having been admitted by the George Washington University in Washington DC.
I agree with you on the point that learning a different language is also a fantastic way to experience that culture.
Your Chinese is good. You will make further progress!
（译）谢谢，贝贝！
恭喜你，被乔华盛顿的治华盛顿大学录取。这点我同意你，学习一门语言也是体会一个文化的极佳的办法。你的中文不错啊。祝你学习进步！
Q2: When did you visit China? How long did you stay?
Was there any change in your view of China after your Chinese tour?
（译）问题2：你什么时候来的中国？待了多长时间？在你来中国之旅之后，你对中国的看法有什么变化吗？
Rebekah：
I visited China this past summer for five weeks with a study program called ChinaQuest. The program was really ecxiting. I studied Chinese at the Beihang University in Beijing. We traveled by night train from beijing to xi'an, zheng jou, shang hai, and inner mongolia.
After my visit, my views of China have changed. The people are very friendly and some welcomed us into their homes for traditional Chinese dinners. I love 火锅！
（译）上一年夏天，我去了中国，为期５个星期，是参加一个叫“中国探索”的学习项目。这个项目真的很让人兴奋。我在北方大学学习中文。那时，我们乘晚上的火车从北京出发，到西安，到郑州，上海，和内蒙古。通过这次旅行，我的中国观发生了改变。那里的人民很友好，一些人邀请我们到他们的家里去吃传统的晚餐。我很喜欢“火锅”！
