西部落：U.S. Graduates Look To China

U.S. Graduates Look To China

CNN's Emily Chang reports on the lure¹ of China for freshly minted American graduates and entrepreneurs.

Everyday in Beijing, 31-year-old Robin² Chan walks through the doors of a multi-million-dollar company he built from the ground up. He's an American who moved to China with one simple idea.

The idea was straightforward--be the first to build a social game company in China. So this is a 3D rendition of one of our avatars, you can see....

Chan and his staff at XPD Media design social games, games you play with friends on networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.

It was a courageous³ bet, but it was a bet worth making.

Forget about living the American dream, this is the Chinese dream. His company is backed by the founder⁴ of MTV.

There isn't a lot of cool opportunities in China unless you create your own, and that's part of the excitement of China.

Many young people come to China, thinking this is the land of opportunity, the promised land, the wild, wild east that if you strike big, you could make it really big. But is that the reality?

Not necessarily! Morgan McGilvray just finished his MBA.

I thought, well, since there're no jobs at home anyway, I'll be adventurous⁵ and come, er, finish my time out in China. Are they throwing jobs at me? No.

So he's focused on learning Mandarin⁶ and becoming a more attractive candidate.

Usually the first thing is to check email and then I go to China Development Brief for nonprofit jobs.

Annie Ly has been looking in the nonprofit field for nine months while volunteering and working to make ends meet. But she plans to stick it out in China, in part because she can afford more with less.

Back home I'd probably live with my parents with what I make here. But here I have a great, you know, one-bedroom apartment for myself...

But realizing her Chinese dream may be difficult in a job market that's becoming more competitive.

We have a lot of very worldly, very intelligent and talented Chinese that are studying in the United States and they're coming back to China. These folks are the ones that most multinationals⁷ and Chinese firms are trying to hire.

But for those who do make it, the payoff can be huge.

If I started out in New York, I mean, it's completely feasible to think that I will be their receptionist.

Instead, at 25 years old, Henri Benaim is directing a gallery in China's contemporary art district, showcasing the likes of the famous photographer Wang Jinsong. This is our artist that I have seen in museum shows in New York and seen in catalogues and now in my job. Now we represent him.

Still with all this responsibility, comes a lot of pressure: for Henri, pressure to make sales, for Robin, pressure to innovate⁸, and for Annie and Morgan, the dream is yet to be fulfilled, though none can resist the lure of opportunity in the world's most dynamic economy.

Emily Chang, CNN, Beijing.

1 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 adventurous   

adj.爱冒险的；惊心动魄的，惊险的，刺激的　

参考例句：

• I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.我很羨慕他们敢于冒险的生活方式。
• He was predestined to lead an adventurous life.他注定要过冒险的生活。

6 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

7 multinationals   

跨国公司( multinational的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals. 同那些跨国公司比，这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。
• Some people believe that the multinationals have too much power. 有人认为跨国公司的权力太大了。

8 innovate   

v.革新，变革，创始

参考例句：

• We must innovate in order to make progress.我们必须改革以便取得进步。
• It is necessary to innovate and develop military theories.创新和发展军事理论是必要的。