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随着2008年北京奥运会的逼近，民众越来越关心“中国”品牌的树立，学习英语的热情也被点燃。越来越多的外宣干部和业内同行向我们表达了期待看到双语栏目的愿望。因此，我们自2006年第1期起开办了《双语视窗》栏目以满足广大读者的需求。
看看周围的媒体，在《北京青年报》、《参考消息》、《国门时报》上有许多精粹的小短文，像一只只啄木鸟，善意地提醒了中国人习以为常的行为背后“尚未和国际接轨”的细节，读后让人回味不已。在获得借鉴意义的同时，也带来更深入的思考。我们效仿中英文对照的版面形式，旨在通过外国友人的视角来看中国，从中折射出东西方观念、习俗的异同。通过一篇篇这样的文章，让读者在领略异域文化的同时，也能达到学习英语的目的。
我第一次去十渡是在3年以前，那时正值我在中国做第一次为期6周的短期逗留。当时，作为地处海淀的一所大学校园里的短期学生，我的内心充满了有关中国的想法，并对此次逗留期望很大。我学习中文，想打开眼界，来了解这个幅员辽阔的国家的诸多差异。当我在“孤星”系列导游手册的最后一页发现了十渡（上面只有火车时刻表和几行说明）的时候，我已经游过了北京所有景点，于是我决定去十渡。
一位韩国朋友与我同行，这位朋友有着极为难得的说话习惯：只在必要时才开口。早晨10点左右，我们来到了好似人间天堂的十渡。天公也真作美，在黎明时分出现的一层富有浪漫气息的白雾将四周的山都藏匿了起来。然而，耀眼的阳光足以使山坡的层面显现出来，并且给蜿蜒的河水披上了灿烂的色彩。我们从十渡走到六渡，在那儿发现了这一带唯一的一家饭馆。路上我们还遇到一条蛇和几个悠闲的渔民，这时，我们心中只存一念：脱光衣服，跳到清澈的河水里。这儿远离尘嚣，清新自然，我们再次感受到了活力，觉得自己焕然一新。
我现在在北京工作，不久前我又去了一次十渡。去时我就想到十渡也会有所变化，但没有想到它会不复存在。
我丈夫所在的公司组织郊游，载着我们这些外国人的小公共经过了所有的“渡”，一直来到十渡。一个新十渡呈现在我的眼前，蹦极跳已经将此地变成了游乐场，从大喇叭里传来刺耳的流行音乐、塑料鸭形船、游艺节目——这一切把曾经是最美妙的地方变成了最糟糕的地方。我几乎都认不出这就是十渡了。我们没有兴冲冲加入到这些游乐活动中，对此导游很是惊愕（他常常带中国人来这儿玩，而国内游客喜欢这些热热闹闹的项目）。这些外国人来这儿想玩什么？十渡难道不是个找乐的地方吗？我们刚到十渡就立即离开了，想去找个希望中的自然景点。但十渡的魅力已被破坏，整整一天我都闷闷不乐。
中国的现代化一定要付出如此高昂的代价吗？中国大地的景色是美丽的，无论是国内游客还是来华的外国游客，人数都在增加。保护好十渡并向公众开放肯定是可以做到的。
作为一个法国人，我对自然保护十分敏感，法国三分之一的国土被森林覆盖，而现在森林面积还在扩大。在山上你还能碰到狼，但这并不意味着法国不现代。我们成功地建设了一个具有很多自然景点的国家，在那些自然环境里，我们可以缓解现代生活所带来的压力。今天的十渡——热闹、艳丽、人造景观泛滥——就像在市中心，仅仅是个城市公园，只是比别的公园离城远，更不容易去而已。
十渡的潜在价值已经被完全忽视了。为什么不把它变成沿着寂静的小路远足或骑马、划皮筏艇及攀岩的地方，使城市长大的孩子们能在这里感受自然并学习野外生存技能？为什么不让小学生们和老师在暑假来这里观察城里绝对见不到的植物和鸟儿们呢？
人类需要呼吸新鲜的空气并在安静的地方思考。或许我更喜欢山中隐士生活那一面的中国。有一点是肯定的，我更喜欢“野”十渡。而现在的十渡，我是再也不会去了。
原文
I’ll Never Go to Shidu Again
My first visit to Shidu was three years ago,during the first of my three six-week sojourns in China.As a short-term student on a campus in Haidian,my mind was teeming with ideas about China,and I expected much of my stay here.I would study Chinese and open my eyes to the multitude of contrasts in this vast country.I had already been to all the scenic spots in Beijing when I discovered,on the very last page of the Lonely Planet guide,the name Shidu,followed only by a train timetable and a few lines describing the place.I decided to go.
A Korean friend with the precious habit of talking only when necessary accompanied me.Around 10 in the morning we arrived at what seemed a heaven on earth.The weather was with us too:a melancholy mist had appeared at dawn.The mountains were hid den and at the same time enveloped by the cottony haze.Yet the sun shone brightly enough to reveal the strata in the slopes and lend glitter to the meandering river.We walked down from the tenth crossing to the sixth,where we found the only restaurant around.On the way we met a snake and a few idle fishermen;our one desire was to doff our clothes and plunge naked into the clear water.Time had no grip on this place.We felt alive again,renewed.
I now work in Beijing,and not long ago I returned to Shidu.I wentk nowing that Shidu would have changed too,but I had no inkling of its despoliation.
Bearing foreigners on an outing organized by my husband's company,our minibus drove past all the crossings till it came to the tenth.The new Shidu appeared be fore my eyes:the bungee jumping had changed the place into a funfair.Techno music blaring from loudspeakers,plastic duck-shaped boats,carnival attractions-the worst of China where once the best of it had been.I could scarcely recognize the place.The tour guide,used to going to Shidu with Chinese people who expect noisy activities of this sort,was amazed that wedidn’t rush to join in the activities on offer:What did these foreigners come for? Isn't Shidu just another place to have fun?We headed off as soon as we arrived,trying to find the kind of natural setting we had hoped for.But the spell of Shidu was broken.I felt bitter for the rest of the day.
Does China have to pay such a high price for modernization?The land is beautiful;tourism here,Chinese as well as foreign,is growing.Surely it is possible to preserve Shidu and still open it to the public.?
As a French person I am very sensitive to the conservation of nature:France is a country where the acreage given over to forests-even now a third of the national area is increasing,and where in the mountains you can still encounter wolves.That doesn't me an France is not“modern”;we have succeeded in building a country where there are places to recover from the stress of modern life,in natural settings.Shidu as it is to day-noisy,garish,artificial could just as well be in the centre of Beijing.It's just acity park a bit harder to reach than the others.
The potential of Shidu has been entirely over looked.Why not turn it into aplace for hiking and riding horses along quiet trails,for kayaking and rock-climbing,a place where city-bred teenagers can encounter nature and learn to survive in it?Why not let schoolchildren go there with their teachers during the summer holidays,to observe plants and birds they'll never see in the city?
Human beings need to breathe fresh air and meditate in silence.Maybe I prefer the China of mountain hermits.It's certain that I prefer the old“wild”Shidu.And no,I will never again set foot in the ruin of nature that Shidu has become today.
（本栏目文章选自《北京青年报》“双语视窗”，得到栏目编辑张爱学的授权。英文部分的稿费由本编辑部支付，请作者本人看到此启事后与编辑部联系，或发邮件至zhoujin_gongwu@sina.com）
责编：周 瑾
随着2008年北京奥运会的逼近，民众越来越关心“中国”品牌的树立，学习英语的热情也被点燃。越来越多的外宣干部和业内同行向我们表达了期待看到双语栏目的愿望。因此，我们自2006年第1期起开办了《双语视窗》栏目以满足广大读者的需求。
看看周围的媒体，在《北京青年报》、《参考消息》、《国门时报》上有许多精粹的小短文，像一只只啄木鸟，善意地提醒了中国人习以为常的行为背后“尚未和国际接轨”的细节，读后让人回味不已。在获得借鉴意义的同时，也带来更深入的思考。我们效仿中英文对照的版面形式，旨在通过外国友人的视角来看中国，从中折射出东西方观念、习俗的异同。通过一篇篇这样的文章，让读者在领略异域文化的同时，也能达到学习英语的目的。
我第一次去十渡是在3年以前，那时正值我在中国做第一次为期6周的短期逗留。当时，作为地处海淀的一所大学校园里的短期学生，我的内心充满了有关中国的想法，并对此次逗留期望很大。我学习中文，想打开眼界，来了解这个幅员辽阔的国家的诸多差异。当我在“孤星”系列导游手册的最后一页发现了十渡（上面只有火车时刻表和几行说明）的时候，我已经游过了北京所有景点，于是我决定去十渡。
一位韩国朋友与我同行，这位朋友有着极为难得的说话习惯：只在必要时才开口。早晨10点左右，我们来到了好似人间天堂的十渡。天公也真作美，在黎明时分出现的一层富有浪漫气息的白雾将四周的山都藏匿了起来。然而，耀眼的阳光足以使山坡的层面显现出来，并且给蜿蜒的河水披上了灿烂的色彩。我们从十渡走到六渡，在那儿发现了这一带唯一的一家饭馆。路上我们还遇到一条蛇和几个悠闲的渔民，这时，我们心中只存一念：脱光衣服，跳到清澈的河水里。这儿远离尘嚣，清新自然，我们再次感受到了活力，觉得自己焕然一新。
我现在在北京工作，不久前我又去了一次十渡。去时我就想到十渡也会有所变化，但没有想到它会不复存在。
我丈夫所在的公司组织郊游，载着我们这些外国人的小公共经过了所有的“渡”，一直来到十渡。一个新十渡呈现在我的眼前，蹦极跳已经将此地变成了游乐场，从大喇叭里传来刺耳的流行音乐、塑料鸭形船、游艺节目——这一切把曾经是最美妙的地方变成了最糟糕的地方。我几乎都认不出这就是十渡了。我们没有兴冲冲加入到这些游乐活动中，对此导游很是惊愕（他常常带中国人来这儿玩，而国内游客喜欢这些热热闹闹的项目）。这些外国人来这儿想玩什么？十渡难道不是个找乐的地方吗？我们刚到十渡就立即离开了，想去找个希望中的自然景点。但十渡的魅力已被破坏，整整一天我都闷闷不乐。
中国的现代化一定要付出如此高昂的代价吗？中国大地的景色是美丽的，无论是国内游客还是来华的外国游客，人数都在增加。保护好十渡并向公众开放肯定是可以做到的。
作为一个法国人，我对自然保护十分敏感，法国三分之一的国土被森林覆盖，而现在森林面积还在扩大。在山上你还能碰到狼，但这并不意味着法国不现代。我们成功地建设了一个具有很多自然景点的国家，在那些自然环境里，我们可以缓解现代生活所带来的压力。今天的十渡——热闹、艳丽、人造景观泛滥——就像在市中心，仅仅是个城市公园，只是比别的公园离城远，更不容易去而已。
十渡的潜在价值已经被完全忽视了。为什么不把它变成沿着寂静的小路远足或骑马、划皮筏艇及攀岩的地方，使城市长大的孩子们能在这里感受自然并学习野外生存技能？为什么不让小学生们和老师在暑假来这里观察城里绝对见不到的植物和鸟儿们呢？
人类需要呼吸新鲜的空气并在安静的地方思考。或许我更喜欢山中隐士生活那一面的中国。有一点是肯定的，我更喜欢“野”十渡。而现在的十渡，我是再也不会去了。
原文
I’ll Never Go to Shidu Again
My first visit to Shidu was three years ago,during the first of my three six-week sojourns in China.As a short-term student on a campus in Haidian,my mind was teeming with ideas about China,and I expected much of my stay here.I would study Chinese and open my eyes to the multitude of contrasts in this vast country.I had already been to all the scenic spots in Beijing when I discovered,on the very last page of the Lonely Planet guide,the name Shidu,followed only by a train timetable and a few lines describing the place.I decided to go.
A Korean friend with the precious habit of talking only when necessary accompanied me.Around 10 in the morning we arrived at what seemed a heaven on earth.The weather was with us too:a melancholy mist had appeared at dawn.The mountains were hid den and at the same time enveloped by the cottony haze.Yet the sun shone brightly enough to reveal the strata in the slopes and lend glitter to the meandering river.We walked down from the tenth crossing to the sixth,where we found the only restaurant around.On the way we met a snake and a few idle fishermen;our one desire was to doff our clothes and plunge naked into the clear water.Time had no grip on this place.We felt alive again,renewed.
I now work in Beijing,and not long ago I returned to Shidu.I wentk nowing that Shidu would have changed too,but I had no inkling of its despoliation.
Bearing foreigners on an outing organized by my husband's company,our minibus drove past all the crossings till it came to the tenth.The new Shidu appeared be fore my eyes:the bungee jumping had changed the place into a funfair.Techno music blaring from loudspeakers,plastic duck-shaped boats,carnival attractions-the worst of China where once the best of it had been.I could scarcely recognize the place.The tour guide,used to going to Shidu with Chinese people who expect noisy activities of this sort,was amazed that wedidn’t rush to join in the activities on offer:What did these foreigners come for? Isn't Shidu just another place to have fun?We headed off as soon as we arrived,trying to find the kind of natural setting we had hoped for.But the spell of Shidu was broken.I felt bitter for the rest of the day.
Does China have to pay such a high price for modernization?The land is beautiful;tourism here,Chinese as well as foreign,is growing.Surely it is possible to preserve Shidu and still open it to the public.?
As a French person I am very sensitive to the conservation of nature:France is a country where the acreage given over to forests-even now a third of the national area is increasing,and where in the mountains you can still encounter wolves.That doesn't me an France is not“modern”;we have succeeded in building a country where there are places to recover from the stress of modern life,in natural settings.Shidu as it is to day-noisy,garish,artificial could just as well be in the centre of Beijing.It's just acity park a bit harder to reach than the others.
The potential of Shidu has been entirely over looked.Why not turn it into aplace for hiking and riding horses along quiet trails,for kayaking and rock-climbing,a place where city-bred teenagers can encounter nature and learn to survive in it?Why not let schoolchildren go there with their teachers during the summer holidays,to observe plants and birds they'll never see in the city?
Human beings need to breathe fresh air and meditate in silence.Maybe I prefer the China of mountain hermits.It's certain that I prefer the old“wild”Shidu.And no,I will never again set foot in the ruin of nature that Shidu has become today.
（本栏目文章选自《北京青年报》“双语视窗”，得到栏目编辑张爱学的授权。英文部分的稿费由本编辑部支付，请作者本人看到此启事后与编辑部联系，或发邮件至zhoujin_gongwu@sina.com）
责编：周 瑾