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1、yanglan:thegenerationthatsremakingchinathenightbeforeiwasheadingforscotland,iwasinvitedtohostthefinalofchinasgottalentshowinshanghaiwiththe80,000liveaudienceinthestadium.guesswhowastheperformingguest?susanboyle.anditoldher,imgoingtoscotlandthenextday.shesangbeautifully,andsheevenmanagedtosa
2、yafewwordsinchinese.[chinese]soitsnotlikehelloorthankyou,thatordinarystuff.itmeansgreenonionforfree.whydidshesaythat?becauseitwasalinefromourchineseparallelsusanboyle--a50-someyear-oldwoman,avegetablevendorinshanghai,wholovessingingwesternopera,butshedidntunderstandanyenglishorfrenchoritali
3、an,soshemanagedtofillinthelyricswithvegetablenamesinchinese.(laughter)andthelastsentenceofnessundormathatshewassinginginthestadiumwasgreenonionforfree.so[as]susanboylewassayingthat,80,000liveaudiencesangtogether.thatwashilarious.soiguessbothsusanboyleandthisvegetablevendorinshanghaibelonged
4、tootherness.theyweretheleastexpectedtobesuccessfulinthebusinesscalledentertainment,yettheircourageandtalentbroughtthemthrough.andashowandaplatformgavethemthestagetorealizetheirdreams.well,beingdifferentisnotthatdifficult.wearealldifferentfromdifferentperspectives.butithinkbeingdifferentisgo
5、od,becauseyoupresentadifferentpointofview.youmayhavethechancetomakeadifference.mygenerationhasbeenveryfortunatetowitnessandparticipateinthehistorictransformationofchinathathasmadesomanychangesinthepast20,30years.irememberthatintheyearof1990,wheniwasgraduatingfromcollege,iwasapplyingforajobi
6、nthesalesdepartmentofthefirstfive-starhotelinbeijing,greatwallsheraton--itsstillthere.soafterbeinginterrogatedbythisjapanesemanagerforahalfanhour,hefinallysaid,so,missyang,doyouhaveanyquestionstoaskme?isummonedmycourageandpoiseandsaid,yes,butcouldyouletmeknow,whatactuallydoyousell?ididnthav
7、eacluewhatasalesdepartmentwasaboutinafive-starhotel.thatwasthefirstdayisetmyfootinafive-starhotel.mylife,andifeelproudofthat.butthenwearealsosofortunatetowitnessthetransformationofthewholecountry.iwasinbeijingsbiddingfortheolympicgames.iwasrepresentingth