Yale Women

Author: Gao Ge
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The four or fifty articles in this book were written by the author intermittently over the past three years in their spare time between study and work. Looking back at these writings now, they feel both familiar and strange. Some of the people and events mentioned in the articles are now far removed from the author, while others are still closely tied to their life. Looking back at the people and events written in this book, I want to thank Mr. He Pin, the head of Multidimensional News Network, for his infinite confidence in the author's writing. For a considerable period of time, he used both soft and hard methods to encourage the author to write an article every week, promoting it as a "special feature" on the Multidimensional website. When the author's father harshly criticized their articles, Mr. He Pin always firmly supported their publication. The author feels that this does not mean he thinks his writing is particularly good, but rather that he hopes to help Chinese readers better understand the dynamics and perspectives of young people who grew up in the United States through his articles. Are the author's articles representative? In fact, they may not be. Last autumn, the author had to juggle the responsibilities of managing the company entirely while also striving to apply to law school, leading to an overload of work. As a result, they had to temporarily suspend their weekly feature writing. Fortunately, there are now more and more young people writing in Chinese in the United States, and the pressure of being a "representative" can gradually ease. The author's father has often pointed out flaws in their articles. Although the author once strongly objected to their critiques, they later sometimes quietly admitted that their guidance was very beneficial. Imagine only being able to speak Chinese openly in two or three phone calls with parents each week, while from the moment you wake up in the morning to the moment you fall asleep at night, you must use English (occasionally German), making it impossible to practice or improve your Chinese. As a result, it became inevitable to fail to express oneself clearly or forget words when writing in Chinese—though this cannot be used as an excuse for the author's slow progress in writing. As for understanding the needs and interests of Chinese readers, the author's parents have more authority than the author.