汪佳佳

瑪麗的家鄉(xiāng)在俄羅斯西伯利亞一個小城，整個城市只有15000人。用瑪麗的話說就是：“我家鄉(xiāng)的人還沒有我所讀大學的人多?！痹谀抢镔I一套三居室只需要20萬元人民幣，相當于中國中部省份一個小鎮(zhèn)的房價。冬天特別冷，溫度最低的時候會到零下四五十攝氏度。

很多小鎮(zhèn)姑娘都會有個都市夢，瑪麗在3歲的時候，她的媽媽就教她學英文，希望有一天她可以出國留學。一次偶然的機會，她來到了中國，從此愛上了這片土地。

父母都是冰上項目運動員，所以瑪麗的身體素質和運動細胞就是得天獨厚。喜愛跳舞和運動的瑪麗，成了杭州各種活動和賽場上一道亮麗的風景線?！皝碇袊俏易龀龅淖畎舻臎Q定，而杭州是中國最好的。”

多才多藝文雅秀氣在杭州卻成了“拼命三娘”

瑪麗現在浙江大學讀研二，學的是國際關系。2012年，在俄羅斯讀大一的瑪麗偶然來到沈陽，進行2個星期的實習。初到中國的她立即被這個美麗的國度吸引了?！爸袊昧?！”兩個星期后，她就做出了決定：我要來中國！回國后，她立即辦理休學手續(xù)，三個星期后，她背著大包小包的行李再次來到了中國。這一次，她的身份不再是實習生，而是沈陽理工大學的一名正式學生。

就這樣，瑪麗在中國的生活開始了。8個月后，瑪麗轉校到浙江科技學院繼續(xù)讀書。本科畢業(yè)后，瑪麗又考了浙大的研究生，在這所中國著名學府之中，她找到了屬于自己更廣闊的空間。

學業(yè)之余，愛好廣泛的瑪麗一刻也閑不下來，舞蹈、運動、走秀、表演……她好像有用不完的勁。她積極參加各種校內外的活動、比賽，也會凌晨四點拉著老公起床，一起去爬寶石山、看日出。

作為一名外國友人，瑪麗擔任了第五屆杭州國際毅行大會形象大使;參與了2014年度“夢行浙江”外國留學生中華才藝展演;獲得“舞動中國”比賽團隊一等獎兩次、個人二等獎一次;“永恒之星”杯第十屆華東地區(qū)體育舞蹈錦標賽一等獎、二等獎……

校國際文化節(jié)、35周年校慶晚會、各學院迎新晚會、啦啦操比賽、校運動會也都活躍著她的身影。除了積極參加活動之外，瑪麗也非常重視自己的學習，2015年她獲得了優(yōu)秀留學生獎學金。

看起來文雅秀氣的她，骨子里其實是個“拼命三娘”?，旣惤o記者看了她最近的行程表，桐廬、廣州、寧波、福建、蘇州……馬不停蹄，一個接一個，舞蹈表演、模特走秀……

“我得了一種什么都想做到最好的‘病?！爆旣惽纹さ卣f：“我可以不吃飯、不睡覺、不休息，但我不能接受自己沒有盡全力。”“那如果你比賽得了第二怎么辦？”記者問她?！澳俏揖蜁蓿瑔鑶鑶琛爆旣愲p手捧著臉逗得大家都笑起來了。

24歲的她夢想清晰一手策劃了自己的婚禮

還未畢業(yè)的瑪麗對于未來已經有了規(guī)劃，她有兩個夢想：一個是做演員。為此，她在《通天密碼狄仁杰》和《六條逗君》中都客串了角色;另外一個夢想是想做婚禮策劃人。“想做婚禮策劃人，是因為我喜歡畫畫，喜歡設計?！辈痪们皠偨Y婚的瑪麗，就自己設計了自己的婚禮。

婚禮在戶外，地點是西溪濕地?，旣愐皇职k了婚禮現場所有的東西，燈、鮮花、杯盤、食物等?！叭际俏以诰W上買的！”瑪麗說起這個特別驕傲。而婚禮的樂隊則是瑪麗的丈夫的好友們，她丈夫本來就是一名駐唱歌手。

“我去店里問婚禮儀式的價格，老板說，有5萬的，有10萬的，還有15萬的……問我要哪種，我嚇壞了，我說我要1萬的！老板說沒有這么便宜的！”于是瑪麗決定親自動手，最終所有的婚禮花費包括食物在內，總共只用了3萬?！耙驗槲疫€沒想好以后要做什么，也有可能自己創(chuàng)業(yè)，所以花錢的地方有很多，這就需要多存點錢?！?/p>

結婚的時候，瑪麗給自己的父母買好機票請他們來參加婚禮?！拔覅⒓舆^中國的婚禮，就是很多人過來吃飯、喝酒，婚禮中新娘要換兩套衣服，然后敬酒，結束就回家。我覺得太無聊了，我覺得婚禮一定要跳舞，要玩游戲，要 have fun.”

婚禮當天非常熱鬧，在美麗的西溪濕地邊，瑪麗的父母和朋友們，度過了一個愉快的夜晚，大家跳舞、歌唱、做游戲，浪漫至極。

喜歡很多中國的東西心中最棒的城市是杭州

“我去過中國很多城市，北京、廣州、三亞，但是我心中最棒的城市還是杭州。杭州太美了，生活也很方便?！爆旣悓贾莸囊苿又Ц队绕滟澆唤^口，“我坐地鐵、坐公交、吃飯、買東西，都可以用手機支付，在俄羅斯就不可以，俄羅斯人也用類似微信的聊天軟件，但是不能用來付錢?！?/p>

瑪麗非常喜歡旗袍，她經常穿著旗袍參加走秀，而且她生活中也有收藏旗袍的習慣，她總共擁有5件旗袍，日常出行也會穿。

在首屆浙江旗袍名媛大賽上，瑪麗不僅一襲旗袍參加比賽，還表演了中國舞蹈，可謂將中國風展現得淋漓盡致。

瑪麗還特別喜歡杭幫菜，雖然為了保持身材她不能吃得太油，平時都是自己在家做沙拉，但遇上節(jié)日她還是會“放縱一下自己”，去外婆家餐館大吃一頓，“外婆家的菜太好吃了！”

因為真的很喜歡，瑪麗開始學著做中國菜，包餃子、包粽子，她還會在家里準備好一堆中國食物，邀請朋友來吃飯?，旣悈⒓舆^一個東陽鄉(xiāng)味美食爭霸賽，穿著美麗的古裝，現場給大家做中國菜，“雖然我不會做復雜的菜，但是簡單的小炒對我來說并不難?！?/p>

很多人都喜歡瑪麗，因為她的漂亮、熱情、積極、努力，瑪麗也因此結交了許多中國朋友，這也是瑪麗在中國過得開心的一個重要原因?！爸袊呐笥讯己馨?、很熱情，會在我們需要時提供幫助，這讓我們在這里生活完全不覺得孤獨?！?/p>

日益融入中國的瑪麗，朋友圈也十分接地氣。前陣子朋友圈流行曬18歲照片，她也沒落下，曬出一堆18歲時青春洋溢的照片，讓人差點忘了她是個外國姑娘。

不過瑪麗也有自己的苦惱。“我的丈夫和我交流說英語，朋友們?yōu)榱朔奖阄掖蠖鄶狄埠臀矣糜⒄Z交流，這幾年我的漢語說得還是不太好，我真的很希望可以說一口流利的漢語。”其實在記者看來，瑪麗的漢語說得很不錯，采訪過程中絕大多數問題用中文問她都沒問題，只不過回答的時候需要中英結合，對于很多漢語口語詞匯她也明白。比如記者評價她很“拼”，她表示“有很多人這么說我?！?/p>

瑪麗的丈夫是委內瑞拉人，等瑪麗大學畢業(yè)了，他們有可能繼續(xù)留在杭州，也有可能回到她老公的家鄉(xiāng)。但是瑪麗顯然更傾向于留在中國。“離畢業(yè)還有一年半的時間，這一年半的時間我給自己定的最重要的任務，就是學漢語。不管將來我在哪里定居，我都要把漢語學好。雖然學漢語真的很難，但我真的很喜歡，我一定要學會它?！?/p>

24歲的瑪麗在中國已經5年。5年的時間，她把熱愛變成了適應，繼而變成了習慣，她甚至比很多本地人更加融入這片土地?！皝碇袊俏易鲞^最棒的決定，我愛中國，中國是我的家鄉(xiāng)?！?/p>

Mary is a young woman from a small city with a population of 15，000 in Siberia， Russia. She has been in Hangzhou since 2013 and now she is in the second year of her graduate course in international relations at Zhejiang University. She jokes that the university has more people than the small city where she was born and grew up.

In 2012， Mary got an offer for a two-week internship in Shenyang， a central city in northeastern China. Back then， she was a college freshman in Russia. She liked what she experienced in the city and decided to have more of China. She came back to Shenyang three weeks later and enrolled herself at Shenyang Ligong University. Eight months later， she transferred herself to Zhejiang University of Science & Technology based in Hangzhou， capital city of Zhejiang Province. After finishing her undergraduate study at the university， she enrolled herself into a graduate course of Zhejiang University.

It is in Hangzhou that Mary started engaging herself in a wide range of extracurricular events such as dance， outdoor sports， show， and entertainment performances. In 2014， she took part in a talent show， a competition especially designed for international students in the city. She served as an ambassador for Fifth Hangzhou International Hiking in 2015. In 2015， she attained a scholarship awarded especially to international students for excellence. She has won honors from numerous competitions on the campus and beyond.

Her wedding was held in Hangzhou. She organized her own wedding， cutting down the expenses by at least 50%. Her husband， a singer from Venezuela， now works in Hangzhou. She didnt want to spend all her money on the wedding as she was determined to put away seed money for business in the future. She invited her parents over from Russia and footed the bill.

Mary has visited many cites in China， such as Beijing， Guangzhou and Sanya， but Hangzhou is her favorite. Life in the city is convenient and comfortable with all the electronic gadgets. She likes the city also because of the local cuisine. In order to keep fit， she cooks at home， but occasionally she will eat out with her husband. The food at Grandmas is simply irresistible. And she has learned to make Chinese food. She once competed in a cooking program in Dongyang， making traditional dishes.

Mary enjoys popularity in Hangzhou. She has made quite a few Chinese friends. In the eye of her friends， she is beautiful， enthusiastic， positive and hardworking. She counts this large circle of friends in China as a big reason why she feels so happy in China.

However， Mary isnt free of worries. Her Chinese is by no means proficient. She speaks English with her husband at home. Most friends speak English with her for her convenience. She wishes to improve her Chinese， though she can manage to handle most situations in Chinese. When she cant find words in Chinese， she uses some English words.

She has not made up her mind about the future. After her graduation from Zhejiang University， the couple may choose to stay in Hangzhou. Venezuela is also a possibility. Mary prefers China if it is up to her to make a choice about where to live in the future. But right now， she has 18 months to make that decision. She needs to wrap up her graduate studies in one year and a half. During this time， she wants to perfect herself in Chinese. No matter where she will live in the future， Chinese is always a top priority.

The 24-year-old Mary has spent five years in China. In the past five years， she has adapted herself well to the life here. She thinks she has a greater passion for this country than many local residents do. “Coming to China is the best decision I have ever made. I love China and China is my home，” she concludes.