張鐘文

阿達(dá)的浙江足跡

9年前，留學(xué)生艾鵬達(dá)背上行囊，從非洲加納來(lái)到溫州，開(kāi)啟了漫長(zhǎng)的學(xué)醫(yī)路。艾鵬達(dá)這個(gè)中文名字還是他的溫州老師取的，寓意飛黃騰達(dá)，現(xiàn)在，他的朋友都喜歡叫他阿達(dá)。

2010年，從加納來(lái)到浙江溫州，進(jìn)入溫州醫(yī)科大學(xué)求學(xué)。

2013 年，在“留動(dòng)中國(guó)”才藝賽上，阿達(dá)用溫州話演唱了《溫州是個(gè)好地方》，驚艷全場(chǎng)，榮獲一等獎(jiǎng)。

2016年，臨床醫(yī)學(xué)專業(yè)本科畢業(yè)。

2018年，在以“中非衛(wèi)生人才培養(yǎng)的交流與合作”為主題的第二屆全球健康青年領(lǐng)袖圓桌會(huì)議上，作為代表發(fā)言，并受到了加納總統(tǒng)的接見(jiàn)。

2019年，在溫醫(yī)大附一院肝膽外科臨床實(shí)踐和實(shí)習(xí)。

說(shuō)起到溫州的第一天，阿達(dá)至今還記得很清楚——2010年11月28日。因?yàn)楹炞C的關(guān)系，他沒(méi)有按時(shí)到學(xué)校報(bào)到，但學(xué)?？紤]到實(shí)際情況，還是讓他入學(xué)了，這讓他感動(dòng)不已，他覺(jué)得溫州人和溫州的學(xué)校實(shí)在太有愛(ài)了。

阿達(dá)曾受邀參演全媒體情景微劇《跟我學(xué)溫州話》之《揀過(guò)揀，揀個(gè)破燈盞》，不到一天時(shí)間，網(wǎng)絡(luò)點(diǎn)擊量就超過(guò)15萬(wàn)次。阿達(dá)說(shuō)，他也沒(méi)想到會(huì)躥紅的，走在路上還被人認(rèn)出來(lái)。

一天，他和同學(xué)正往溫醫(yī)大學(xué)院路校區(qū)走去，迎面走來(lái)一位女生?！八盐覕r住，很驚訝地說(shuō)：‘你不是那個(gè)……你怎么在這里？”

阿達(dá)說(shuō)，這位女生是《跟我學(xué)溫州話》微劇的忠實(shí)粉絲。不過(guò)，他趕著去上課，只是沖女生笑了笑。走紅后，還有劇組慕名來(lái)找他拍戲呢。

Ta眼里的浙江

“我在浙江這幾年，浙江有很大很大的變化。與浙江比，別的地方應(yīng)該沒(méi)有這么快吧。我和我的一些朋友聊天，我身邊的朋友都覺(jué)得，中國(guó)的發(fā)展速度非常快?！辈粌H中文說(shuō)得溜，連溫州話都字正腔圓，這個(gè)加納小伙，不簡(jiǎn)單！

“浙江人做事效率很高。來(lái)溫州短短幾年，舊城換了新顏，高樓林立，道路寬敞?！卑⑦_(dá)說(shuō)，“現(xiàn)在交通出行也更便捷。以前我來(lái)的時(shí)候，從溫州到杭州，大部分的時(shí)候是坐大巴什么的，現(xiàn)在有動(dòng)車有高鐵，所需時(shí)間越來(lái)越短，轉(zhuǎn)眼就到。”

阿達(dá)說(shuō)，中國(guó)給了外國(guó)留學(xué)生很多機(jī)會(huì)。阿達(dá)就在溫醫(yī)大附一院肝膽外科臨床實(shí)踐和學(xué)習(xí)。

“我在醫(yī)院工作，會(huì)碰到一些老年人。一般老年人不會(huì)說(shuō)普通話，我就學(xué)了幾句溫州話，好跟他們交流。這對(duì)我在醫(yī)院實(shí)習(xí)是很有幫助的。”

還有一個(gè)好消息是，前段時(shí)間阿達(dá)訂婚了，未婚妻是溫州人。阿達(dá)將自己融入到溫州生活的同時(shí)，也不忘以一個(gè)“新溫州人”的身份將浙江的故事傳播到海內(nèi)外，成為熱衷公益的文化使者。阿達(dá)說(shuō)：“我想要讓大家知道，外國(guó)人在中國(guó)浙江、在溫州是如何學(xué)習(xí)生活的，也想讓更多人了解溫州美食、溫州文化，以及當(dāng)下正在發(fā)生的浙江故事?！?/p>

Percy David PaPa Akuetteh came from Ghana to China in 2010. His destination was Wenzhou， a city in southeastern Zhejiang. He came to study at Wenzhou Medical University. In 2013， he rose overnight to national stardom as he captured a first prize in an international student competition by singing a song in Wenzhou dialect.

Percy David PaPa Akuetteh still remembers his first day in Wenzhou： it was November 28， 2010. Despite the fact that he was about two months late for his freshman year because of a visa problem， the university took him in. This warmhearted welcome gesture touched his heart.

His Chinese name is Ai Pengda. He got it from his Chinese teacher in Wenzhou shortly after his arrival in Wenzhou. Pretty soon， his Chinese friends called him Ah Da， a Chinese way to say that you are family.

Ah Da is a celebrity in Wenzhou. Almost everyone in the city knows of him largely because the African speaks Wenzhou dialect perfectly. In modern urban myths， the Wenzhou dialect is infamously the most difficult of all dialects in the country. Even most people beyond Wenzhou in Zhejiang are totally clueless about a conversation in the dialect.

He speaks the dialect so well that he has appeared as a teacher in a mini television series of the dialect learning. And he has won numerous accolades for his dialect proficiency.

In the nine years， he has studied medicine from the very beginning. Now he is a PhD student working as a trainee at the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou University.

His nine-year life in Wenzhou has enabled him to witness fast changes across Zhejiang at close hand. “I have witnessed huge changes in Zhejiang these years. This fast growth tempo is something I havent seen anywhere else. My friends agree with me that China is developing at fast speed，” he says. “In the past， I traveled between Wenzhou and Hangzhou by long-distance bus. Now fast-speed trains have shortened the travel time between the two cities.”

As a student now training and studying at the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou University， he works hard and appreciates the abundant opportunities international students have in China. He says that the surgery he does in a week is equal to the surgery a surgeon does in one or two months in a hospital in Ghana.

The Wenzhou dialect he speaks perfectly helps him at the hospital. “I now and then see old people at the hospital. Most old people in Wenzhou dont speak Putonghua. My speaking the dialect helps a great deal in my communication with them，” says Ah Da proudly.

He is engaged with a local girl in Wenzhou. And he is an ambassador for Wenzhou to promote its culture overseas. “I want more people to know how international people live and work in Wenzhou， Zhejiang and China. I want more people to know more about Wenzhou food and culture and whats happening in Zhejiang，” says Ah Da.

The 2018 data indicates that there were 37，500 international students studying at various colleges and universities in Zhejiang at the end of 2018. Ah Da is one of these students. In Zhejiang， there are 14 international colleges operated jointly by higher-learning institutions at home and abroad and 142 education programs in partnership between Chinese universities and foreign universities. Sixteen colleges and universities in Zhejiang now operate 28 Confucius Academies in 24 countries and regions across the world.