劉雨

說(shuō)起在濟(jì)南生活的外國(guó)人，亞當(dāng)或許不是最出名的。但若問(wèn)誰(shuí)的中文說(shuō)得好，亞當(dāng)定是其中之一。與亞當(dāng)聊天，那一口流利的普通話，會(huì)讓人很自然地忘卻其外國(guó)人的身份。

“別看我現(xiàn)在說(shuō)得好，剛來(lái)濟(jì)南時(shí)，我不會(huì)說(shuō)中文，英文也不是很好，還發(fā)生過(guò)一個(gè)小故事呢?！眮啴?dāng)笑道，2012年從巴勒斯坦來(lái)濟(jì)南求學(xué)的他，一出火車(chē)站便計(jì)劃打車(chē)，正當(dāng)他四處環(huán)顧時(shí)，車(chē)站附近的保安竟主動(dòng)上前服務(wù)，這讓他頗感意外，“這個(gè)小細(xì)節(jié)讓我心情很愉悅”。

坐上出租車(chē)，亞當(dāng)告訴司機(jī)他要去“山大”，“我當(dāng)時(shí)不知道‘山大’在濟(jì)南有多個(gè)校區(qū)，司機(jī)也不知道我到底要去哪兒，他跟我對(duì)話我也不明白，但通過(guò)身體語(yǔ)言，我大體可以猜到司機(jī)是在詢(xún)問(wèn)其他外國(guó)人。”亞當(dāng)認(rèn)為，如果在別的國(guó)家或別的城市，司機(jī)可能會(huì)計(jì)時(shí)收費(fèi)，甚至拒載了。但這個(gè)司機(jī)并未有任何拒絕的意思，帶他找了近一個(gè)小時(shí)，后來(lái)司機(jī)通過(guò)朋友了解到外國(guó)人來(lái)濟(jì)南常去哪個(gè)“山大”校區(qū)，并最終將其安全送達(dá)?！巴ㄟ^(guò)這個(gè)小故事，我就決定了要留在濟(jì)南?！?/p>

在濟(jì)南，亞當(dāng)一留就是十年。十年里，他順利完成山東大學(xué)國(guó)際經(jīng)濟(jì)與貿(mào)易專(zhuān)業(yè)的本科學(xué)業(yè)，并繼續(xù)攻讀山東師范大學(xué)世界經(jīng)濟(jì)專(zhuān)業(yè)的碩士學(xué)位，“濟(jì)南有一種獨(dú)特的魅力，讓你來(lái)了便不想再離開(kāi)。當(dāng)時(shí)本來(lái)計(jì)劃在‘山大’繼續(xù)讀碩士，后來(lái)得知需要離開(kāi)濟(jì)南，去青島校區(qū)，思慮再三后我覺(jué)得‘山師’也是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的選擇?！?/p>

除了完成學(xué)業(yè)，在濟(jì)南的10年間，亞當(dāng)還做了很多事情，來(lái)不斷豐富其人生經(jīng)歷。當(dāng)中東大使館有團(tuán)隊(duì)來(lái)濟(jì)南時(shí)，有時(shí)亞當(dāng)會(huì)承接部分接待任務(wù)。2020年，新冠肺炎疫情肆虐時(shí)，看到身邊同學(xué)都在轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)信息、求購(gòu)口罩后，他從做口罩生產(chǎn)的朋友那里自費(fèi)購(gòu)買(mǎi)了3000個(gè)口罩，捐贈(zèng)給濟(jì)南各學(xué)校。

與此同時(shí)，這些年亞當(dāng)還盡情地施展自己的才華和抱負(fù)，為濟(jì)南高質(zhì)量發(fā)展貢獻(xiàn)自己的一份力量?！皾?jì)南是一座極具發(fā)展?jié)摿桶l(fā)展空間的城市，我很開(kāi)心自己能在人才引進(jìn)、對(duì)外交流合作中起到橋梁紐帶的作用?！?/p>

亞當(dāng)喜歡濟(jì)南，不只是因?yàn)檫@里有熱情好客、敦厚樸實(shí)的濟(jì)南人，還因?yàn)檫@里有一城秀麗的山水、獨(dú)具風(fēng)味的美食……“濟(jì)南和我的家鄉(xiāng)很像，一年四季，有山有水，生活在這里很舒服，也很親切?！?/p>

閑暇時(shí)，亞當(dāng)常常漫步于曲水亭街，踩著石板路，慢慢在青瓦白墻間行走，感受“家家泉水、戶(hù)戶(hù)垂楊”的老濟(jì)南風(fēng)情；也常常打卡芙蓉街、寬厚里等“網(wǎng)紅”街區(qū)，在這些美食聚集地，各種特色小吃時(shí)常讓他流連忘返?！拔疫€喜歡濟(jì)南的茶文化，從剛來(lái)濟(jì)南就開(kāi)始喝茶，一直到現(xiàn)在，紅茶、綠茶、黑茶、白茶等都很喜歡。不只是我，其實(shí)現(xiàn)在很多外國(guó)人都很喜歡中國(guó)的茶文化，迪拜的很多茶館現(xiàn)在就賣(mài)中國(guó)茶?！?/p>

采訪當(dāng)天下午，亞當(dāng)還計(jì)劃和朋友一起前往濟(jì)寧?！吧綎|是有名的‘孔孟之鄉(xiāng)、禮儀之邦’，很多外國(guó)人對(duì)儒家文化很感興趣，有機(jī)會(huì)能去孔子、孟子的出生地走一走、看一看，我還是很期待的?！眮啴?dāng)笑道。

談及未來(lái)發(fā)展，亞當(dāng)坦言，10年來(lái)濟(jì)南的變化太快了，不管城市建設(shè)還是經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，“我希望能一直留在濟(jì)南。”

Adam may not be the best- known foreigners living in Jinan， but he must be one of them who speak such good Chinese. Speaking fluent Mandarin， Adam makes us forget he’s from another country.

Born in Palestine， Adam has lived in Jinan for more than 10 years. When talking about why lived in Jinan for over 10 years， he told a story， "When I first came to Jinan， I couldn’t speak Chinese and my English was not good either. I could only say ’Shandong University’， but I didn’t know Shandong University had multiple campuses in Jinan， and the taxi driver had no idea where I want to go." Adam believed that drivers might charge by time or even say no to him if in other countries or cities. But the driver didn’t refuse， and took Adam for nearly an hour to look for the destination. Finally， the driver learned from his friends which campus foreign students went to and took Adam there safely. "I decided to stay in Jinan after that." Adam said.

Adam has graduated with a bachelor degree of International Economics and Trade at Shandong University， and is getting his master degree of International Business at Shandong Normal University. When Covid-19 pandemic was rampant in 2020， he found students around him lacking masks， then he bought 3000 masks at his own expense from his friend who produced masks and donated them to schools in Jinan.

Adam says Jinan has sufficient magnetism to keep him from leaving it. With the exuberance of his talent and ambition， he has been vibrant in attracting personnel and promoting i n t e r n a t i o n a l e x c h a n g e a n d cooperation for Jinan. He thought that the development of Jinan’s construction as well as economy is rapid over the past decade， "I hope to stay here forever，" he added.