在中國，很安全

Stay Fine and Safe in China

文/Amiri Hashmatullah（阿智明，阿富汗籍） 譯/吳璇

我叫阿智明，是一名阿富汗籍留學生。我就讀于中國蘭州交通大學交通運輸學院。自從來中國留學的那一天起，我在蘭州度過了一段非常愉快的時光。

工程師的搖籃

首先，我想談談我是如何來到中國留學的。我于2016年大學畢業(yè)，那時我的夢想是在世界一流的國家繼續(xù)我的學業(yè)。中國成為我的首選，因為中國的工業(yè)和制造業(yè)非常發(fā)達，是工程師的搖籃。于是，在朋友的幫助下，我申請了蘭州交通大學的中國政府獎學金項目，希望可以去中國留學。最終，我非常幸運地獲得了赴中國留學的獎學金資格。但在當時，我完全無法想象能夠如此的幸運。還記得那時候，我正在一家位于我家鄉(xiāng)最遙遠的一個村莊的小公司做工程師。我工作的地方常常會發(fā)生網(wǎng)絡中斷，那次，網(wǎng)絡又中斷了，我沒有辦法工作，只能垂頭喪氣地回家了。就在我百無聊賴、很沮喪的時候，我收到了一條來自臉書（Facebook）的消息，發(fā)消息的是一位來自蘭州交通大學的同學，他祝賀我獲得了蘭州交通大學的獎學金留學資格。蘭州交通大學的老師讓他幫助我辦理來華留學的相關(guān)事宜。我真的太高興了，等了很久終于如愿以償，我覺得自己是世界上最幸運的人。我非常感謝蘭州交通大學的老師們輾轉(zhuǎn)找到我，猜到我可能會有困難，就讓好心的同學幫助我。幸虧他們的幫助，一切都很順利，我在三天內(nèi)就拿到了簽證。2018年8月10日，我收拾好行裝，告別家人，踏上了讓我又激動又有點忐忑不安的留學之路。

放下忐忑與不安

2018年，阿智明在蘭州交通大學開始了他的留學生活

2018年8月12日，我順利抵達中國。在我去學校報到的第一天，老師給我起了一個中文名字叫阿智明，是聰明的意思，這是我收到的第一份來自中國的禮物。第一天報到，很疲憊也很緊張，但是這里的老師首先給我安排了溫暖的房間，然后很親切地跟我說：“歡迎來到中國，歡迎來到蘭州交通大學！”在那一天，我卸下了行囊，放下了所有的忐忑和不安，感到了輕松和喜悅。

我記得第一次去餐廳吃飯，因為我完全不懂中文，所以不知道怎么點餐，只是照著圖片比畫。結(jié)果服務員在我的桌子上放了一個很大的碗，滿滿一碗飯，很辣，我還沒有吃完，就狼狽地逃出了餐廳。

還有一次，我和另外一位留學生出去玩，回學校的時候卻迷路了。我們在街上問了一位女士，看得出來她會一點英語。但讓我們沒想到的是，在得知我們是留學生后，她很熱情地幫助我們，因為害怕我們走錯路就直接送我們回到學校才離開。這讓我覺得中國人對外國人是很熱情友好的。

慢慢地，我對蘭州這個城市有了了解，喜歡上了這里的牛肉面和火鍋。沒有課的時候，我喜歡去甘肅省博物館、黃河鐵橋、白塔山、正寧路夜市、蘭州水車公園等地方看看黃河水，看看這個城市，看看這里的人。我還去了中國其他的一些城市，比如上海、西安、合肥。每個城市都有自己獨特的美。比如上海，繁華而現(xiàn)代，我覺得是世界上最美麗的城市。如果你想來中國，我建議你一定要去上?？纯?。

時光飛逝，就這樣，我在美好中度過了兩年的留學生活。

我選擇，我堅信

2020年，注定是不平凡的一年。年初，暴發(fā)了新冠肺炎疫情。它就像一場風暴迅速席卷了全世界。中國特別是武漢，經(jīng)歷了這場病毒大流行帶來的艱難時期。我們每天都緊張關(guān)切著事態(tài)的發(fā)展，看到中國國家主席習近平第一時間發(fā)表講話，親自指揮部署疫情防控工作。他向中國人民傳達了這樣一個信息：中國政府和中國人民是站在一起的，中國政府將不遺余力地保護人民的生命安全，中國人民攜手努力一定會戰(zhàn)勝疫情。作為一名留學生，疫情暴發(fā)時，我很害怕。但是我看到中國的很多醫(yī)生，離開自己的孩子和家人，第一時間奔赴醫(yī)院去救治病人。中國在很短時間內(nèi)就建造了許多方艙醫(yī)院，專門救治和幫助那些需要幫助的人。我看到蘭州交通大學的老師們第一時間站在我們的身邊，24小時值班，給我們發(fā)放防疫物品和食物，普及防疫知識。學校的書記和校長也多次來探望我們，給我們帶來關(guān)心和問候。我不再害怕了。最后，疫情被控制住了，我們?nèi)?66名留學生和工作人員零感染。在這段艱難的日子里，我們體會了來自學校和老師們的關(guān)愛，親眼看見了中國人是如何團結(jié)一致共同戰(zhàn)勝疫情的。中國醫(yī)生的大愛無疆讓我深受感動，中國政府卓越的領(lǐng)導和協(xié)調(diào)能力也讓我非常敬佩。

在疫情期間，我的祖國阿富汗也始終相信阿富汗在中國的留學生或者工作人員一定會是安全的，因為我們的政府始終相信在中國的阿富汗人可以擁有比在阿富汗更好、更完善的醫(yī)療設施。我也對此深信不疑。是的，我們在這里很好，很安全。

現(xiàn)在，一切都恢復了正常，校園里像往常一樣充滿歡聲笑語。我選擇了這里，我很享受這里快樂的留學時光。謝謝熱情好客、樂于助人的中國人，謝謝我的大學和老師，我一定會更加努力，未來成為一個優(yōu)秀的人。

新冠肺炎疫情期間，阿智明選擇留在學校學習

My name is Amiri Hashmatullah, an Afghan student. I am a master’s degree student majoring in transportation planning and management at the traffic and transportation school in Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China. Since I came to China, I had a pleasant time here.

The Cradle of Engineers

First, I would like to talk about how I came to China. I graduated from university in 2016, and my dream is to continue my studies in a world-class country. China is my first choice. China’s industry and manufacturing are very developed, which is the cradle of engineers. Therefore, driven by the dream to study in China and with my friends’ help, I applied for the Chinese government scholarship program of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. Fortunately, I was selected to study in China and became a student of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. I did not imagine that I was so lucky enough at that time. Before coming to China, I worked as an engineer at a small company in one of the most remote villages in my hometown. The Internet always did not work in the place where I worked. I remembered one day the network was interrupted again. I had no way to work, so I went home dejectedly. When I was upset and bored, I received a message from my Facebook. A student from Lanzhou Jiaotong University sent it. He said that he congratulated me on winning the Lanzhou Jiaotong University scholarship qualification, and the teachers asked him to help me deal with matters related to studying abroad. My joy was overflowing.I have been waiting for a long time to get what I wanted. I thought that I was the luckiest person in the world. At the same time, I was very grateful to the teachers of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. They tried to contact me and asked another international student to help me. They perceived that I needed help. With their assistance, everything went well. I got my visa in three days. On August 10, 2018, I packed my bags, said goodbye to my family, and then embarked on the road to study abroad, which made me excited and uneasy.

Putting Down Worries and Anxieties

I arrived in China on August 12, 2018. On the first day, whenI went to school for registration, my teacher gave me my Chinese name, “A Zhiming,” which means smart. It was the first gift I received in China. On the first day, I was exhausted and nervous, but the teachers arranged a warm room for me and then talked to me kindly, “Welcome to China, and welcome to Lanzhou Jiaotong University.” On that day, I unloaded my luggage, put down all my worries and anxieties,and felt relaxed and happy.

I remembered the first time I went to the restaurant for dinner. Because I didn’t know how to speak Chinese at all,I could not order. I just followed the pictures and used my hands to explain what I needed. Finally, the waiter put a big bowl on my table, full of rice, meat, and vegetables. Moreover,it was very spicy. Before I finished my dinner, I ran out of the dining hall in a mess.

I also remembered that I went out with another international student one day, but we got lost when we were back at school.We asked a lady on the street for help, and she tried to tell us the way in English. We didn’t expect that after knowing that we were international students, she directly sent us back to school, for she was afraid that we would get lost. I felt that the Chinese people are very friendly to us foreigners.

Gradually, I got to know the city of Lanzhou. I like the beef noodles and hot pot here. When there is no class, I want to go to Gansu Provincial Museum, Zhongshan Iron Bridge, White Pagoda Park, Zhengning road night market, and Waterwheel Garden. I would also go to other places to see the Yellow River, the city, and its people. I also went to some other cities in China, such as Shanghai, Xi’an, and Hefei. In China, every city has its beauty. For example, Shanghai is prosperous and modern, and in my eyes, it is the most beautiful city in the world. If you want to come to China, Shanghai is worth seeing.

Time flies, and in this way, I spent two years studying in China.

Firmly Believing to Choose Here

The year 2020 is destined to be a great year. The outbreak of COVID-19 occurred at the beginning of the year. It was like a storm that swept the world. China, especially Wuhan, has experienced a difficult period due to the virus pandemic. We are concerned about the development of the situation every day. Chinese President Xi Jinping has made many televised speeches and personally directed the deployment of epidemic prevention. He conveyed the message to all the Chinese people that the Chinese government and the Chinese people are standing together. The Chinese government will spare no effort to ensure the safety of the people’s lives. Chinese people will join hands in fighting the epidemic. Whenthe epidemic broke out, I was terrified as an international student, but I saw many Chinese doctors left their children and families and rushed to the hospital to work. In a short time, China had built many mobile cabin hospitals to treat and help those patients. And the teachers of Lanzhou Jiaotong University stood beside us for the first time, took 24-hour duty, distributed epidemic prevention materials and food, popularized epidemic prevention knowledge, and took care of us. The secretary and the university principal have come to visit us many times to deliver their care. I was no longer afraid of the virus. Finally, the epidemic was under control, and all 166 international students and staff were free of infection. As an international student from a foreign country, we received a lot of help and care from our teachers and school. We witnessed Chinese people united together to defeat the epidemic. It touched me to see the boundless love of Chinese medical workers. I also admire the excellent leadership and coordination ability of the Chinese government.

During the epidemic period, my motherland, Afghanistan,always believed that Afghan students or staff in China would be safe because our government firmly believed that Afghans in China could have better medical facilities than those in Afghanistan. I also passionately believe that. We are fine and safe.

Now, everything is normal again. The campus is full of laughter as usual. I choose here, enjoy the happy time of studying abroad. I want to express my gratitude to the Chinese people who are hospitable and helpful. I want to express my gratitude to my university and teachers. Their kindness and care for me will drive me to try my best to be an excellent person in the future.