亞當(dāng)：濟(jì)南，來了便不想離開

劉雨

說起在濟(jì)南生活的外國人，亞當(dāng)或許不是最出名的。但若問誰的中文說得好，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人的身份。

“別看我現(xiàn)在說得好，剛來濟(jì)南時(shí)，我不會(huì)說中文，英文也不是很好，還發(fā)生過一個(gè)小故事呢?！眮啴?dāng)笑道，2012年從巴勒斯坦來濟(jì)南求學(xué)的他，一出火車站便計(jì)劃打車，正當(dāng)他四處環(huán)顧時(shí)，車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，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，他跟我對話我也不明白，但通過身體語言，我大體可以猜到司機(jī)是在詢問其他外國人?！眮啴?dāng)認(rèn)為，如果在別的國家或別的城市，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)，后來司機(jī)通過朋友了解到外國人來濟(jì)南常去哪個(gè)“山大”校區(qū)，并最終將其安全送達(dá)。“通過這個(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)國際經(jīng)濟(jì)與貿(mào)易專業(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)專業(yè)的碩士學(xué)位，“濟(jì)南有一種獨(dú)特的魅力，讓你來了便不想再離開。當(dāng)時(shí)本來計(jì)劃在‘山大’繼續(xù)讀碩士，后來得知需要離開濟(jì)南，去青島校區(qū)，思慮再三后我覺得‘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，來不斷豐富其人生經(jīng)歷。當(dāng)中東大使館有團(tuán)隊(duì)來濟(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、求購口罩后，他從做口罩生產(chǎn)的朋友那里自費(fèi)購買了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，我很開心自己能在人才引進(jìn)、對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、戶戶垂楊”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。“我還喜歡濟(jì)南的茶文化，從剛來濟(jì)南就開始喝茶，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)在很多外國人都很喜歡中國的茶文化，迪拜的很多茶館現(xiàn)在就賣中國茶?！?/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’，很多外國人對儒家文化很感興趣，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。

談及未來發(fā)展，亞當(dāng)坦言，10年來濟(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.