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廣東僑網訊
馬莉沙（Lisa Mar，1991): Finding my roots in China changed my life.
中國的尋根之旅改變了我的一生。
黃淑英 (Georgette Wong，1992): The trip to my village was incredible. I did not know what to expect when I got there. I felt very emotional as we arrived at the village, seeing how different my life would have been, had I been born there.
此次家鄉之行實在太神奇了。當我踏上家鄉土地的一剎那，我激動得不知所措，假如我就在那兒出生，眼前的一草一木都足以改變我的一生。
譚咏恩(Tina Tom，1993): In many ways, this trip was not so much about finding my roots as it was about making sure that my relationship with my family take roots.
許多方面表明，本次旅程不僅僅給了我尋根的機會，更重要的是它使我和我的家族的關係深深地紮下了根。
李偉賢(Jeffrey Ow， 1993): China wasn, t as frightening and alien as I thoug ht it would be .They saw me as "overseas Chinese" and not a foreigner. Although I was culturally different, I was accepted. At the village, I met the matchmaker who matched my grandfather and grandmother and felt a pang of sadness, realizing the matchmaker survived longer than the match, as my grandmother had died a year earlier.
以前腦海中的中國既令人望而生畏又脫離世界潮流，事實上卻並非如此。他們視我為"海外華人"而非外國人，雖然我們之間有著巨大的文化差異，但他們還是接受了我。在家鄉，我遇到了當年撮合我祖父母的媒人，一時不禁黯然神傷，她比她撮合的那段姻緣活得要長久，我的祖母一年前便已離開了人間。
劉菲莉(Phylis Wang ，1994): One year ago, I never imagined I would know so much about my family history. Searching for my family roots not only taught me a lot about my ancestry but enabled me to better understand myself as well.
僅僅一年前，我對我的家族史還幾乎一無所知。家鄉的尋根之旅不僅使我對先輩有了較全面的了解，而且給了我一個更好的洞悉自我的良機。
徐國植(Alexander Hsu ，1995): In the past, telling people I, m Chinese American was merely an adjective. Now I feel that when I say that I , m Chinese American, I know which part is Chinese and which part is American.
過去 ，跟人家說我是華裔美國人，那不過是一個自己也說不清的概念。現在再跟人說我是華裔美國人，我就能告訴他，我身上哪些地方反映了華裔的身份，哪些地方表明我是個美國人。
謝現昌(Robert Tse ，1996): When you are brought up to respect your eastern heritage you are aware of your parallel lives.To return to China to see that second life is an expereince which changes your perspexctive forever.You feel you are at the origin, the source of inspiration.
東方文化讓你肅然起敬，也讓你意識到自己生命的雙重含義。從美國回到中國追尋第二重含義的經歷徹底改變了你的未來，你感到你到達了萬物之源，靈感不斷涌現。
伍思茵(Rita Ng，1997)…also Miss Callformia 2000 :Roots gives you a sense of completion; of understanding that your life follows that path of many that have already come before you; of reflection that your exisitence in America is only a glimpse of your existence in the world.
尋根帶給你一種圓滿的感覺，讓你懂得你是在踏著先輩們的足跡前行，也折射出你在美國的生活不過是你整個生命中微不足道的一小部分而已。
梁志輝(Evan leong ，1997): I may not know all the traditions or customs of my culture. I may not speak a word of my native tongue, yet I do know that I am and always will be Chinese.
雖然我對中國的傳統和習俗幾乎一無所知，雖然我不會說片言只語的漢語，我卻深深懂得我現在是、而且永遠是一個中國人。
鄧川山(Michael Ong ，1997): The trip to China helped put things into perspective. China is rapidly changing, especially the Peart River Delta region. While we had the opportunity to connect with our past, the changes in China also serve as a reminder that the present and future are what you make of it. Hopefully, the past will serve as a guide in our future.
中國之行有助於認識事物的發展趨勢。中國，尤其是珠江三角洲地區，正在發生翻天覆地的變化。回顧我們的過去,中國的巨變提醒我們，建設現在和創造未來的人正是你自己。但願歷史能成為我們未來的導航器。
梁裕力(Eric Norberg， 1998): A young girl passed by me with a shirt loudly saying "remember your roots." And that picture was taken by my heart.
一個小女孩從我身邊走過，聲音響亮地說:"記住你的根"，此情此景我將銘記一生。
朱永泉(Kevin Gee，1998)…now teaching English in Guangzhou: I joined the In Search of Roots program to seek out a stronger understanding of my family history…it is a history that I had feared fufure generations of my family would forget. I now realize that the work I have started through Roots is just a beginning. The search for my family history and identity as a Chinese American is a continual process.
我希望通過參加尋根之旅加深對家族史的認識，我一直擔心我們家族的後代會有朝一日忘記這段歷史。我意識到尋根活動還只不過是一個開始，追尋家族史、探究華裔美國人的根源是一個長期不斷的過程。
陳蘇艷(Candace chin，1999): The In search of Roots program is phenomenal. As a result of participating. I now understand the beginnings of my identity in the United States and moreover I am only starting to realize how culturally,ancesrtally, spirituaily, and individually rooted I am in China.
尋根活動的成效是顯著的。通過參加這一活動， 我終於弄懂了我是怎樣既是中國人卻又成為美國人的。這次活動還使我逐漸意識到，無論從文化上、血緣上、精神上還是個人特徵上，我在中國紮下的根都是那麼深那麼長。
胡文慧(Stacey Woo， 1999): The R oots program was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I, ll never forget our time in which my great-great grandfather lived five generations ago. Through the program, I began a joumey to reconnect my family history and Chinese heritage, and in doing so, learn more about my own identity.
尋根之行是一次一生難得一遇的經歷。我不會忘記在家鄉渡過的那段時光，不會忘記我的高曾祖父住過的那所老房子，不會忘記我曾在那兒駐足、徘徊。通過這次旅程，我開始把自己的家史和中國傳統文化重新銜接起來，由此，我對自己的身世有了更深刻的認識。
畢美華(Susan Brim ，1999): Paying my respects to my great grandfather at his grave was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I feel content now, like I have fulfilled some promise that I didn,t even know I had made.
到曾祖父的墳前拜祭是我所經歷過的最感動的事情之一。現在我感到充實多了，就像實踐了連自己也不知道在什麼時候許過的諾言一樣。
關幼林(Lumsden Quan ，1999):Just when I thought I was a tiny flower, someone picked me, I then realized I was a tree with long roots.
正當我以為自己是一朵隨風飄落的小花時，有人把我拾了起來，這時我才發現自己是一棵紮根深廣的樹。
周偉明(Eric Joe， 2000): Roots has given me a deeper appreciation for the strength vision, and perseverance of my ancestors to know America held the promise of a better life for their future generations. Their tremendous courage and sacrifices have given me every opportunity I have today.
為了給後代創造更好的生活條件， 我的祖輩遠赴美國創業，通過尋根之旅，我被他們身上所體現出的堅強的意志、敏銳的觸覺和非人的毅力所深深敬服。我所擁有的一切，正是來自於他們的莫大勇氣和巨大的犧牲。
朱興初(Oscar Gee ，2000): I begin to understand what the Chinese means in Chinese American a little more. Bringing it back to the roots allows for my present being to influence my future ones.
我開始理解中國血統對華裔美國人的意義，對根的認識，將會給我的未來帶來深刻的影響。
李振匡(Korey Lee， 2000): My identity is defined by my being both Chinese and American. The roots program brought me to realiztions and discoveries about myself and reinforced my pride in being Chinese American. The journey to China helped me realize and discover more of my identity, what I was, what I am, and what I will be. The road of self-discovery is a lifetime experience and Roots was the first mile.
我的身世包含中國人和美國人雙重意義。尋根之旅給了我實現自我和發現自我的機會，增強了我作為美籍華人的自豪感。中國之行使我對自己的身世，過去怎樣，現在如何，將來又會是怎樣，有了新的認識和新的發現。這條發現自我的路是相伴終生的，尋根之旅只是它的第一步。
馬一平(Robert Mar，2000): travelling throughout southern China, seeing the lifestyles of the people who live there, and visiting the bi rthplaces of my parents allowed me to see the origin of my Chinese ethnicity in the context of China, as it used to be when my ancestors lived there, and in the way China exists today, moving toward modernization and becoming a member of the global community.
週游華南各地，親歷那兒的人們的生活，參觀父母的出生地，這一切都使我有機會找到自己作為中國人的自豪感的根源，因為呈現在我眼前的，既有千百年前我的祖先生活過的中國，也有逐步邁向現代化，逐步成為地球村中重要一員的當代中國。
方智濤(Wilson Woo ，2000): Roots program is awesome. The program gives an opportunity to view the world in one, s own eye. What I was looking for from the program was not only my identity, but meaning in life…how my family ties affect my life. True meaning is to feel alive in one,s life.
尋根活動讓人肅然起敬 ，它給了我們用自己的雙眼去觀察世界的機會。我從這個活動中要追尋的，不僅是我的身世，還有生命的意義和我的家族紐帶對我的生活的影響。真正的意義是去感受生命的活力。
伍思明(Roland Ng， 2000): Although I have never visited this land before, upon seeing an elementary school picture of myself in my great-grandmother, s village. I knew my Roots jouney had brought me home.
雖然我從未踏足過那片土地，但當我看自己站在曾祖母故鄉的小學前的照片時，我就意識到尋根之旅的確把我帶回了家。
陳歡樂(Irix Chin， 2000): The Roots learning curve is exponential. I learned more about myself and the world during my three weeks in China than I learned during a year spent at home.
從尋根之旅中所學到的東西呈幾何級數遞增。在中國三周裏所獲得的對自己和世界的認識，比起我在美國家中鑽研一年所獲得的還要多。
（編輯：馮怡駒）
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