长城和美玉(我的中国之爱)(英文版)/新时代的马可·波罗

作者简介

威廉·林赛，英籍长城学者，毕业于英国利物浦大学地理地质专业。1987年成功独步长城2470公里。2000年起专门探索、研究、保护长城和传播长城文化。已出版《威廉：我的长城生活》《虚拟长城展：50件长城文物》《万里长城百年回望》《万里长城百题问答》《亚洲印象：长城》等著作。因在长城保护和促进中英友好方面所作贡献，荣获中国国务院颁发的“友谊奖章”（1998年）；英国女王伊丽莎白二世陛下颁发的“大英帝国勋章”（2006年）；北京市人民颁发的长城“友谊奖牌”（2008年）。婚后与妻子吴琪和两个儿子（詹姆斯和托马斯）长期居住在北京。

内容简介

Baby Lindesay was born without complications on January 22nd after a normal labour, a bouncing boy and a healthy weight too. Qi had been working on another baby project in the final weeks of her pregnancy, a needlepoint tapestry to mark the baby’s date and name. As a teacher I’d named hundreds of students, but never my own flesh and blood. Qi became increasingly frustrated with some of the names I had shortlisted. As soon as she heard them, she translated them phonetically, to see how they sounded in Chinese and thought about which characters would be most suited. A good name had to sound right, write well, and have an auspicious meaning. We decided on James for his first name; it was traditionally a popular Lindesay family name, and we’d shorten it to Jimmy, which translated well into Chinese characters as jie mi or ‘wonderful rice’. For his middle name I chose Alistair to reflect the Lindesay’s Scottish roots. 本书讲述了一个英国人独特而真实的长城故事。三十多年来，经历过各种苦与乐、失与得，威廉·林赛从长城的擅自闯入者，变成了有影响力的长城守护者和长城文化传播者。他用优美的文字描写了长城的壮美，细腻地表达了自己爱与深情。在通往长城事业的道路上，总有爱妻“美玉”坚定的支持与无私的奉献。他们定居在北京箭扣长城脚下，为来访的中外客人分享长城和他研究长城的故事，并带着他们身临其境。一切来源于长城，一切为了长城——这也成为了林赛一家子的生活方式。