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编者按：上周全市中考揭开帷幕，近5万初中毕业生步入考场。大伙最关心的作文题也在考试结束后第一时间火热出炉，成为街头热议的焦点。作为全省唯一的命题作文，宁波卷给出了拍照、乘车时的小情境，从而引出“往后一小步反而更好”主题。

两个情境中，近看与远观，向前争与向后让，生活化中蕴含丰富的东方思辨性。那么，老外怎么解答这道题呢？本报特别邀请了一名摩洛哥小哥Abdelhak

Benkerroum，请他以考生的身份，结合自己的宁波故事，写一篇原汁原味的“国际范”中考作文。

往后一小步

by

Abdelhak

Benkerroum(阿道）

Life

is

a

long

journey.

We

are

not

responsible

for

its

length,

but

we

are

responsible

for

its

depth.

Some

of

us

chose

to

take

the

train

of

life

all

the

way

until

the

last

stop.

Some

others

prefer

to

get

off

the

train

in

an

earlier

stop,

find

their

comfort

zone,

and

settle

in.

I

got

off

that

train

five

years

ago

and

found

my

comfort

zone.

The

company

I

worked

for,

Expeditors

International

of

Washington,

promoted

me

to

a

regional

management

position

and

asked

me

if

I

was

interested

in

moving

to

settle

in

Dubai

and

work

at

their

Dubai

office.

I

quickly

said

yes.

A

few

weeks

later,

there

I

was,

sitting

at

their

Dubai

office

and

calling

Dubai

home.

A

very

high

salary,

an

intellectually

challenging

job,

a

luxurious

car,

a

magnificent

home,

plenty

of

entertainment,

amazing

friends

from

all

over

the

world.

The

right

place

to

make

a

lot

of

money

and

spend

a

lot

of

it.

The

right

place

to

have

a

fun

life.

I

was

27

years

old

and

life

was

already

smiling

to

me!

I

thought

to

myself

that

my

long

journey

has

come

to

an

end,

and

I’m

getting

off

that

train

and

settling

in

this

amazing

city

forever.

That

first

year

in

Dubai

went

by

so

fast

it

felt

like

I

only

slept

one

night

and

woke

up

to

find

myself

living

the

same

life.

I

had

so

much

fun,

but

I

didn""t

see

the

time

passing.

I

was

doing

the

same

things

every

day,

and

the

routine

became

boring.

Nothing

entertained

me

anymore.

More

sadly,

I

felt

like

my

life

had

no

purpose.

So

I

decided

to

spice-up

my

life

by

doing

new

things

and

adding

purpose

and

meaning

to

my

life.

I

decided

to

sign

up

for

kick-boxing

classes,

to

buy

myself

a

horse

and

start

riding,

and

to

start

learning

a

new

language.

This

last

decision

was

about

to

change

my

life.

I

started

taking

evening

classes

at

the

Confucius

Institute

at

the

University

of

Dubai,

jut

for

fun.

Because

Chinese

language

was

a

challenging

thing

to

learn,

and

because

I

thought

to

myself

that

by

finding

new

challenges

I

could

add

excitement

to

my

life.

After

going

through

4

levels

of

Chinese

classes,

my

Chinese

teacher

suggested

I

apply

for

the

Confucius

Scholarship.

I

was

not

sure

what

it

meant

at

that

time,

but

I

said

yes

anyways.

We

applied

and

a

few

weeks

later

I

received

an

email

saying:

CIS编号：CISAMARB1301821

意见：符合孔子学院奖学金要求，授予奖学金。

A

few

words

that

first

made

me

smile,

then

they

made

me

think.

There

I

had

a

choice:

Remain

in

my

beautiful

Dubai

and

enjoy

all

what

that

comfortable

life

had

to

offer,

or

jump

into

the

unknown

and

take

the

train

of

life

again

and

continue

my

life

journey.

I

had

to

make

the

decision

very

quickly

or

else

I

would

lose

a

(maybe)

good

opportunity.

I

decided

to

go

with

the

second

option

and

risk

everything.

I

presented

my

resignation

letter

to

my

direct

manager,

I

sold

all

my

belongings

in

Dubai

(including

my

horse),

and

after

spending

exactly

two

years

in

Dubai,

I

moved

over

to

China

to

discover

what

life

has

to

offer

to

me

again.

I

have

been

in

China

more

than

three

years

now.

I

sometimes

take

a

step

back

and

think

what

would

have

been

my

life

like

if

I

stayed

in

Dubai.

I

got

a

taste

of

that

three

weeks

ago

when

I

called

my

Moroccan

friend

in

Dubai

to

wish

him

a

happy

Ramadan.

It

was

the

first

time

I

talked

to

him

since

I

left

Dubai.

Generally,

when

I

meet

a

friend,

I’m

into

the

habit

of

asking

them

“What’s

new

in

your

life?”

rather

than

the

standard

“How

are

you?”

So

I

asked

him

what

was

new

in

his

life.

He

answered

that

he

was

still

working

at

the

same

company

in

Dubai,

but

at

a

higher

managerial

position.

He

was

living

in

a

bigger

house,

and

driving

a

better

car.

Nothing

much

has

changed

in

his

life

other

than

making

more

money

and

spending

even

more.

That’s

what

was

new

in

his

life!

He

asked

me

what

was

new

in

my

life

since

I

left

Dubai

and

moved

to

China.

I

told

him

that

it

has

been

more

than

three

years

since

I

moved

to

China.

I

lived

in

two

different

cities,

studied

Chinese

at

a

university,

traveled

to

more

than

30

cities,

opened

my

own

trading

company

in

Hong

Kong,

taught

undergraduate

students

at

a

university,

opened

my

own

training

company

in

Ningbo,

wrote

my

own

book,

and

now

working

on

my

e-learning

platform.

We

both

started

laughing

on

how

our

lives

were

similar

to

each

other

when

we

lived

in

Dubai,

and

how

they

contrasted

widely

today.

I

felt

some

remorse

in

his

life.

He

ended-up

saying

he

is

exploring

other

opportunities

to

move

back

to

Morocco

and

start

a

new

life.

I

ended-up

wishing

him

what

I

wish

to

all

my

friends

all

the

time

“May

you

live

every

day

of

your

life.

May

you

LIVE

every

day

of

your

life”

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