深圳美女学霸刘洁讲述《我们都是战士》演讲视频背后的故事

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近日，深圳市民刘洁创作的“We Are All Fighters”（《我们都是战士）》英文演讲抗疫视频火了！

这个视频自英文《深圳日报》2月21日首发以来，在短短数天内总播放量已经超过2亿，《人民日报》、CGTN和《中国日报》等国内媒体也都纷纷报道。

“这个视频的创作其实是非常偶然的，我不是专业做视频的，也不是专门做演讲的。”刘洁周一接受英文《深圳日报》采访时说道。

“前段时间疫情越来越严重，自己也看了很多国内外的报道，在这个过程中发现，一方面在国内的新闻报道当中看到我们的疫情确实是越来越严峻；另一方面，一些外媒对中国的报道其实是有失偏颇，甚至是带有歧视性或者说有敌意的。” 刘洁说。

她举了《华尔街日报》的一篇报道作为例子，该报道让她看了之后十分愤懑，同时又觉得很压抑。“就是很复杂的情感。所以我决定创作一个视频，一方面是鼓励大家，在特殊的时刻鼓励我们的国人同胞，希望给他们带来力量，带来温暖，然后另外一方面我也希望更多的国外的人能够看到这个视频，让世界听到来自中国的声音，因为中国并不是你们想象的那样。”

刘洁两年前来到深圳，是一个新深圳人。她来自四川峨眉山附近的一个小城市，从小在四川长大，本科在湖北武汉华中师范大学学习日语，所以对武汉有特别的情感。

这个视频的制作一共花了刘洁两个礼拜的时间。因为家里有个小宝宝，她只能在宝宝睡觉之后抽空制作。

“我半夜或者凌晨爬起来去写稿子、录音。特别是录音，只能在早上，可能四点多钟录到七点多钟，我只能躲到厨房去，把厨房的门拉上，在里面偷偷地录音，因为怕吵醒了孩子，也怕录到杂音。录的时候反反复复，因为自己也比较完美主义，所以前前后后估计录了得有上百遍。” 刘洁说道。

虽然本身不是一个专业的演讲家，但是刘洁向来热爱英语，也在市级到国家级的各种英语演讲比赛中拿过奖项。此外，她本身从事国际交流的工作，也在这方面积累了丰富的经验。

她自己最喜欢演讲里的这一段：“我们的人民可能生病，我们的城市可能生病，但我们作为一个勇敢的民族，绝不会被病毒打倒，因为我们拥有必胜的精神、历史和决心！我们在地球上已经屹立了5000多年，我们见证过更加黑暗的时刻，我们经历过更加残酷的考验，无论是战争、侵略、饥饿、贫穷还是自然灾害，我们总是能幸存下来，我们总是能重新站立起来，我们总是能取得最后的胜利，所以这次我们也一定能赢得最终的胜利。”

除了演讲内容，这个视频的素材其实都是来自于网络，有些是媒体报道，有的是来自于网友自制的vlog。“有一个剪的视频是一个在武汉当地做的vlog，其他的包括一些记录医护人员、执法人员还有普通百姓的影像，这些都给了我很大的感触。” 刘洁说。

这次疫情影响了每一个人。“为什么我这个题目叫《我们都是战士》，因为我觉得在这个情况下，疫情给我们带来的影响不仅仅只是说生病了或者怎么样，它可能给我们的社会、我们的经济、我们的生活都带来了方方面面的影响，所以我们每一个人都应该去抗争，做一个fighter，这不光是为我们自己，也是在为整个我们的国家、我们的民族而在战斗。”刘洁说道。

在专访的最后，刘洁向视频首发媒体英文《深圳日报》表示感谢。“感谢你们在传播这个视频当中做出的支持，我相信关注Shenzhen Daily的读者一定都是非常具有国际视野、广阔胸怀的人，因为你们在关注的不仅仅是我们身边发生的事情，我们国家发生的事情，而是关注着整个世界发生的事情，我相信有这样情怀，有这样格局的读者一定能够更好地去构建我们的城市，能够把我们的深圳建设成一个更加国际化的、更加具有多元性包容性的城市，谢谢！”

A VIDEO titled “We Are All Fighters” created by Shenzhen resident Liu Jie in support of the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic went viral online recently.

The video, which was first reported by Shenzhen Daily on Feb. 21, has gained over 200 million views online in just a few days and has also been covered by renowned national media like the People’s Daily, CGTN and China Daily.

“The creation of the video was actually quite accidental because personally I am not professional at making videos or speeches,” Liu told Shenzhen Daily on Monday.

“In the early days the outbreak was becoming more and more severe, and I read many reports by both domestic and foreign media. On the one hand, from domestic media, we can see the graveness of the epidemic, while on the other hand, some reports by foreign media are actually biased, discriminatory and even hostile,” said Liu.

Liu Jie has a video interview with Shenzhen Daily on Monday.

Liu gave an example of a report by the Wall Street Journal which made her feel angry, indignant and depressive. “It’s a very complicated feeling. So I decided to create a video to give strength to our people and to let the world hear our voice, because China is not what they have imagined.”

Liu, a new Shenzhener who moved to the city just two years ago, comes from a small city near Mount Emei in Sichuan Province. Growing up in Sichuan, she studied Japanese at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei Province for her bachelor’s degree, which explains her special attachment to the outbreak epicenter.

Liu Jie. Courtesy of the interviewee

The making of the video took Liu a total of two weeks. As a mother, Liu had to find free time to make the video while her baby was sleeping.

“I woke up at midnight or early in the morning to write the script and record the audio. Especially for the voice recording, sometimes I recorded from 4 a.m. till 7 a.m. in the kitchen with the door closed, so as not to wake up the baby as well as to avoid the noise entering the record. I am kind of a perfectionist so I recorded nearly 100 times to get the final result,” said Liu.

Though not a professional orator, Liu loves English and has won awards at different English speech contests at the municipal through national levels. Her daily work, which is directly related to cross-cultural communication, also gives her rich experience in this regard.

Apart from the speech, the materials for the video all come from the Internet including media reports and vlogs by netizens. “One video clip is from a vlog which recorded the city of Wuhan during the epidemic. Others include the records of medics, law enforcement officers and average Chinese citizens. All are quite inspiring and touching,” said Liu.

Her favorite part of the speech reads: “Our people may get sick, our city may get sick, but we as a brave nation will never ever get sick because we have the spirit, history and determination to win. We’ve been on this planet for over 5,000 years. We’ve witnessed much darker moments. We’ve been through much crueler trials. No matter whether it’s a war, invasion, starvation, poverty or natural disaster, we’ve always survived and we’ve always stood back up on our feet. We’ve always won in the end. And we will definitely win this time.”

The epidemic affects everyone. “That’s why I named it ‘We Are All Fighters.’ Because it’s not only about getting sick, it affects every aspect of our life, our economy and our society. So we need to fight against the epidemic, not only for ourselves but also for our nation,” said Liu.

At the end of the exclusive interview, Liu expressed her gratitude to Shenzhen Daily for being the first established media to publish the video. “Thank you for your contribution. I believe that the readers of Shenzhen Daily possess a global perspective and a broad mind because you are not only focusing on what is happening around us, what’s happening in our country, but also what’s happening across the world. ”

编辑 郑蔚珩