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So, my talk went something like this: "Marry me and let's move to a faraway land." How’s that for a shocker?
于是，我就说出了这样的话：“嫁给我，然后一起搬到很远的地方去住吧。”这句话是不是会让人吓一跳？
We each had a job and a house where we were living in the US state of Florida, so it wasn't like we actually needed to move halfway across the globe. But this opportunity called to us. So we both decided to take a leap of faith in each other and in a new country.
我们各自在美国佛罗里达都有工作，也有房子，所以我们事实上并不需要搬到地球的另一头去。但是这个机会在召唤着我们。于是我们都决定大胆地信任对方，信任一个新国家。
Those first few months in Shanghai were some of the most wonderfully intense times of my life. We were newlyweds in a new country at a time when many of my contemporaries were starting to think about their retirement.
初到上海的那几个月是我人生中最紧张的一段时期，但是感觉还不错。我们在一个新国家成了新婚夫妇，而与此同时我的很多同龄人都已经开始为退休做打算。
China drew us closer together and helped bond our relationship.
中国让我们彼此靠得更近，巩固了我们的感情。
Now it's almost five years later. March 31 is our fifth wedding anniversary. The time has gone by fast, and I have no regrets. China has become our adopted home. We moved north almost three years ago and have become Beijingers.
