阿達：我會唱《溫州是個好地方》

張鐘文

阿達的浙江足跡

9年前，留學生艾鵬達背上行囊，從非洲加納來到溫州，開啟了漫長的學醫路。艾鵬達這個中文名字還是他的溫州老師取的，寓意飛黃騰達，現在，他的朋友都喜歡叫他阿達。

2010年，從加納來到浙江溫州，進入溫州醫科大學求學。

2013 年，在“留動中國”才藝賽上，阿達用溫州話演唱了《溫州是個好地方》，驚艷全場，榮獲一等獎。

2016年，臨床醫學專業本科畢業。

2018年，在以“中非衛生人才培養的交流與合作”為主題的第二屆全球健康青年領袖圓桌會議上，作為代表發言，并受到了加納總統的接見。

2019年，在溫醫大附一院肝膽外科臨床實踐和實習。

說起到溫州的第一天，阿達至今還記得很清楚——2010年11月28日。因為簽證的關系，他沒有按時到學校報到，但學校考慮到實際情況，還是讓他入學了，這讓他感動不已，他覺得溫州人和溫州的學校實在太有愛了。

阿達曾受邀參演全媒體情景微劇《跟我學溫州話》之《揀過揀，揀個破燈盞》，不到一天時間，網絡點擊量就超過15萬次。阿達說，他也沒想到會躥紅的，走在路上還被人認出來。

一天，他和同學正往溫醫大學院路校區走去，迎面走來一位女生。“她把我攔住，很驚訝地說：‘你不是那個……你怎么在這里？”

阿達說，這位女生是《跟我學溫州話》微劇的忠實粉絲。不過，他趕著去上課，只是沖女生笑了笑。走紅后，還有劇組慕名來找他拍戲呢。

Ta眼里的浙江

“我在浙江這幾年，浙江有很大很大的變化。與浙江比，別的地方應該沒有這么快吧。我和我的一些朋友聊天，我身邊的朋友都覺得，中國的發展速度非常快。”不僅中文說得溜，連溫州話都字正腔圓，這個加納小伙，不簡單！

“浙江人做事效率很高。來溫州短短幾年，舊城換了新顏，高樓林立，道路寬敞。”阿達說，“現在交通出行也更便捷。以前我來的時候，從溫州到杭州，大部分的時候是坐大巴什么的，現在有動車有高鐵，所需時間越來越短，轉眼就到。”

阿達說，中國給了外國留學生很多機會。阿達就在溫醫大附一院肝膽外科臨床實踐和學習。

“我在醫院工作，會碰到一些老年人。一般老年人不會說普通話，我就學了幾句溫州話，好跟他們交流。這對我在醫院實習是很有幫助的。”

還有一個好消息是，前段時間阿達訂婚了，未婚妻是溫州人。阿達將自己融入到溫州生活的同時，也不忘以一個“新溫州人”的身份將浙江的故事傳播到海內外，成為熱衷公益的文化使者。阿達說：“我想要讓大家知道，外國人在中國浙江、在溫州是如何學習生活的，也想讓更多人了解溫州美食、溫州文化，以及當下正在發生的浙江故事。”

Percy David PaPa Akuetteh came from Ghana to China in 2010. His destination was Wenzhou， a city in southeastern Zhejiang. He came to study at Wenzhou Medical University. In 2013， he rose overnight to national stardom as he captured a first prize in an international student competition by singing a song in Wenzhou dialect.

Percy David PaPa Akuetteh still remembers his first day in Wenzhou： it was November 28， 2010. Despite the fact that he was about two months late for his freshman year because of a visa problem， the university took him in. This warmhearted welcome gesture touched his heart.

His Chinese name is Ai Pengda. He got it from his Chinese teacher in Wenzhou shortly after his arrival in Wenzhou. Pretty soon， his Chinese friends called him Ah Da， a Chinese way to say that you are family.

Ah Da is a celebrity in Wenzhou. Almost everyone in the city knows of him largely because the African speaks Wenzhou dialect perfectly. In modern urban myths， the Wenzhou dialect is infamously the most difficult of all dialects in the country. Even most people beyond Wenzhou in Zhejiang are totally clueless about a conversation in the dialect.

He speaks the dialect so well that he has appeared as a teacher in a mini television series of the dialect learning. And he has won numerous accolades for his dialect proficiency.

In the nine years， he has studied medicine from the very beginning. Now he is a PhD student working as a trainee at the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou University.

His nine-year life in Wenzhou has enabled him to witness fast changes across Zhejiang at close hand. “I have witnessed huge changes in Zhejiang these years. This fast growth tempo is something I havent seen anywhere else. My friends agree with me that China is developing at fast speed，” he says. “In the past， I traveled between Wenzhou and Hangzhou by long-distance bus. Now fast-speed trains have shortened the travel time between the two cities.”

As a student now training and studying at the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou University， he works hard and appreciates the abundant opportunities international students have in China. He says that the surgery he does in a week is equal to the surgery a surgeon does in one or two months in a hospital in Ghana.

The Wenzhou dialect he speaks perfectly helps him at the hospital. “I now and then see old people at the hospital. Most old people in Wenzhou dont speak Putonghua. My speaking the dialect helps a great deal in my communication with them，” says Ah Da proudly.

He is engaged with a local girl in Wenzhou. And he is an ambassador for Wenzhou to promote its culture overseas. “I want more people to know how international people live and work in Wenzhou， Zhejiang and China. I want more people to know more about Wenzhou food and culture and whats happening in Zhejiang，” says Ah Da.

The 2018 data indicates that there were 37，500 international students studying at various colleges and universities in Zhejiang at the end of 2018. Ah Da is one of these students. In Zhejiang， there are 14 international colleges operated jointly by higher-learning institutions at home and abroad and 142 education programs in partnership between Chinese universities and foreign universities. Sixteen colleges and universities in Zhejiang now operate 28 Confucius Academies in 24 countries and regions across the world.