揭秘！一场“昆城”与“希腊”的美妙邂逅

希腊是令人向往的精神王国，古希腊文化作为古典文化的代表，在西方乃至全世界都占有着重要的地位，希腊语堪称西方文明第一种伟大的语言,许多人认为它是所有语言中最有效、最值得敬佩的交际工具。

Greece is a desirable spiritual kingdom. As a representative of classical culture, ancient Greek culture has an important position in the West and the world.Greek is known to be the first great language of Western civilization. It is also widely acknowledged as the most effective and admirable communication tool in all languages.

带着培育具有“中国灵魂，世界眼光”国际化人才的办学理念，2018年11月14日，苏州外国语学校昆山校区江国法校长、常军副校长与希腊驻上海馆总领事Vassilis Xiros先生展开亲切会晤。就在苏外昆山校区开设希腊语、引进希腊国家课程等文化交流话题进行友好热情的沟通。

On Nov. 14th, 2018, under the introduction of Ms. TONG from Suzhou Golden Sunshine, Principal JIANG Guofa and vice Principal CHANG Jun from Suzhou Foreign Language School Kunshan Campus had a meeting with Mr. Vassilis Xiros (Chinesename:XILuoshi),Consul-General of Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai. We started the discussion about culture exchange, including developing Hellenic language and Hellenic state courses in Kunshan Campus.

感谢Vassilis Xiros先生（中文名：习落实）对与我校开展推动希腊语课程的认可和希冀，同时在与Xiros先生的沟通中，也让我们深刻的感受到了他与中国的深厚渊源。

We appreciate Mr. Vassilis Xiros (Chinese name: XI Luoshi) for his recognition and expectation to develop Greek language at our campus and the further communication with him reminds us of connecting his origin and tales with China.

1997年阿尔巴尼亚发生了一场因集资引发的动乱，中国驻阿使馆立即组织撤侨任务。在中方的求助下，希腊国防部很快派来三艘军舰接应中国公民撤离至希腊科孚岛。负责协调和协调工作的就是希腊驻阿尔巴尼亚武官Alexandros Xiros，这正是Vassilis Xiros先生的父亲。甚至亲自驾车护送，与中国公民一同经历了从地拉那前往都拉斯海港的惊心动魄之旅。

The destiny and profound friendship between Mr. Xiros’s family and Chinese people comes from an experience 20 years ago. In 1997, a domestic crisis arising from fundraising happened in Albania. Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in The Republic of Albania immediately organized to evacuate the overseas Chinese. With the appeal of our party, Ministry of Defense of Greece dispatched 3 warships soon to coordinate Chinese citizens to evacuate to Corfu Island in Greece. The person coordinated with our embassy in Albania in evacuating overseas Chinese is Defence Attaché (Alexandros Xiros), and he is Mr. XI Luoshi’s father. At that time, Alexandros Xiros was in charge of scheming and coordination work of Greece Party in the evacuation overseas Chinese mission. On that day, Mr. Alexandros Xiros drove a car in person to escort our motorcade from Tirana to Turas Harbor.

希腊驻上海总领事习落实（本图由希腊驻上海总领事馆提供）

Mr. Xiros, Consul-General of Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai (This photo is provided by Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai)

受父亲的影响，Vassilis Xiros先生在之后的成长过程中一直对中国产生浓厚的兴趣，并密切关注中国的发展。他表示，中国和希腊一样都拥有悠久的历史和灿烂的文明。中国更是在世界历史中扮演着十分重要的角色，是当今世界上领先的经济大国之一。所以在2015年被任命为希腊驻上海总领事之后。他利用工作之余阅读更多的中国书籍，了解当代中国的进展，同时挤出时间来提高中文水平。

Influenced by his father, Mr. XI Luoshi has always attached a lot attention to the development of China during his grow-up. At the beginning, he was more interested in ancient China and read some books about Chinese history. Mr. XI Luoshi says China plays a very important role in world and now China is one of the most leading economic giants in the world.

Since Mr. XI Luoshi was appointed as Consul-General of Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai in 2015, he has also generated interests in modern history of China. He says after coming to China, he hopes to make use of after-work time to read more Chinese books to know the development of contemporary China and at the same time squeeze time to improve Chinese language.

作为一所全球剑桥学校，也是一所外国语学校，苏外昆山校区十分注重学生第二外语的学习。本次会谈中校方所提及的引入希腊国家课程、开设希腊语，尤其是在推动国家层面希腊语教师的派遣上、与希腊教育部牵线沟通等方面都得到了Vassilis Xiros先生的大力支持。在希腊语等级水平考试等方面，我们推动牵手上海外国语大学（官方希腊语考点），展开共同合作配合。最后，习落实先生也愉快地接受了我们的邀请，近期来苏州外国语学校进行访问，也是推动希腊语在校园的开展，让我们拭目以待。

As a global Cambridge and international school, Suzhou Foreign Language School Kunshan Capmus attached great attention to students’ learning of second language. Today we have friendly and passionate communication on topics like establishing Hellenic language in Suzhou Foreign Language School Kunshan Capmus and introducing Hellenic state courses. Mr. XI Luoshi gives us strong support especially in dispatching Hellenic language teachers and communicating and combining with Hellenic Ministry of Education. In Hellenic Language Level Test, Mr. XI Luoshi promotes to our cooperation with Shanghai International Studies University (Official Hellenic Testing Center). At the same time, Mr. XI Luoshi happily accept our invitation to visit Suzhou Foreign Language School at his available time to promote the launching of Hellenic language in our campus.