本書作者李莎·卡爾杜齊是一位加拿大作家，她講述了自己在中國(guó)過(guò)往近三十年充實(shí)而鮮活的工作與生活體驗(yàn)。教育、文化、公益和寫作事業(yè)，匯聚成她平凡而又獨(dú)特的日常。她以真誠(chéng)而幽默的態(tài)度探索人與人之間的共性，幫助人們消除偏見(jiàn)與誤解。李莎·卡爾杜齊見(jiàn)證了中國(guó)三十年快速發(fā)展變化的歷程，在經(jīng)濟(jì)、社會(huì)、人文、自然等方面，都有自己獨(dú)到的見(jiàn)解與感觸。她對(duì)中國(guó)既有深厚的感情，也有敏銳的洞察；既有篤定的認(rèn)同，也有善意的督促。Lisa Carducci， a Canadian writer， tells about her colorful work and life in China over the past 30 years in the book. Education， culture， public welfare， and writing make up of her ordinary and unique routine. She tries to explore the common natures of people from different countries with a sincere and humorous attitude in order to eradicate prejudices and misunderstandings. As a witness of China’s rapid development and changes over the past three decades， the author has her original insights and feelings in terms of the country’s economy， society， culture and nature. To China， she shows both deep emotion and sharp observation， and expresses both definite approval and well-intentioned supervision.

　　李莎·卡爾杜齊，生于加拿大，先后擔(dān)任語(yǔ)言教師30 年、記者20 年，寫作貫穿其生活的全部。1985 年和1989 年兩次來(lái)華游歷，1991 年開始定居中國(guó)。2001 年因其“在促進(jìn)國(guó)際友好及熱情支援中國(guó)現(xiàn)代化建設(shè)中的杰出貢獻(xiàn)”，被授予中國(guó)政府“友誼獎(jiǎng)”。2005 年，卡爾杜齊獲得中國(guó)“永久居民”身份。在過(guò)去的30 年中，特別是2007年她退休以來(lái)，卡爾杜齊遍訪中國(guó)各地，領(lǐng)略中國(guó)文化、民族、社會(huì)各方面的風(fēng)情，發(fā)表上千篇文章，出版70 余部作品。Born in Canada， Lisa Carducci has been – cumulatively – a language teacher for 30 years and a journalist for 20， but a writer for her all life. Following two visits in 1985 and 1989， she established herself in China in 1991. In 2001 she was granted the Friendship Award of the P. R. of China for “outstanding contribution to the international friendship and enthusiastic support to the construction of a modern China.” In 2005， Carducci became a “permanent resident” of China. During over 30 years but especially since she retired in 2007， Carducci has traveled the whole country， observing all aspects of the Chinese culture， people， and society， and written books and thousands of articles.