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Yang Li: 大家好我是楊莉，歡迎收聽《都市掠影》。We are three weeks into the New Year we have some really good news in On The Town. Four Chinese people in Britain have been awarded an MBE. 帝國成員勛章。英國華裔教師鐘謝潤月就是其中的一位。

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Ruby: I was a bit stunned! I didn't know they wrote to me. So, when I arrived from Hong Kong, the phone rang and when they told me I was really very surprised and almost speechless but equally I was very honoured and very delighted.

Yang Li: Stunned and speechless. 受寵若驚, 激動得說不出話來了。That’s Ruby Murray-Jones talking to BBC reporter Britt about her reaction upon receiving the honour.

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Ruby: I was a bit stunned! I didn't know they wrote to me. So, when I arrived from Hong Kong, the phone rang and when they told me I was really very surprised and almost speechless. But equally I was very honoured and very delighted. I was very happy really, not only for myself – and that my work has been recognised – but also for the school and the teachers that have been working with me for all of these years – good co-operation and trust from the parents. So, you know, it was really wonderful wonderful news.

Yang Li: 她多年的工作得到了認可 recognised 承認、認可。鐘謝潤月 1983 年開始在豪士羅中文學校義務教中文，后來成為該校校長，多年來致力教授華人學中文。Now listen to the next part of the interview and find out how many years of voluntary service she has had. 志愿工作 voluntary service.

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Britt: You've been honoured for your service to the Chinese community in Hounslow. What exactly do you think that stands out in terms of what you have done for the community service?

Ruby: I think that comes in two parts. Apart from as a head of a house of a Chinese school, for almost 28 years, voluntary service, unpaid; I also, I was one of the founders and former chairman of the Hounslow Chinese Community Centre. So I used to help to raise money, keep a very high profile in this area.

Yang Li: Did you get it? 28 years of voluntary service as head of a house of a Chinese school. 另一個重要貢獻是她創立的華人社區工作非常出色，在當地享有很高的聲譽 high profile. Ruby 認為她的工作在很大程度上起到了東西文化橋梁的作用。

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Ruby: They feel that I could be a link between the British government and the Chinese communities. Hopefully, by giving us the honour, especially the Chinese people who receive honour, we help to promote and also increase the awareness of the importance of the services in this country – especially voluntary services. I think it's very satisfying to do voluntary work in this country.

Yang Li: Here we have heard the words to promote 宣傳 increase the awareness 提高某種意識，還有 satisfying 令人感到滿足的。A survey from 2007 shows there are about 800,000 Chinese in England and Wales. 越來越多華人獲得勛章，反映了現今英國華人與早期移民比較，地位提高了不少。那么英國主流社會對華人族群是否接受容納了呢？

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Britt: Do you find British society to be accepting of the ethnic Chinese?

Ruby: Chinese people are, by nature, quite shy I find. They need to keep a higher profile – so, you know, to come out and do more community work, join in a lot of areas in the British ways of life.

Yang Li: She said that Chinese people are, by nature shy 中國人生性靦腆。They need to keep a higher profile 應該更為活躍、高調 。比如做些社區工作 community work 多方面融入英國社會 join in a lot of areas in the British way of life. That’s MBE recipient Ruby Murray-Jones. To see a video of Ruby’s interview please log onto www.bbcukchina.com. Thanks for listening and join me again next week on the same page, that’s On the Town from BBC Learning English. Bye.