老盖与江苏教育台

    The spot lights cut through the smoke as Zhang Zi Duan 张子端, Zhao Yin Qi 赵音奇 and I were introduced and made our entrance onto the stage. The entire studio was filled – over 500 people. All of the lights were on. The big boom camera was swinging over the crowd. Producers were scrambling around and camera men were taking up their positions. I was nervous but I was having too much fun with the whole thing. This one thought kept going through my head, “A. You are a TV talk show host. B. Today you are a TV game show host. C. You are a TV game show host in the People’s Republic of China. D. How did any of this happen? E. Oh god, did you zip your fly?” The answer to F was unfortunately no!

    聚光灯穿过烟雾，张子端，赵音奇和我走上了舞台。500个人在演播室里。灯都打开了。摄象机在人群的头上。工作人员走来走去，摄象师都在准备。我七上八下，但我觉得非常有意思。我不停地想，“第一，你是个电视节目主持人；第二，今天你是电视竞赛节目主持人；第三，你是个中国的电视竞赛节目的主持人；第四，这些是怎么发生的？第五，天那，你拉裤子拉链了吗？”最后一个问题的答案是——没有。

    My name is Keith Francis Gallinelli and you all know me as Gai Shan Ding. Since June, I have been the host of Small Talk at JETV. It all started, as most things seem to for foreigners, at a bar. I was at Blowing in the Wind with some friends when a young girl sat down next to me. She told me she worked for a TV station, so I decided to chew her ear off and tell her all of my ideas for TV shows that I wanted to do. When she left I had no idea that within two weeks I would be sitting in that same fifth floor studio taping my first episode as host of Small Talk.

    我叫Keith Francis Gallinelli，你们都叫我盖山顶。我从2003年6月开始是江苏教育电视台Small Talk的主持人。事情是在酒吧里发生的，像很多老外一样。我和朋友在答案酒吧里，我身边坐着一个年轻女孩。她告诉我她在电视台工作，我就说了我所有关于电视节目的想法。她离开的时候，我可不知道两个星期后，我会坐在江苏教育电视台五楼的演播室里录我主持的Small Talk的第一期节目。

    I have been impressed by all of the people of JETV and all of the crew of Small Talk. We have traveled together to Shanghai, lived in hotel rooms together, searched in vain for clothes that fit my fat body together, edited the shows together, translated the English together. They have helped me learn Chinese, I hope I have help them learn some new English. As a foreigner living in China, I often feel just that – foreign. I stand out in a crowd – my bald head, big belly, big feet, green eyes. My family is on the other side of the planet and I only can see them once a year. But coming to Small Talk has me feel a bit less foreign, everyone has made me feel welcome and like part of the team.

    江苏教育电视台的所有人和Small Talk的所有工作人员给我很好的印象。我们一起去上海，一起住在酒店里，一起找不到我能穿得下的衣服，一起编辑节目，一起翻译成中文。他们帮我学中文，我希望我也帮他们学了些新的英文。在中国我是个老外，我常感到非常“老外”。站在人群中，我是光头，大肚皮，大脚，绿眼睛。我的家人在地球的另外一边，我每年只能见他们一次。但是来到Small Talk，我觉得不那么“老外”了，每个人都让我觉得我是受欢迎的，就像团队中的一员。

    I hope in the future Small Talk and all of JETV can have great success and great fun. I promise to do my part – learn about the Chinese TV viewer’s interests, improve my performance, make the show better and better, and most importantly to zip my fly! I am proud and honored to be a part of the JETV team.

    我希望Small Talk和江苏教育电视台将来有更大的成功，更有意思。我承诺做好我的工作——了解中国电视观众的兴趣，表现得更好，让节目越来越好，但最重要的是——拉上拉链！我感到自豪和荣幸，作为江苏教育电视台的一份子。