China Youth Web Beijing March 16th （Journalist Yang Yue）Today, let’s read a story of Shi Yigong.
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“老婆，我想全职回国。”一个远洋电话吵醒了熟睡中的妻子。
“为什么？”远在大洋彼岸、睡眼惺忪的妻子诧异地问。
"I want to work full-time in China, honey."
An overseas call awakened the wife from sound sleep.
"Why?" asked the wife with surprise, in a drowsy voice, from the other side of the ocean.
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在美国，他前途似锦。
36岁那年，他成为普林斯顿大学分子生物学系史上最年轻的正教授，科研事业屡获成就。40岁时，他被授予普林斯顿终身讲席教授。
In the United States, he had a great future ahead.
At the age of 36, he became the youngest professor in the history of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, for his prolific academic achievements. At 40, he became a tenured chair professor at Princeton.
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一切堪称完美、煞羡旁人时，他却毅然辞别普林斯顿大学、告别美国优裕的生活，“全职回国”。
消息迅速爆炸性地传开了。很多人不解，很多人劝他，很多人取笑，很多人等着看笑话。
When everything seemed to others perfect and admirable, he resolutely decided to bid farewell to Princeton University, to an affluent life in the United States, and return to China.
The news spread explosively. Many expressed bewilderment, many dissuaded him, many poked fun at him, and still many waited to have a good laugh at him.
