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Regarded as the world`s leading futurist, Naisbitt shed light on his upcoming book Megatrends China during a recent visit to Beijing. He gained an extensive following in China back in the 1980s with Megatrends, which sold 14 million copies around the world and topped the New York Times best-seller list for the best part of two years. Back then, I was a postgraduate student at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and read his book word by word. Although I didn`t fully understand it, I found it very encouraging for China in the early years of its opening-up and reform. 不久前，世界著名未来学家奈斯比特来京宣传他的新书《中国大趋势》。早在20世纪80年代，他的《大趋势》在中国就大获好评，全球发行量达到1400万册，高踞《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首两年多。那时，我还是中国社会科学院的研究生，曾逐字逐句地翻阅他的书籍。尽管不能完全理解书中的含义，我仍然觉得那本书给改革开放初期的中国很大的鼓舞。 When I finally met Naisbitt and his wife Doris in Beijing, I found the 80-year-old still hale and hearty. We had a friendly chat that was free of age or cultural differences. The old man`s eyes sparkled with wisdom, earnestness and a childish smile. 多年后，当我终于有幸在北京见到奈斯比特和他夫人多丽丝，我发现他虽已是80岁高龄，却依然身体健康、精神饱满。我们的谈话十分友好，完全没有年龄或者文化导致的差异。老人的眼中闪烁着智慧的光芒，眼神坚定不移，时而还会露出孩子般灿烂的笑容。 | 
