【国际英语】马云澳洲大学超流利英文演讲：1.36亿＂报恩＂的故事

Writing on the wall: Alibaba founder Jack Ma with Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews at the launch of Alibaba's Australian and New Zealand headquarters. Photo: Stefan Postles

Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma has vowed to use financial support from the Victorian state government to grow Australian small businesses as he cut the ribbon on Alibaba's Australian headquarters.

It's understood the Daniel Andrews state government has provided a number of "incentives" to Alibaba to set up its Australia-New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne but the ecommerce giant refused to reveal the exact nature of these concessions or the size of the investment.

Mr Ma, who is China's richest tech boss, with a net worth of about $US28 billion said Alibaba didn't need the funds from the state government but he promised to use it to help Australian small business grow and expand offshore.

"The government giving money to us, supporting our business, we should be using this money for small business here, training people here," Mr Ma said.

在2月4日，马云在澳洲纽卡斯尔大学用英文分享了一个亿"小报恩"的故事。

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2月3日，马云公益基金会拨款2600万澳元（人民币约1.36亿元）在澳大利亚纽卡斯尔大学 (The University of Newcastle)，设立一个开创性的奖学金项目：马云-莫里奖学金 (The Ma & Morley Scholarship Program)。

外媒调侃：澳洲这个大学中了JACKPOT大奖！

（Jackpot是博彩头奖意思，Jack正好是马云英文名）

通过这个捐款

也让大家了解了一个

非常感人的故事...

马云将澳洲的恩人Ken Morley

视为打开自己世界之窗的导师

同时，

马云也称纽卡斯尔是他的第二家乡

“这次慈善捐赠的背后是让人感动的友谊。” David Morley也称若是已故的父亲Ken知道马云对当地大学的捐赠，“也会感动得流泪。”