镇江是中国优秀旅游城市，素有“天下第一江山”和“城市山林”的美称。镇江是一个港口型城市，处在长江与大运河交汇处，已建成万吨级泊位19个，镇江港是中国十大港口之一和长江第三大港。镇江的区位条件非常好，水路、公路、铁路非常发达，到上海2小时的车程，到南京只需1小时。目前，润扬长江大桥在建，沪宁高速等4条高等级公路在改造拓宽。
镇江市教育水平先进，拥有江苏大学、华东船舶工业学院等国内著名高等学府。
“百闻不如一见”。我相信，在今后的一年里，美国朋友通过亲身接触、体验，会感受到镇江是一个生机勃勃、充满活力的城市；会感受到这里的人们热情好客、开放友好；会感受到这里的学生聪明好学、文明礼貌。从而，一定会爱上这座城市。
最后，我再一次代表全市人民，向来自远方的朋友们表示欢迎和感谢，也衷心祝愿朋友们在镇江工作顺利、生活愉快、身体健康！
赛珍珠国际教育使者代表艾丽•戈尔斯坦女士的讲话
（2003年8月29日）
Hello everyone,on behalf of all of the teacher ambassadors from the United States------Jaleh,John,Matt,Gabe,and myself,I would like to say that we are very excited and pleased to be here in Zhenjiang.For the past several months we have been watching in anticipation for this day.By coming here we are realizing our goals of cultural exchange and learning.We are also here on behalf of Pearl S.Buck,to continue her legacy of building a bridge between the East and the West.
We believe that learning about our world and the people in it is very important.
As you bring us here to teach the English language and American culture,we also want to learn the Chinese language and culture.As teacher ambassdors we consider this a great learning opportunity.We are honored to have this opportunity and we thank for giving it to us. We look forward to a long-lasting friendship.
We gladly share with you our true skills and knowledge, and from you we will receive friendship,experience,and the knowledge that you have to give to us.
We will work to the best of our abilities to accomplish the goals that we share. At the end of our journey,we will have something invaluable that will be with us for rest of our lives,we will have make a new bridge between east and west.
Once again,we thank for this opportunity and we look forward to the coming yaer.
译文：
大家好，我代表我们五位来自美国的教育使者，表达对于此次镇江之行的激动与喜悦之情。在过去的几个月里，我们一直期盼着这一天的来临。在这里我们将实现文化交流与学习的梦想，同时也是继承了塞珍珠女士的遗志，为东西方交流建立桥梁。
我们坚信认知世界以及世界各地的人民是有重要意义的。在我们受邀来这里教授英语和美国文化的同时，我们同样渴望学习中国的语言文化。我们很荣幸得到了成为教育大使这样一个绝好的机会，在此我们要表示忠心感谢，也希望我们的友谊天长地久。
我们很高兴能向你们展示真才实学，从你们那里我们也得到了友谊，学到了知识，积累了经验。我们将尽心尽力去完成我们共同的目标。相信在镇江之行结束的时候，我们会取得陪伴一生的宝贵经历，也会在东西方之间架起新的桥梁。
最后，我们再次感谢这次机会，也对接下来的一年充满期望！
