School teachers tell their students to try and strike up conversations with any foreigners they see on the street, and Ma has noted that many of the participants in the big English contests that she has organized want very much to improve their mastery of the language so they can serve as volunteers at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
學校老師會告訴孩子，在路上碰到外國人就儘量上前去對話。而在馬勵所舉辦的英語風采大賽裡，許多參賽者都希望自己能學好英文，以便在北京舉辦奧運會時，當一名義工為目標。不同於過去的想法，馬勵閃閃她溫潤的眼睛表示：「我想，現在我在這裡是可以做些事兒了。」