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She bribed her way onto a series of boats; a soldier pointed his gun at the passengers and ordered them to stop eating.
她通过贿赂上了船;一个士兵用枪对着乘客并且命令停止吃东西。
My mother kept eating. Shoot if you're going to shoot.
我妈继续吃。他震惊是否要开枪。
In danger, brave orchid is afraid and she's unafraid, but always daringly talks.
危险时刻，勇敢的兰花畏惧了，但她不害怕，总是大胆地会谈。
On another boat she hid under the oranges. In Canton she ran from robbers.
在另一艘船上，她藏在橘子下面。在广东她曾从强盗手中逃脱。
Soldiers and police who'd seen her stash of money.
士兵和警察看到她藏匿着的钱。
Ran into a big hotel, then another big hotel;
她躲进一个大宾馆里，然后再到另一个;
she bribed a sailor, paid again for a ticket onto the USS President Taft and came here.
她贿赂了一个水手，一次次花钱为了买到成为美国公民的船票而来到了这儿。
She was locked up for three weeks in the wooden house, the immigration station on the other leeward side of the island.
她被锁进这个木屋长达三周，移民站就在小岛的背风的另一面。
She ate noodles with ketchup and gelatin on bread. She does not like spaghetti to this day.
她用番茄酱和明胶吃面条。她到现在仍不喜欢吃意大利面。
She could come to America because my father won a visa for her at the gambling table.
她之所以能来美国因为我爸为她在赌桌上赢了一张绿卡。
Jack Hong lost $600 to my father and didn't have the money. So Baba asked to have the visa that was for Jack's wife.
洪输给我爸600美金，他没钱还。所以爸爸提出用他老婆的绿卡来偿还。
Now despite my fears, our little boat sailed all the way around the island, filmed it, and returned safely to land.
现在尽管我很害怕，但是我们的小船在环绕着小岛行驶着，我记录了下来并安全的靠岸。
Now I want to read just a few lines about being at the visa office at the Chinese Consulate trying to get a visa.
现在我想说明一些关于在中国领事馆的签证处试图获得签证的事项。
Jim Carol: May I ask you to tell the folks what that beautiful book is that you're about to read from?
吉姆卡罗尔:我可以请你告诉你的乡亲你将要从你那本好看的书中读到什么?
Maxine Hong Kingston: Oh, I'm reading from my new book: I Love a Broad Margin to My Life.
玛克辛:哦，我正读我的新书《我爱生活的宽缘》。
