【英文原文】

Hmong Girls, Laos, 1974
"With little to cling to except each other, Hmong girls reflect the uncertainty of a people driven from their homes in the protracted war for Laos. The Hmong were forced to flee their mountain villages and to take sides in the conflict. Crack Hmong guerillas became the undeclared muscle behind U.S. foreign policy in this Southeast Asian nation. Now, a precarious peace has come with the 1973 cease-fire, and the Hmong, driven out of their hilltop isolation, find themselves thrust into the mainstream of Laotian life."

—From “The Hmong of Laos—No Place to Run,” January 1974, National Geographic magazine

【中文翻译】

苗族女孩们除了彼此之外没有什么可以依靠了，她们反映了一个民族的不确定性。在对老挝的持久战中，他们被从他们的家园驱逐出来。苗族被迫逃离他们的山村，偏袒战争的某一方。击垮洪族游击队成了美国在东南亚国家的外交政策中未公开的目标。现在，1973的休战带来了不稳定的和平，而被从与外界隔离的山顶驱赶出来的苗族发现他们被推进了老挝的主流生活。

作者： Wilbur E. Garrett 来源：《国家地理》杂志