為你讀英語美文·第323期 主播：永清 坐標(biāo)：北京 4 May 1895 1895年4月 To Yao Lin 姚琳 親啟 Chawan Village, Gunagdong 廣東，茶灣村 Dear Mother, 親愛的母親， Me and Little Brother are well. We are in a place called Vancouver for the summer. I am working in a hotel. I help prepare food for rich white people. Little Brother has a job in a noodle shop. 我和小弟皆好。這個(gè)夏天，我們?cè)谝粋€(gè)叫溫哥華的地方。我在一家旅店，幫富有的白人準(zhǔn)備食物。小弟在一家面館工作。 The work day is long. I usually work 16 or 18 hours. But it is not dangerous. I hear about men working to build an iron road for a machine called a train. Many of them have died or been injured. We are lucky. 一天的工作時(shí)間很長(zhǎng)，我通常要工作16或18個(gè)小時(shí)，好在工作不危險(xiǎn)。我聽說，給一種叫火車的機(jī)器建造鐵路的工人，很多都喪命或受傷了。我們算運(yùn)氣好的。 We sleep in a boarding house. Many Chinese men need beds, so we have to sleep in shifts. Most of these men are from Guangdong or Fujian. The new men bring news from home. They say there is not enough food there and people are dying. Are you well, mother? 我們睡在一所可以寄宿的房子。很多中國人都需床，所以我們得輪班睡覺。很多人從廣東或福建來。新來的人從老家?guī)硐?，說老家食物短缺，有人餓死。母親，您安好嗎？ I know you want me to marry, but there are few Chinese girls here. No Chinese girls are allowed in this country unless you are rich. Please keep looking for a nice girl for me in Chawan Village. 我知道，您希望我成婚，但這里的中國姑娘很少。在這個(gè)國家，除非你有錢，否則沒有中國姑娘會(huì)許配給你。請(qǐng)您在茶灣村繼續(xù)幫我找一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的姑娘。 My job is only until August. I don’t know what to do then. Next summer me and Little Brother might find work in a place near here where there are a lot of fish. 我的工作只能做到八月。我還不知道接下來能做什么。明年夏天，我和小弟可能會(huì)在附近一個(gè)有很多魚的地方找工作。 I hope you can find someone to read you this letter. There is a man in our boarding house who can write. He is writing this letter for me. 希望您可以找識(shí)字的人幫您讀這封信。在我們寄宿的房子里，有人能寫信，他幫我寫的這封信。 Please tell father we are working hard and will try to bring wealth to our family. 請(qǐng)告訴父親，我們努力工作，一定會(huì)給家里帶回財(cái)富的。 Your loving son. 愛您的兒子 Yao Ze 姚澤 翻譯：永清 ▎主播介紹 永清：喜歡攝影和旅行，還喜歡在聲音的世界里和你相遇