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They fell in love, married
他們墜入愛河 締結良緣
my older brother was born in New York City
在紐約市生下我哥哥
and then returned to Korea
然后回到韓國
I was born in Seoul and when I was five
我出生在首爾 在我五歲時
my family moved back to the United States
我們舉家搬回到美國
and we eventually settled in Muscatine, Iowa
我們最終定居在愛荷華州的馬斯卡廷
My father opened his dental practice
我的父親開了自己的牙科診所
and my mother set to work on her PhD in philosophy at the University of Iowa
我的母親在愛荷華大學研修哲學博士學位
In the late 60's, influenced by my mother's passion for social justice
在60年代末 受我母親熱衷于社會公正的影響
we watched the civil rights and anti-war movements
我們看到民權和反戰運動
unfold from our living room in Muscatine
從馬斯卡廷我們家的客廳展開
We lived, as you can tell
你們可以想象 我們有著
the classic All-American, Korean family grows up in a small town in Iowa story
在愛荷華州一個小鎮的經典的韓裔美籍家庭中成長的經歷
We fully embraced our lives in the heartland of this great country
我們完全接受了在這個偉大國家中心地帶的生活
As you might imagine
正如你們可以想象
there weren't a lot of Asians in Iowa in the 60's and 70's
在60年代和70年代 愛荷華州的亞洲人并不多
but happily, one of the most popular shows at that time was Kung Fu
但令人高興的是 當時最受歡迎的一個節目是《功夫》
the story of a former Shaolin priest
故事講的是一個少林和尚
half-American, half-Chinese
一半美國血統 一半中國血統
who comes to the United States to find his American father
到美國來尋找他的美國父親
So while we were outsiders in a profound sense in Iowa
所以 雖然我們從深層意義上講在愛荷華州屬于外人
at least the bully kids left us alone
但至少愛欺負人的孩子不招惹我們
because they thought all Asians knew Kung Fu
因為他們認為所有的亞洲人都會功夫
even my sister, and she was 3 when we moved to Iowa
甚至我妹妹 她到愛荷華州的時候才只有三歲
