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'I've travelled 87 miles from Guangzhou to the city of Kaiping
我從廣州行駛了87英里前往開平
'to spend a couple of days with cousins on my father's side,
探望我父親這邊的堂兄弟們
'who I've not seen for 23 years.
我已經有23年沒見過他們了
'I'm struck by how much this place has changed.'
這個地方的變化之大讓我震撼
God, I have never seen so many four-wheel drives.
上帝，我從沒見過這么多四輪驅動車
I think there has been a recent survey that says,
我想起了最近的一份調查報告
for the first time in China, more than 50%, half of the people,
它說，在中國，第一次，有超過50%的人口
are living in urban areas now, instead of in the countryside.
生活在城市里，超過了農村人口
That's a remarkable change, when you think that China has always been at least 80% to 90% peasants.
這是個令人印象深刻的變化，當你想到中國，曾至少有80%到90%的人都是農民的國家
Up until the 1990s, my cousins were full-time farmers,
直到20世紀90年代，我的堂兄弟們都還是農民
but as China began to accept private enterprise,
但當中國開始接受私營企業后
they moved to the city and set up a successful restaurant.
他們移居到城市，創辦了一家成功的餐廳
I'm kind of curious to meet them and actually to learn more about parts of my family's past which I don't know.
我很想見到他們，確實想了解更多關于我的家人那些我所不知道的過去
This is my last visit, when I took my mother and actually her sister.
這是我上次拜訪，當時我著我母親和她妹妹
I know quite a bit about my mum's family.
我對我母親的家人知道的多一些
My dad's family was sort of a mystery.
我父親的家庭是一個謎
This is a great opportunity for me to reconnect.
這是一次讓我重新建立聯系的好機會
Hopefully over food.
希望通過食物建立聯系
I think it will be about coming to terms about who I am and sort of where my place is.
我想那將取決于是否接受我是誰以及我的位置在哪里
