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And this is a quote from the road. And when he says "I love a broad margin to my life" I think of the word margin,
這是路中的一句引語，當他說“我熱愛寬廣的生活”時我思考邊緣這個詞，
another word for margin is border. And he was sitting on the threshold of his little house
和另一個意思相近的詞。他坐在門檻上
and then he could hear the, he could hear the marshal music; drums and horns coming from Concord.
并且聽著典禮音樂;鼓和角質物配合。
And he said "My neighbors are going to war against Mexico."
而且，他說“我的鄰居要和墨西哥打仗”
And then he decided not to pay his taxes and from then on the reverberations of our attacking and winning a war with Mexico and winning land from them reverberates to this day.
并且他不想交稅作為對于我們的攻擊和贏得對墨西哥戰(zhàn)爭的勝利和贏得自己徒弟的一種回擊。
So here is going to the Chinese Consulate in order to get a visa.
因此這就是中國領事館駐于美國的原因。
"Inside the consulate, the Chinese Diasporas are seeking permission home, yelling its dialects and languages;
"領事館里，海外華人正尋求許可的家，用著自己的方言喊著;
the Cantonese hooting, honking like French, lisping like Spaniards aye-yawing, the Northerners shir-shir-shiring.
廣東話說起來像法語像西班牙人一樣aye-yawing口齒不清，像北方人shir-shir-shiring。
We're nervous. The borders are sealed; the homeland secure.
我們緊張 邊緣者被敲章;國土安全。
Every nation-state is mean with visas especially the USA, especially the PRC.
每一個國家都有自己的綠卡尤其是在美國，特別是中國。
We shut them out, they shut us out; even Canada, even Mexico.
我們將他們拒之門外，他們同樣如此;甚至在加拿大，墨西哥。
But here's a deal brokered by our office of Homeland Security.
但由我們的國土安全局促成交易。
39,000 visas back to China for aliens and/or refugees. Can you trust that?
39，000張綠卡回中國的綠卡給外國人或難民。你們能相信這些嗎?
Wait in line at the applications window; come back next week to payment, then pick-up.
在申請窗口前排隊;下一周來付錢然后再審查。
In plain sight is money heaped on a table; piles of banded bills and loose bills.
說白了就是用錢來交換，我們是富有的;
We're the rich; we saved up for years, for lifetimes, able to afford travel to the other side of the world.
我們攢了很多年，在有生之年，有能力去趟世界的另一邊。
