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Low-income families and great Americans I still say it's one of the greatest phases i've ever lived in my life.
低收入家庭 以及偉大的美國人我現在仍然認為 這是我生命中最好的時期之一
These buildings some of the greatest leaders and teachers or some of the elders in these buildings.
這些建筑中住著一些最偉大的領袖 教師 還有一些老者
Holding them together with their spirit and their courage and their grit and their conviction.
他們聚在一起充滿了精神 勇氣 毅力 信念
I watched not just the older folks but I watched the kids eight years of living there.
我不僅觀察這里的老者我還觀察這里住的八歲小孩
I watched the kids grow up There was a group of kids that used to hang in the lobby of my buildings.
我看著他們長大這些建筑的大堂中 總有一群這樣的孩子在玩耍
Guys, and I tell you they were funny, they were amazing.
同學們 我告訴你們他們很有趣 很討人喜歡
I would come home at the end of long days or even when I was hanging out with my friends and I would hang out 15, 20 minutes in the lobby.
我經過漫長的一天回到家 甚至要和朋友出去的路上總會花15到20分鐘時間
Just talking with the kids sometimes I watched them get older and I saw one in particular.
在大堂里同這些孩子聊上幾句我看著他們長大 特別是有一個孩子
He reminded me of my dad. He had that quick wit, that great swagger.
他讓我想起了我的父親他腦筋轉得很快 走路大搖大擺
He had an intelligence about him. He was my father incarnate They were both so similar born to single moms. They were both so similar.
他很富有智慧 簡直就是我父親的化身他們有相似的遭遇 都是單親母親帶大
They compelled me both Well, as I got older and as I got closer to my mayor election.
他們都非常讓我著迷隨著我的年齡增大 隨著我市長大選的臨近
I saw some things that troubled me When I came home, and they started showing colors, I started.
我看到了一些很讓我困擾的事情我回家時 發現他們開始展露他們的變化
Seeing signs that they were with the blood and getting involved with gangs I then sort of coming home and.
我看出他們身上帶血 同幫派有所來往之后我回家時
The lobby would smell like marijuana which I last smelled on places of this campus.
在大堂聞到了大麻的味道上次我聞到這種味道 還是在這個校園
And so I realized that I had to do something to intervene and I started taking them out.
是我意識到 我應該做點什么來防止他們變壞我開始帶他們出去
I said, hey, guys, let's got a movie, any movie that you want to see. Let's go and they chose this movie that I thought was about home improvement.
我說 伙計們 我帶你們去看電影吧 想看什么都行他們選擇了一場我認為是關于家居裝飾的電影
Called Saw and I started taking them to the diners to eat something.
叫電鋸驚魂我還請他們出去吃飯
And I sort of bringing friends of mine who had been involved with gangs but hadn't gotten out.
我還邀請了我的一些曾經加入過幫派 但最后退出了的朋友
And we had these amazing sessions of mentor shipping, conversation but suddenly.
跟他們促膝長談 嘗試引導他們走向正途但突然之間
I got busy chasing after something really important I was running for mayor.
我變得很忙 追求一個非常重要的事情我要競選市長
