TeacherGwen 我们一起神翻译|4.18

But the Bay Area’s smog stung his eyes, the traffic noise gave him headaches, and the pollen made him cough. The fruit was never sweet enough, the water never clean enough, and where were all the trees and open fields? For two years, I tried to get Baba to enroll in ESL classes to improve his broken English. But he scoffed at the idea. “Maybe I’ll spell ‘cat’ and the teacher will give me a glittery little star so I can run home and show it off to you,” he’d grumble.    

但是海湾地区的烟雾刺痛了他的眼睛，交通噪声让他头痛，花粉使得他咳嗽。水果从来不够甜美，水从来不够洁净，那所有的树和开阔的场地在哪呢？整整两年，我试图劝服Baba去参加非母语英语课程来改善他糟糕的英语。但是他对这个主意嗤之以鼻。他多半会发牢骚，“可能我会拼写‘cat’这个单词，然后老师就会奖励我一个闪闪发光的小星星，这样我就可以跑回家向你炫耀了。”