1. The aim was to look like street people and to observe what difference that made in the way other people responded to us — whether the appearance of poverty would invite prejudice on us. 我们的目的是为了让自己看上去像漂泊街头的人,以观察别人对我们会有何不同反应——贫穷的外表是否会招致对我们的歧视。
2. The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street, and an ambulance rushed him to Kings County Hospital. 故事开始于布鲁克林闹市区的一条街的拐角处。有个老汉在穿马路时晕倒在地,一辆救护车把他急送到金斯县医院。
3. The man looked up at him, shrugged (耸肩) and walked down the street toward a white car parked a short distance away. 行凶的男子抬头看了看他,耸耸肩,然后向停在不远处的一辆白色轿车走去。
4. The neighbor, a 70-year-old woman, and another woman were the only persons on the street. 当时在街上的只有她的一个邻居——一位70岁的老太太和另外一名妇女。
5. The woman next to me in the bread café on 67th Street wants to know how much my baby weighs. 在第67街的面包店里,坐我身边的女人想知道我抱的孩子有多重。
6. He greeted me in the street with a friendly wave of the hand. 他在街上向我亲切地挥手致意.
7. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. 他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次,总是请求给他一顿饭和一杯啤酒。
8. He would then ride the R train to 59th Street where he would walk upstairs to switch to the Number 6 train. 然后他得乘R线在59街下车,再往上走一层楼转搭6号列车。
9. He would take that to East 180th Street where he nearly always has a long wait for his final train, to Pelham Parkway (帕尔汉大道). 在东180街下车;在这里,他几乎总要花很长时间等他的最后一趟车到帕尔汉大道。