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Hello, children.
孩子们好。　　
Whoa, hold, please.
喂，等一下。　　
Then I'm in the monkey house at Philadelphia Zoological Park.
后来我被关在费城动物园。　　
Three thousand people show up my first day.
第一天就有三千个人来看我。
Look.
你看。
What's it like living in a cage?
住在铁笼感觉怎样？　　
It stinks.
臭死了。　　
But the monkeys...
可是呢，那些猩猩。?
they do some tricks there.
他们会很多把戏。　
I throw a spear, wrestle with Kowali.
我丢过长矛，和高莉摔角。　　
She is orangutan.
她是只猩猩。　　
When I'm not playing with the monkeys, they want me to run to the bars...
我没跟猩猩玩耍，他们就要我。
in my cage, with my teeth.
冲到我的铁笼前面张牙舞爪。
So then what'd you do?
后来你又做了什么？　　
Then I leave zoo, go here, go there. Wandered most of the time.
离开动物园，到处旅行 多半都是在闲晃。　　
Plenty of time you'll be alone.
多半都是一个人。　　
When you're different like us, it's gonna be that way.
我们这种异类多半都很孤单。　　
Fat people, skinny people, tall people...
不管是胖瘦高矮。　　
But I'll tell you a little secret.
不过我跟你说个秘密。
white people, they're just as alone as we are.
或是白人，每个人都和我们一样很孤单。　　
But they're scared shitless.
只是他们怕得要命。　　
I think about the river I grew up on.
我常常想到我长大的河边。

妙语佳句
1.Philadelphia
费城（美国宾夕法尼亚州东南部港市）
例如：
Not enough people care about this city of 79,000 people that lies in the shadow of Philadelphia.
现在，真正关心生活在离费城不远的这座城市的79,000市民的人已经不多了。
2.show up
露面；露出；揭露
例如:
Some brides wear the wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother.
有些新娘穿着她们母亲或祖母穿过的结婚礼服。
3.wrestle
摔跤；搏斗；斗争
例如：
They run races; they wrestle; and sometimes they have mock fights together.
蚂蚁参加各种赛跑，摔跤，有时还在一起模拟战斗。
4.orangutan
猩猩
猩猩是亚洲唯一的大猿，现在仅存于婆罗洲和苏门答腊岛蒸汽缭绕的丛林里。在灵长类当中，猩猩的两个品种有许多方面是很突出的，它们是世界上最大的树栖，也是繁殖最慢的——哺乳动物。
5.wander
徘徊；漫步；迷路；离题
例如：
You might wander from the subject if you don't pay close attention.
如果你不认真的话，会离题的。
6.shitless
极度；非常
例如：
I don't see an intelligent, confident man. I see a cocky, scared shitless kid.
我看到的不是一个聪明、自信的人，而是一个自负而又吓坏了的孩子。
考考你：
翻译：
1.第一天就有三千个人来看我。
2.我常常想到我长大的河边。　　　
上期答案：
1.For every one that died, someone would come to take their place.
2.I think about the river I grew up on.