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The Lure of Being Smuggled Abroad

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ID: 2546 Upper Intermediate
Today’s lesson is a discussion about people smuggling in a Chinese village in Fujian, its effects on both the migrants who struggle in their new life in the West and the people, particularly children, that are left behind.
Jenny,David
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偷渡 tōudù people smuggling, to stow away, to border hop
悠久 yōujiǔ established
纷纷 fēnfēn one after the other
华侨 huáqiáo overseas Chinese
你听说过福建有个偷渡村吗那里有很悠久的移民史从60年代以后那里有很多人纷纷偷渡去美国打工所以那个地区的华侨数量多得惊人
nǐ 你tīngshuō 听说guò 过fújiàn 福建yǒu 有gè 个tōudù 偷渡cūn 村ma 吗nàlǐ 那里yǒu 有hěn 很yōujiǔ 悠久de 的yímínshǐ 移民史cóng 从liùshí 60niándài 年代yǐhòu 以后nàlǐ 那里yǒu 有hěnduō 很多rén 人fēnfēn 纷纷tōudù 偷渡qù 去měiguó 美国dǎgōng 打工suǒyǐ 所以nàge 那个dìqū 地区de 的huáqiáo 华侨shùliàng 数量duō 多de 得jīngrén 惊人
Do you know that Fujian has a whole village dedicated to people smuggling? There is a long history of emigration from the village, as from the 1960s onwards, batch after batch of people have been smuggled to America to work, resulting in a shocking number of people there who hold American passports.
为什么要偷渡啊多危险啊保不准就在途中命丧黄泉了
wèishénme 为什么yào 要tōudù 偷渡a 啊duō 多wēixiǎn 危险a 啊bǎobùzhǔn 保不准jiù 就zài 在túzhōng 途中mìngsànghuángquán 命丧黄泉le 了
Why do people want to stow away? It’s pretty dangerous and unless you’re careful, you’ll go to Davy Jones’ locker on the way.
嗯很多偷渡者都有很坎坷的经历一些人被警察逮住一些人在多地辗转也有很多人因偷渡而丧命而偷渡成功的一般也要过二三十年才能获得绿卡不过他们这么做都是为了生计啊
ng4 嗯hěnduō 很多tōudùzhě 偷渡者dōu 都yǒu 有hěn 很kǎnkě 坎坷de 的jīnglì 经历yīxiē 一些rén 人bèi 被jǐngchá 警察dǎizhù 逮住yīxiē 一些rén 人zài 在duō 多dì 地zhǎnzhuǎn 辗转yě 也yǒu 有hěnduō 很多rén 人yīn 因tōudù 偷渡ér 而sàngmìng 丧命ér 而tōudù 偷渡chénggōng 成功de 的yībān 一般yě 也yào 要guò 过èrsānshí nián 二三十年cáinéng 才能huòdé 获得lǜkǎ 绿卡bùguò 不过tāmen 他们zhème 这么zuò 做dōu 都shì 是wèile 为了shēngjì 生计a 啊
Yeah, people who get smuggled usually have quite a bumpy ride, some are arrested by police, some get passed through a string of different places, and lots of them lose their lives. And those who arrive at their destination without a hitch have to wait 20-30 years before they can get a green card. But they do all this for the chance of a better life.
想想也是其实和外地人去大城市打工是一个初衷只是那些人是通过偷渡去洋打工了
xiǎngxiang 想想yěshì 也是qíshí 其实hé 和wàidìrén 外地人qù 去dàchéngshì 大城市dǎgōng 打工shì 是yī 一gè 个chūzhōng 初衷zhǐshì 只是nàxiē 那些rén 人shì 是tōngguò 通过tōudù 偷渡qù 去yángdǎgōng 洋打工le 了
Thinking about it, you’re right, it’s like the aspirations migrant workers have when they take jobs in cities away from home, it’s just that these people have to be smuggled into the West to work.
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