Throughout~*the Depression years^1,mybrothers,sisters and I often heard our grannysay,“One of these days,my ship is comingin.”Of course Granny s ship was just a~*dream—her escape from the reality of beingpoor^2 mos...Throughout~*the Depression years^1,mybrothers,sisters and I often heard our grannysay,“One of these days,my ship is comingin.”Of course Granny s ship was just a~*dream—her escape from the reality of beingpoor^2 most of her life.But to us it was veryreal.~*Our family got by with the barest of ne-cessities;there rarely was enough left over forspecial desires.~3 So if we wished for展开更多
ON March 6, 1997, Pan Shizhen, 61,arrived at the provincial capital of Hangzhou. The town authorities sent a car to take her to the multi-starred hotel where she would be receiving an award for her efforts in afforest...ON March 6, 1997, Pan Shizhen, 61,arrived at the provincial capital of Hangzhou. The town authorities sent a car to take her to the multi-starred hotel where she would be receiving an award for her efforts in afforestation. Walking into the grand hotel, Pan remarked, "The air here isn’t as good as in my hometown." Pan’s hometown is Lantian Village of Ancheng Town in Zhejiang Province. In the spring of 1989, Ancheng’s women’s federation called upon the women in the town to study new technologies and try to earn an annual income of 3,000 yuan. As the chairwoman of her village展开更多
文摘Throughout~*the Depression years^1,mybrothers,sisters and I often heard our grannysay,“One of these days,my ship is comingin.”Of course Granny s ship was just a~*dream—her escape from the reality of beingpoor^2 most of her life.But to us it was veryreal.~*Our family got by with the barest of ne-cessities;there rarely was enough left over forspecial desires.~3 So if we wished for
文摘ON March 6, 1997, Pan Shizhen, 61,arrived at the provincial capital of Hangzhou. The town authorities sent a car to take her to the multi-starred hotel where she would be receiving an award for her efforts in afforestation. Walking into the grand hotel, Pan remarked, "The air here isn’t as good as in my hometown." Pan’s hometown is Lantian Village of Ancheng Town in Zhejiang Province. In the spring of 1989, Ancheng’s women’s federation called upon the women in the town to study new technologies and try to earn an annual income of 3,000 yuan. As the chairwoman of her village
