36.Immigrate to America

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Attracted by the boom in America , my nephew teamed up with a Korean to illegally cross the Bearing Strait in the Arctic to America

受美国繁荣经济的吸引，我的侄子与一名韩国人结伴，非法穿越北极的白令海峡前往美国。

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To avoid the Customs' punishment , they hid in a small ferry called the North Pole Seagull , sitting back to back without sleeping , showering and shaving for 3 days , and had no chance to mourn their lost luggage when landing

为躲避海关处罚，他们藏身于一艘名为North Pole Seagull的小渡轮上，背靠背坐了3天不敢合眼，无法洗漱刮胡子，上岸时甚至无暇为丢失的行李哀悼。

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The hardship of this crossing was apparent

这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。

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At first , he made a living by means of raising cattle and then was hired in aircraft industries

起初，他靠养牛为生，后来受雇于航空工业。

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He lived in a Catholic district

他居住在一个天主教区。

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Taking in a small percentage of Pakistani immigrants , the majority of the residents were from Italy and Denmark , who all kept up their customs and cultures

当地居民中意大利和丹麦移民占绝大多数，他们始终保持着各自的风俗与文化，仅吸纳了少量巴基斯坦移民。

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Different blocks here were distinctly marked out and indicated from the racial angle

这里的各个街区从种族角度被明确划分并标示出来。

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It was unfair and needed reforming

这不公平，需要改革。

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But with nowhere else to go , my nephew lived on and managed to make a life for himself

但我的侄子无处可去，只得继续生活，并设法为自己谋生。

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My nephew's fortune came when he bravely helped a conductor brake a train to stop it from slipping out of the rails

我侄子的好运源于他勇敢地协助一位列车员刹住了一列火车，防止它脱轨。

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The man was elected vice chairman of the Socialist Party later

该男子后来当选为社会党副主席。

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It occurred to my nephew that he could grasp this opportunity to ask for his help

我的侄子想到，他可以抓住这个机会请求他的帮助。

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The man who was thankful helped him apply to the civil authority for the right to live in America by inserting his brave deed into his documents

那位心怀感激的男子将他的英勇事迹写入文件，帮助他向民政当局申请在America的居留权。

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Unlike a great many other applicants , his application was approved by the Federal Justice Ministry

与众多其他申请者不同，他的申请获得了联邦司法部的批准。

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Before long , he started his own bakery and lived a better life

不久后，他开了一家自己的面包店，过上了更好的生活。