在三十年代经济危机时期,父亲是纽约州托埃市的一位内科医生。我们家就在他诊所楼上。他给病人看病的时间表贴在窗户上:1点到3点,6点到8点,这个时间表很奇怪,实际上只要有人来看病,不管是什么时候,父亲都很高兴。有一年哈德森河发大水,父亲要划船去出诊。戴着浅顶软呢帽,披着大衣,我认为父亲是当时托埃市最勇敢的人,在曾是第五街的洪水激流中向前划去。 During the economic crisis of the 1930s, his father was a physician in Toe, New York. Our family is upstairs in his clinic. His timetable for patient visits was posted on the windows: from 1 o’clock to 3 o’clock and from 6 o’clock to 8 o’clock. The schedule was weird. In fact, as long as someone came to see a doctor, no matter what time, his father was very happy. One year the Hudson River made floods, and my father went boating for a visit. Wearing a fedora and a coat, I think my father was the bravest man of Toere who drove forward in the once-Fifth Flood.