我们报社驻美国记者站夹在华盛顿两条大街交叉的锐角处,这种地理位置使它在住户相对稠密的那片地方显得很特别:我们只有一家邻居。这家的男主人叫诺里斯,是华盛顿某政府机构的职员,女主人玛格丽特在一个职业学校当老师。我去驻站的时候,他们的3个孩子中,大儿子已经工作,二儿子在读研究生,小女儿正上大学本科。已工作的大儿子还住在家里,两辆低档汽车是按年度租 The newspaper correspondent stationed in the United States at the acute corner of the intersection of the two main streets in Washington, this geographical location makes it special in the relatively densely populated area: we have only one neighbor. The man, Norris, was a staff member in a Washington state government agency and the hostess Margaret was a teacher at a vocational school. When I went to the station, among their three children, the eldest son had worked, the second son was a graduate student and the younger daughter was attending a bachelor’s degree. The working eldest son still lives at home, and the two low-end cars are rented on an annual basis