邀请我去吃晚饭的是纽约州立大学历史系的罗杰教授。他家所在的拉斐德街,和其他美国小城市的街道并无显著差别。如果有什么引起我特别注意的话,那就是在这条街上,几乎家家户户门前的草坪上都插有白色的旗杆,而且都升起了星条旗。 Professor Roger, from the Department of History at New York State University, invited me to dinner. There is no significant difference between his home in Lafayette Street and the streets of other small American cities. If anything draws my attention, that is, there are white flagpoles on the lawn in front of almost every household on this street, and stars and stripes are raised.