有一次 他正在无照小摊旁边吃面

　　next to the vendor, police started chasing the vendors and all the customers

　　警察来了 开始驱赶小摊贩和顾客

　　But my father told me

　　但我的父亲告诉我

　　that as he was running, he kept eating his noodles

　　他一边跑一边还在吃他的面

　　because he knew he wouldn't be able to afford any more

　　因为他知道自己买不起另一碗面了

　　My mother was born in China near Shanghai

　　我的母亲出生在中国上海附近

　　among a small community of Korean expatriates

　　一个韩国侨民居住的小社区

　　After returning to Korea, on a day she will never forget

　　回到韩国后 有一天 她永远都不会忘记

　　my grandmother went outside to hang the laundry and she never saw here again

　　我的外祖母出去晾衣服就再也没有回来

　　she was probably either taken or killed by North Korean soldiers

　　她可能是被北朝鲜士兵绑架或杀害了

　　With the war closing in around her

　　随着战争的临近

　　at the age of 15, my mother became a refugee

　　我的母亲在15岁时成了难民

　　and literally walked, with her younger brother on her back

　　为了躲避战火 她背着她弟弟

　　for 200 miles to escape the fighting

　　徒步走了200英里

　　Luckily, she was able to resume her schooling in a tent in the southern city of Masan

　　幸运的是 她在南部马山市的一顶帐篷里得以继续学业

　　She was an excellent student and with great good luck

　　她是一个好学生 非常幸运地

　　she received a scholarship from a secret women's society in the United States

　　获得了美国一个秘密妇女学会提供的奖学金

　　and enrolled as a freshman at Scarritt College in Nashville, Tennessee

　　进入田纳西州纳什维尔的斯卡里特学院

　　Through almost unthinkably divergent and unlikely paths

　　通过几乎是无法想象的完全不同和不可能的路径

　　my parents ended up meeting in New York City at a Christmas party

　　我的父母最终在纽约市的一次圣诞聚会上邂逅相遇

　　that gathered together the few hundred Korean students

　　那次圣诞聚会聚集了几百名当时居住

　　who were living in the United States at that time

　　在美国的韩国学生