Chinese in America

The significance to Chinese civilization of these two rivers rivals that of the Nile to Egypt.

Dirt-poor families

serve as the nation’s raw muscle

Their lives followed an endless cycle dictated by the seasons: pushing plows behind water buffalo to break the soil and prepare the seed bed

Mind-numbing

They built special equipment, water wheels and water mills, to harness the forces of nature.

Most lived and died without gaining more than a dim comprehension of the world beyond their own village.

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查了五十多个不认识或者不太熟悉不能准确说出意思的词、搭配，读了两天忍住没查，终于一下子尽兴了。

Chinese in America 这本书很棒，先是作者的经历和身份，就给了我们一个不常有的视角，关键她还特别敏感，睿智，语言也特别准确、优美，才读一章，就让人喜欢的不能放手。