春节回乡见闻记录
时间：2018年02月24日 17:17:53点击：1473类别：邻里之间
被赶出北京的7岁女孩
Seven Years Old and Kicked Out of Beijing
这是丁姗姗。她的朋友、家人和她的宠物乌龟都住在北京。这里是她所知道的唯一的家。
This is Ding Shanshan. Her friends, her family and her pet turtle all live in Beijing. It’s the only home she has ever known.
但在这座中国的首都，7岁的丁姗姗和她的家人不再受到欢迎。政府正在将数以万计来自中国农村的家庭赶出这里，以“美化”这座旗舰城市。
But Shanshan, 7, and her family are no longer welcome in the Chinese capital. The government is kicking out tens of thousands of families with roots in rural China to “beautify” the Communist Party’s flagship city.
在一波强制执行的驱逐中，整个居民区都被夷为平地。
Entire neighborhoods have been leveled in a wave of forced evictions.
遇到丁家时，他们正决定了一个计划：离开北京，回到乡下。
I met the Ding family just as they had settled on a plan: They were going to leave Beijing and return to the countryside.
对姗姗来说，这将意味着她人生中时间最长的一次旅行。
For Shanshan that would mean one of the longest trips of her life.
这家人在春节期间出发，在这个时候，数千万人都会回到农村的家乡。
The family set out during Lunar New Year, a time when hundreds of millions of people return to their rural hometowns.
我们登上了一辆前往中国中部省份河南省的火车。为了打发时间，姗姗吃着瓜子，玩着电子游戏。
We boarded a train bound for Henan Province in central China. Shanshan ate sunflower seeds and played video games to pass the time.
当我们到了河南时，姗姗和她的家人坐着拖拉机在街头前进。他们在一家超市花费超过32美元（约200元人民币），买了猪肉、酸奶和草莓。
When we arrived in Henan, Shanshan and her family paraded down the streets in a tractor. They spent more than $32 at a supermarket, buying pork, yogurt and strawberries.
河南充满生机、没有拘束。孩子们用纸板箱顺着结了冰的人行道滑冰。男人们在街上高声打牌。
Henan was lively and unrestrained. Children skidded down the icy sidewalks on cardboard boxes. Men played rowdy games of poker on the street.
这家人抵达河南后不久，姗姗开始感受到这一决定的重要性。她说，她已经开始想念在北京的朋友和祖父母了。
Soon after the family arrived in Henan, the magnitude of the decision struck Shanshan. Already, she said, she missed her friends and grandparents back in Beijing.
她的父亲丁飞知道转变不会容易，“我们没选择只能走，”他说。
Her father, Ding Fei, knows the transition will be difficult. “We had no choice but to leave,” he said.
随着春节临近，这家人和邻居一起重拾当地习俗，比如杀猪、放烟花，挂装饰。
With Lunar New Year approaching, the family reminisced with neighbors about local traditions, like slaughtering pigs, lighting fireworks and hanging decorations.
他们回去的第一晚，这家人吃了面——他们最爱的食物。
On their first night back, the family ate noodles — a favorite food.
第二天一早，姗姗的妈妈方娟为女儿梳头，就像她在北京时做的那样。
The following morning, Shanshan’s mother, Fang Juan, brushed her daughter’s hair, just as she did in Beijing.
“在这儿，我们老家，我们有自己的房子，”姗姗的父亲说。“这个不可能拆。”
“Here, in our hometown, we have our own place,” Shanshan’s father said. “It can't be demolished.”
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