Many Chinese people these days leave their hometown to work in the cities. |
如今,许多中国人离开家乡到城市工作。 |
They usually return to their hometown one or two times a year. |
他们通常一年回家乡一两次。 |
Zhong Wei hasn’t been back in close to three years. |
钟伟已经将近三年没有回来了。 |
He has been working in a crayon factory in Wenzhou for the past 13 years. |
他在温州的一家蜡笔厂工作了13年。 |
People like him are interested in how their hometowns are changing. |
像他这样的人对家乡的变化很感兴趣。 |
New buildings are often built by the government. |
新建筑物通常由政府建造。 |
Zhong Wei thinks these changes are good |
钟伟认为这些变化是好的 |
because things need to change in order to become better. |
因为事情需要改变才能变得更好。 |
But he also thinks some things will never change, |
但他也认为有些事情永远不会改变, |
and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood memories. |
他的家乡仍然是他所有童年记忆的地方。 |