美国人林利的妻子是位医生,作为志愿者前往非洲进行医疗援助。林利准备去非洲与妻子团聚,临行前,妻子写信告诉他:当地除了一些土著人,就是无边的荒野。林利起初不相信,到了非洲才发现,当地的情况比他预想的还要糟糕不知多少倍!他们住在荒漠中的小屋里,屋外就是光秃秃的土地,晚上没有路灯,到处是一片漆黑。林利没有事情可做,除了妻子外又没人可以交谈,与当地土著人语言不通,离开翻译寸步难行。 Lin Li’s wife was a doctor and volunteered to go to Africa for medical assistance. Linley was ready to go to Africa to reunite with his wife. Before leaving, his wife wrote a letter and told him: The locals, besides some indigenous people, are endless wilderness. Linley didn’t believe it at first, but when he came to Africa, he discovered that the local situation was even worse than he had expected. I lived in a hut in the desert. There was bare land outside the house. There was no street lamp at night and it was full of darkness. Linley did not have anything to do. No one but his wife could talk. They could not speak with local indigenous people and they couldn’t walk away from translation.