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    May 10

    新移民

     
     
    礼拜六的一大早,叫了出租车去tacoma机场,司机是个腼腆的小伙子,说起话来却是平和清晰,言语之间对人情世故颇有自己的看法。和这样的陌生人聊天,总是分外享受。
     
    “我03年从荷兰移民到美国,因为我的妻子一家在美国。我跟我妻子是在非洲认识的,那时我才18岁,跟着爸爸妈妈从荷兰回非洲探亲,我妻子也从美国去非洲探亲。那个假期我们玩得很开心,回去之后,我们email 电话联系了三年,最后决定结婚,因为我妻子有个肺癌的妈妈要照顾,而美国的医疗条件比较好,所以我就决定搬来美国。刚来的时候,我们住在minneapolis,那个时候那里的经济还不错,很多小型的高科技公司正蓬勃发展,所以有很多就业的机会。不过那里的天气实在不怎么样,冬天特别冷,夏天又很热,只有四五月份算好的。 所以到了05年,我们全家决定搬来这里。这个地方叫king county, 几个城市连接在一起:Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond 还有Tacoma。我从小在amsterdam城里长大,那里白天夜里都很热闹,所以也想在美国找个有人气一点的地方定居。当然,这里和我们家乡也不能比,在美国的生活总是平淡的,而在欧洲你上一趟火车就可以去不同的国家看看不同的东西。我从小一起长大的朋友和家里人都在amsterdam, 所以来了这几年我总是非常想家。北欧社会福利非常好,不用干得很辛苦。而在美国讨生活要难得多,这个地方有很多大公司, Microsoft, boeing, amazon,还有各种海产公司,住在这里的每个人都拿着很高的薪水,房价也是日益攀升。刚来的时候我们两室一厅的租金是500多现在已经1000多了。最近我们家又添了一个女儿,更要分外努力地讨生活了。我每周七天都上班,平时在车行帮忙,周末两天出来开出租车。而晚上要去社区大学读汽车机械的课程,我以前在amsterdam读过机械课程,不过现在修车都用电脑的,所以有很多新东西要学。等我毕业了,我想到车行找份汽车销售员的工作。”
     
    小伙子的故事还没有讲完,我却是要下车了。算一算他的年龄都没有我大,却是为生计奔波了大半个地球。看着他利落地从后背箱帮我搬下行李,我赶忙把皮夹子里的零钱都找出来递了过去,算是表达我的一份崇敬和支持,希望他的努力和辛勤劳动可以让他们一家的生活过得更好。
     
     
     

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