VOA标准英语2012--Author Celebrates Los Angeles Chinatown
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
Author Celebrates Los Angeles Chinatown
With her red hair and freckles 1, Lisa See looks Caucasian. But she's one-eighth Chinese and is part of an extended Chinese-American family. She's at home as she strolls through Chinatown's neighborhoods and temples.
Her great-grandfather, Fong See, helped establish Chinatown. His story is told in her first book, On Gold Mountain. “The first book was about my family and I think that set me on a course," she said.
See's later books have explored Chinese culture in China as well as America.
She often visits her cousins in Chinatown. Today, she stopped by an antique shop that has long been in her family.
She says this city has atracted successive generations of Chinese immigrants.
“And now today, in Los Angeles, we do have the largest Chinese-American community in the United States," she said.
Many immigrants have moved to the suburbs in the San Gabriel Valley. That area is now home to many Asian American businesses.
But See says Chinatown still has a special flavor and draws immigrants from all over Asia. She says they come for the same reasons that earlier immigrants came.
"We all have someone in our families who was scared enough, brave enough, crazy enough to leave their home country and come here,"she said.
Lisa See says she'll tell more immigrant tales in her future novels.
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freckles
n.雀斑，斑点( freckle的名词复数 )
参考例句：
She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时，脸上布满了斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》