双语畅销书《我是马拉拉》第15章:离开河谷(7)
We spent that first night in the home of Dr Afzal.
My father then left us to go to Peshawar and alert people to what was happening.
而父亲则离开我们，动身前往白沙瓦，进行他关于斯瓦特近况的宣讲。He promised to meet us later in Shangla.
他与我们约定，之后在香拉县会合。
My mother tried very hard to persuade him to come with us but he refused.
母亲竭力说服他和我们同行，但父亲拒绝了。He wanted the people of Peshawar and Islamabad to be aware of the terrible conditions in which IDPs were living and that the military were doing nothing.
他要去告诉白沙瓦与伊斯兰堡的人们，难民的生活是如何的艰苦，而与此同时，军队依旧毫无作为。We said goodbye and were terribly worried we wouldn't see him again.
我们和父亲道别，担心以后可能再也见不到他了。The next day we got a lift to Abbottabad, where my grandmother's family lived.
第二天，我们搭便车前往阿巴塔巴德，我祖母的家族住在那里。There we met up with my cousin Khanjee, who was heading north like us.
我们在那儿遇见了我的堂哥卡安吉，他跟我们一样，要向北去。He ran a boys' hostel in Swat and was taking seven or eight boys to Kohistan by coach.
他在斯瓦特经营一家青少年旅社，他租了一辆大巴，带着七八个男孩前往科希斯坦。He was going to Besham, from where we would need another lift to take us to Shangla.
他会途经贝沙姆。从那里，我们要想办法再搭一次车，才能到香拉县。It was nightfall by the time we reached Besham as many roads were blocked.
因为沿途多条道路被堵，我们抵达贝沙姆时，夜幕已经降临。We spent the night in a cheap dirty hotel while my cousin tried to arrange a van to take us to Shangla.
我们在一间便宜的肮脏旅馆过夜，堂哥则去帮我们找辆厢型车，好载着我们去香拉。A man came near my mother and she took her shoe off and hit him once then twice and he ran away.
在旅馆，一个男人靠近我的母亲。母亲立即脱下自己的鞋子打向他，一次又一次，那个男人总算逃走了。She had hit him so hard that when she looked at the shoe it was broken.
她打得太用力，事后检查时才发现鞋子都坏了。I always knew my mother was a strong woman but I looked at her with new respect.
我一直都知道母亲是一个坚强的女人，当我看着她，心里升起了一股全新的敬意。
