For the past few years, my only "recreation" during the holiday has been working on a paper. It's kept me so busy that I've naturally forgotten that feeling of drifting about in a foreign country.
這幾年，我總是在每個聖誕節，寫成一篇滿像樣兒的論文，這是我過洋年的惟一消遣，正如我小時候在北風刺骨的街頭，人家過年，我賣對子。