Below glittering office buildings were piles of trash. Breathing the air on the street was like smoking a cigarette inside mosquito netting. He couldn't avoid a sense of disillusionment: "How could Taipei look poorer than it did before?"
豪華的高樓下是隨意堆棄的垃圾，街上空氣壞得像在蚊帳裡抽菸悶出的味道，他心中不禁湧起一絲悲哀，「怎麼台北比以前還『貧窮』？」