It is the story of an American travelling to a strange land, and of the people he meets on his way: Rustam, his translator, a lovely 24-year-old who picked up his colorful English in California, Oleg and Natasha, his hosts in Tashkent, and a string of foreign aid workers.

这是一个美国人只身前往陌生土地的故事，这也是他途中遇到的人的故事：他的翻译鲁斯塔姆，一个可爱的24岁年轻人，在加利福尼亚学会了有趣的英语；奥列格和娜塔莎，他在塔什干的借宿人家；以及许多外国救援人员。

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My name is Rustam.

我的名字是鲁斯塔姆阿。

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Rustam said: "I carried 27 bodies myself." They were just bones.

Rustam说，“我自己搬了27具尸体，都只剩骨头了。”

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Pakistan's former ambassador to Kabul, Rustam Shah Mohmand, warns against escalating the offensive against the militants.

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"Malaysian politics are now characterized by many unknowns, " says Rustam Sani, a pro-Anwar political analyst.

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Tatarstan's current President, Rustam Minnikhanov, decided to launch the e-government drive a few years ago, when he was still prime minister.

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