他说：“他第一次体会到一种避难所的庇荫，一种和自己和平相处的感觉，生活在接受我的男人们之中，不需要再为自己找借口，因为一切已经变得如此自然。”

For the first time, he said, he experienced "a sense of sanctuary, a feeling of peace with myself among men who accepted me without the pretenses that by then had become so automatic."

youdao

这么说吧，在需要他表现得像个男人的时候，我希望他挺身而出，而不是坐视不管，却想让我去处理一切。

But in a manner of speaking, when it' s time to be a man I expect him to stand up instead of sitting back expecting me to do everything.

youdao

这个男人来到这里，没有受过教育，孤零零一个人，语言不通，就是这个男人，单单以他的言行教会了我所需要知道的一切，关于信念，关于辛苦劳作。

A man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence2 of his example.

youdao