He was a hobo by choice: As a little boy, he'd seen a hobo come up to ask his mother for a piece of pie and she had given it to him and when the hobo went off down the road the little boy had said, "Ma, what was that fellow?" "Why, that's a hobo."

他是自愿成为流浪汉的：,当他还是个小男孩的时候，他见过一个流浪汉向他妈妈,要一块派，他妈妈给他了,于是当流浪汉离开的时候小男孩就问，“妈妈，那个家伙是谁“，“是个流浪汉“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And you have a discussion and your mom says, "What are you going to do later on tonight?"

等你决定好了以后，你妈妈问你，“今晚你打算做什么？”

I'm going to 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

How big is the boat?" I asked my mother.

船有多大？“我问妈妈。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

so I asked my mom what it was.

所以我问了妈妈那是什么。

FAO Schwarz的回忆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人