One message from bosses in Moscow, in awkward English, gave the most revealing account of the agents’ assignment. “You were sent to USA for long-term service trip,” it said.

一条来自某位莫斯科间谍老板的蹩脚英文信息进一步阐明了这些俄罗斯间谍的任务：“你们被派往美国旅行，以执行一项长期的任务。

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The very act of stepping on this soil, in breathing this air of Hiroshima, was for me a far greater adventure than any trip or any reportorial assignment I'd previously taken.

踏上这片土地，呼吸这里的空气，相比以往任何一次出差或者接受的报道任务，我感到此行是一次更大的冒险之旅。

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My first trip "on assignment" was to Spain and Portugal.

我的第一次“带着任务”的旅行是前往西班牙和葡萄牙。

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Part of what happens in this particular piece is drawn, albeit very loosely, from a trip I made to the Chad-Sudan border in 2006, while on assignment for a magazine.

NEWYORKER: Dinaw Mengestu