We morbidly joke that Malachi's last words will be 'Hold my beer and watch this.' But he does make our family more intrepid. At the Wangfujing night bazaar, a street swarming with food stalls, tchotchke booths and shoe peddlers, he bought a ceramic 'tea boy' that was supposed to urinate once filled with hot water; when it didn't work, he negotiated for a new one. He convinced fruit vendors to let him try one of everything. At the Summer Palace, imperial gardens that date to the mid-1700s, he ignored guards' warnings to stop rock-hopping along the edge of a lake. What did he care -- he was 7,000 miles from home!
我们病态地开玩笑说,玛拉基的临终遗言将会是“帮我拿一下啤酒,看看这个。”但他确实让我们一家变得更加勇猛无畏了。在一条街满是小吃摊、小玩意儿地摊和卖鞋小贩的王府井夜市上,他买了一个本应该在加满热水后就开始尿尿的陶瓷制品“茶壶男孩”;结果因为不能用,他又去跟卖家周旋换了一个新的。他还说服了水果小贩,获准可以把每一种水果都拿一个尝尝。在18世纪中期修建的皇家园林颐和园中,他也无视保安的警告--不要沿着湖边跳过石头。他才不管呢,他在乎的是--他在距家7000英里(约合11,265公里)远的地方!
And unlike at home, in China we adopted some of his attitude. We jumped down the stairs of the ancient Bell Tower, across the street from the Drum Tower; we crashed a wedding reception at the Raffles Hotel.
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