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Unit?01?The?Permit………………………………………1 许可证 因生活困苦，我不得不离开家乡去外国打工。我把大部分钱都寄给了妻子和父母。然而不久，政府要求我们必须有工作许可证才能继续打工。后来，我们就遭遇到种种无理待遇…… I?think?the?building?must?have?been?used?as?a?farmer’s?winter?store,?for?I?found?piles?of?forgotten?dried?chestnuts?and?grain?in?rotting?barrels.?I?tried?the?chestnuts?but?they?tasted?sour,?Paulo?said?he?would?bring?me?food,?but?that?was?three?days?ago.? Yesterday,?I?heard?a?car?engine?getting?closer,?and?climbed?up?to?hide?in?the?beams?of?the?patched?roof.?But?the?men?just?looked?in?quickly?through?the?worn-out?windows?and?broken?doors?before?they?left.?I?clung?to?the?dusty?wooden?beam,?feeling?it?would?bend?under?my?weight,?and?tried?to?make?no?noise.?My?arms?and?legs?grew?numb,?then?began?to?tremble.?I?longed?to?move,?but?I?waited?until?I?heard?the?policemen?drive?off. I?know?that?they?will?return.?When?we?began?the?final?part?of?our?journey,?we?were?warned?that?the?police?patrolled?the?land?around?here?regularly.?They?are?always?searching?for?us,?or?others?like?us;?the?coast?of?Morocco??and?the?Presidio??of?Ceuta??are?only?ten?miles?away?across?the?Straits.? That?is?how?I?got?here:?squeezed?in?with?fifteen?other?men?in?a?shallow?boat?meant?for?eight,?with?the?cold?waves?reaching?over?the?sides?and?the?night?deep?and?black?as?a?tomb.?I?have?never?been?more?scared.?I?prayed?all?the?way?across,?and?thought?about?my?family.?I?told?myself,?over?and?over,?that?I?was?doing?it?for?them.?That?trip?took?almost?all?of?my?money.?All?of?the?money?I?had?saved?in?Ecuador?. The?boatmen?left?us?on?a?beach?in?the?middle?of?the?night.?We?lost?sight?of?them?but?we?could?still?hear?their?small?engine?across?the?waves.?Six?of?us?started?walking?inland?but?the?others?waited?for?the?contacts,?the?friends?of?the?boatmen,?as?they?had?been?told.? We?were?lucky:?we?met?Paulo.?We?found?the?town?and?waited?until?the?first?bar?opened;?I?went?in?alone?while?the?others?hid?in?the?orchard?nearby.?When?I?asked?for?a?cup?of?coffee,?the?young?barman??looked?at?me?and?nodded.