Longreads Best of 2017: Under-Recognized Stories
Here are the best stories we thought deserved more attention this year.
以下是我们认为今年值得更多关注的最佳故事。
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Sari BottonEssays editor, Longreads
Sari Botton 长篇读物散文编辑
## How to Write Iranian-America, or The Last Essay (Porochista Khakpour, Catapult)
## 如何写伊朗-美国，或最后一篇文章（Porochista Khakpour，Catapult）
Women writers of color aren’t given enough opportunities, and too often when they are, the opportunity is limited.
有色人种女作家没有得到足够的机会，而且往往即使有，机会也是有限的。
They’re asked, again and again, to write about aspects of their identity, and are rarely afforded chances to write about anything else.
他们一次又一次地被要求写下自己身份的各个方面，但很少有机会写其他的东西。
Writing in the second person, Porochista Khakpour helps the reader to imagine being an artist hemmed in by such limitations.
波罗奇斯塔·卡克普尔以第二人称写作，帮助读者想象自己是一位被这些限制所包围的艺术家。
She takes us through the arc of her career thus far: from deciding early on that she didn’t want to “write what you know,” as a mentor suggested; to becoming the Iranian-American essayist of choice every time certain publications wanted an opinion from that particular demographic; to deciding she was no longer willing to be limited in that way, but feeling conflicted nonetheless.
她带领我们回顾了迄今为止她的职业生涯：从很早就决定不想像导师建议的那样“写你所知道的”；到后来，她开始了自己的职业生涯。每当某些出版物需要特定人群的意见时，他就会成为伊朗裔美国散文家的首选；决定不再愿意受到这种方式的限制，但仍然感到矛盾。
As a fan of Kahkpour’s writing, I certainly hope this isn’t her last essay but instead marks the beginning of a new chapter in which she feels free to write about whatever she chooses.
作为 Kahkpour 作品的粉丝，我当然希望这不是她的最后一篇文章，而是标志着新篇章的开始，她可以自由地写自己选择的任何内容。
## Kate’s Still Here (Libby Copeland, Esquire)
## 凯特还在这里（Libby Copeland，Esquire）
I’ve reached an age where death — of friends, family, colleagues — has become a more regular occurrence.
在我这个年纪，朋友、家人、同事的死亡已经变得越来越常见。
I’ve become slightly obsessed with it, but at the same time, remain afraid to discuss it and plan for it.
我对此有点着迷，但同时，仍然害怕讨论它并为其制定计划。
It was refreshing and moving for me to read this feature by Libby Copeland about a couple who embraced the inevitable so boldly and lovingly.
阅读利比·科普兰 (Libby Copeland) 的这篇专题报道，讲述了一对如此大胆而充满爱意地拥抱不可避免的事情的夫妇，这让我耳目一新、感动不已。
Copeland spends time with Kate and Deloy Oberlin as they consciously prepare for Kate’s death from metastatic breast cancer, and again in the aftermath of her passing.
科普兰与凯特和德洛伊·奥柏林在一起，他们有意识地为凯特因转移性乳腺癌死亡做好准备，并在她去世后再次做好准备。
Deloy honors his wife’s wishes that once she’s gone, a gathering will be held where family and friends can visit with her body, chilled with dry ice and frozen water bottles.
德洛伊满足了妻子的愿望，在她去世后，将举行一次聚会，家人和朋友可以参观她的尸体，用干冰和冷冻水瓶冷藏。
Afterward, he delivers her body to a site where it is composted as part of a study in green burial.
随后，他将她的尸体送到一个地点，在那里进行堆肥，作为绿色埋葬研究的一部分。
I believe it might be impossible to get to the end of this piece without feeling warmed and shedding some tears.
我相信读完这篇文章，如果不感到温暖和流泪，那是不可能的。
Aaron GilbreathContributing editor, Longreads
亚伦·吉尔布雷斯 (Aaron Gilbreath) 特约编辑，Longreads
## In the Land of Vendettas That Go on Forever (Amanda Petrusich, Virginia Quarterly Review)
## 在永远持续的仇杀之地（阿曼达·彼得鲁西奇，弗吉尼亚季刊评论）
Amanda Petrusich she traveled to Northern Albania to write about the culture of vengeance that guides the region’s sense of justice.
阿曼达·彼得鲁西奇 (Amanda Petrusich) 前往阿尔巴尼亚北部，撰写有关引导该地区正义感的复仇文化的文章。
Her story takes readers along rocky roads to mountain villages, but the real journey takes place inside the minds of the local people, whose ideas about justice require a vigilante, not the law, to kill a person who was involved in a murder.
她的故事带领读者沿着崎岖的道路前往山村，但真正的旅程发生在当地人的内心深处，他们的正义观念需要治安维持者，而不是法律，来杀死参与谋杀的人。
His eye-for-an-eye approach harkens back to early tribal times in the country.
他以牙还牙的做法让人回想起这个国家早期的部落时代。
Perfectly mixing narration with analysis, the story ultimately asks philosophical questions: Does revenge really make up for a loss?
这个故事将叙述与分析完美地结合在一起，最终提出了哲学问题：复仇真的可以弥补损失吗？
What is justice?
什么是正义？
In a year when many of us eagerly watch special counsel Robert Mueller investigate a president who flaunts his disregard for the law, justice is on the forefront of our minds, except some of us want it to arrive through legal channels.
今年，当我们许多人热切地观看特别检察官罗伯特·穆勒(Robert Mueller)调查一位标榜无视法律的总统时，正义是我们最关心的问题，但我们中的一些人希望正义通过法律渠道实现。
Matt GilesContributing editor and chief fact-checker, Longreads
Matt GilesLongreads 特约编辑兼首席事实核查员
## Jumpin’ Joe (Robert Silverman, Victory Journal)
## Jumpin' Joe（罗伯特·西尔弗曼，胜利杂志）
Much of sports discourse this year has centered on Colin Kaepernick.
今年的大部分体育话题都集中在科林·卡佩尼克身上。
Thousands of words and hours of conversation have been unspooled on the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, his stance on athletes’ rights, and why the NFL has seemingly blacklisted the QB who nearly won a Super Bowl four years ago.
关于这位前旧金山 49 人队四分卫、他对运动员权利的立场，以及为什么 NFL 似乎将这位四年前差点赢得超级碗冠军的四分卫列入黑名单，人们进行了数千字和数小时的对话。
But to understand the present, it helps to look to the past, and Silverman’s profile of Jumpin’ Joe Caldwell, a star forward with the ABA in the 1970s, is timely and worth highlighting.
但要了解现在，回顾过去会有所帮助，西尔弗曼对 20 世纪 70 年代 ABA 明星前锋 Jumpin' Joe Caldwell 的介绍非常及时，值得强调。
Caldwell was vice president of the league’s players union, and after a contentious episode with the management of the St. Louis Spirits, who believed Caldwell convinced Marvin Barnes, the team’s best player, to jettison to the NBA, Caldwell couldn’t land another contract in either league.
考德威尔是联盟球员工会的副主席，在与圣路易斯烈酒队管理层发生了一场有争议的事件后，圣路易斯精神队相信考德威尔说服了球队最好的球员马文·巴恩斯放弃了NBA，考德威尔无法在这两个联盟获得另一份合同。
Caldwell’s story is truly one of the first in which athletes sought the control they deserved from their employer, and though Silverman doesn’t overtly connect Caldwell’s situation to Kaepernick’s, the parallels are more than evident.
考德威尔的故事确实是运动员向雇主寻求应有的控制权的第一批故事之一，尽管西尔弗曼没有公开将考德威尔的情况与卡佩尼克的情况联系起来，但相似之处是非常明显的。
Ethan ChielContributing editor and fact-checker, Longreads
Ethan ChielLongreads 特约编辑兼事实核查员
## The Immortal Life of John Tesh’s NBA Anthem “Roundball Rock” (David Roth, Vice)
## John Tesh 的 NBA 赞歌“Roundball Rock”的不朽生命（David Roth，Vice）
The first time I heard John Tesh’s voice was in the passenger seat of my dad’s Mazda, driving through upstate New York as part of a road trip to visit colleges.
我第一次听到约翰·泰什的声音是在我父亲的马自达的副驾驶座上，当时我正开车穿过纽约州北部，作为参观大学的公路旅行的一部分。
Tesh was hosting his daily radio show and he was telling an interminable story with no point, but I ate that shit up.
泰什正在主持他的每日广播节目，他正在讲一个没有意义的没完没了的故事，但我把那些狗屎都吃了。
It was only later that I’d see the famous Red Rocks video David Roth mentions in his wonderful story about Tesh’s NBA on NBC anthem, or learn anything about that part of Tesh’s life.
直到后来，我才在 NBC 的歌曲中看到 David Roth 在他关于 Tesh 的 NBA 精彩故事中提到的著名 Red Rocks 视频，或者了解到有关 Tesh 生活的那一部分的任何信息。
But through the story of that instrumental anthem — which remains a banger — and his conversation with Tesh, Roth manages to tease out the easygoing, very slightly anodyne, successful-yet-anonymous nature of Tesh’s work and life, as well as what makes him so bizarrely charming.
但通过这首器乐赞歌的故事（至今仍然很火爆），以及他与泰什的对话，罗斯成功地梳理出了泰什工作和生活中随和、略带镇痛、成功但匿名的本质，以及是什么让他如此奇异地迷人。
Ben HubermanSenior editor, Longreads
Ben HubermanLongreads 高级编辑
## The Age of Rudeness (Rachel Cusk, The New York Times Magazine)
## 粗鲁的时代（雷切尔·卡斯克，纽约时报杂志）
Last February feels like centuries ago.
去年二月感觉就像几个世纪前一样。
There were still so many terrible things for us to endure in a year that had just started.
刚刚开始的一年里，我们还有很多可怕的事情要忍受。
Yet 10 months and 10,000 news cycles later, Rachel Cusk’s essay remains fresh and unsettling, like a prophecy in which the worst parts may or may not have already come true.
然而 10 个月和 10,000 个新闻周期过去了，雷切尔·卡斯克 (Rachel Cusk) 的文章仍然新鲜且令人不安，就像一个预言，其中最糟糕的部分可能已经实现，也可能尚未实现。
Cusk looks at airport agents and shop assistants, Sophocles and Jesus, and yes, Trump makes an appearance too.
卡斯克看着机场工作人员和店员、索福克勒斯和耶稣，是的，特朗普也出现了。
Through this tangle of anecdotes, she channels something many of us have been feeling yet have failed to articulate: The sense that all previous protocols of basic social decency are broken, and that we’re still not sure how to handle the shards.
通过这些杂乱的轶事，她传达了我们许多人一直有的感受但未能明确表达的东西：以前所有基本社会礼仪的协议都被打破了，而且我们仍然不确定如何处理这些碎片。
Catherine CusickAudience development editor, Longreads
Catherine Cusick Longreads 观众开发编辑
## The Selfie Monkey Goes to the Ninth Circuit (Sarah Jeong, Motherboard)
## 自拍猴进入第九巡回赛（Sarah Jeong，主板）
Humor never really felt like an option in such a serious year, but Jeong’s simian legal saga reminded me that humor shouldn’t be so disposable.
在如此严肃的一年里，幽默从来都不是一种选择，但郑的猿猴法律传奇提醒我，幽默不应该如此随意。
Her story isn’t really about the monkey; it’s about who can rightfully be considered the “next friend” of an Internet-famous crested macaque.
她的故事其实并不是关于猴子的，而是关于猴子的。这是关于谁可以被合理地视为互联网上著名的凤头猕猴的“下一个朋友”。
It’s about whether or not we can fight the good fight and giggle our way through it and still make a case for justice when it really matters.
这是关于我们是否能够打一场正义的仗，并在真正重要的时候继续为正义伸张正义。
Bonkers things happened in 2017 — absurd, hilarious things — and not all of them were life-threatening or world-ending or rights-violating.
2017 年发生了一些疯狂的事情——荒谬、搞笑的事情——但并不是所有的事情都危及生命、世界末日或侵犯权利。
(Unless monkeys have standing to sue under the Copyright Act.
（除非猴子根据《版权法》有资格提起诉讼。
Then yeah, some violations went down.)
然后，是的，一些违规行为减少了。）
Humor is like taste-testing non-lethal poison: you never forget it.
幽默就像尝尝非致命毒药：你永远不会忘记它。
It’s what made Naruto stand out as the one monkey I clearly didn’t appreciate enough at the time.
这就是为什么鸣人脱颖而出，成为我当时显然还不够欣赏的一只猴子。
Most of what flew under the radar this year was probably funny, and I think missing out on that laughter cost us.
今年大多数不为人所知的事情可能都很有趣，我认为错过这种笑声让我们付出了代价。
But writing that has a punchline isn’t an indulgence, it’s a vitamin.
但写有妙语的文章并不是一种放纵，而是一种维生素。
We always need more of it than we think we do.
我们总是需要比我们想象的更多的东西。
Emily PerperContributing editor, Longreads
Emily PerperLongreads 特约编辑
## Contemplating Death at the Edge of the Continent (Laura Turner, Catapult)
## 在大陆边缘思考死亡（劳拉·特纳，弹射器）
This year, I wrote rarely.
今年我很少写东西了。
Every time I put pen to paper or started to type, I began and ended in the same place, full of dread.
每次我提笔或开始打字时，我都在同一个地方开始和结束，充满了恐惧。
Writing, which used to be a way to work through my fear, seemed only to reinforce it.
写作曾经是我消除恐惧的一种方式，但现在似乎只会强化恐惧。
And so I looked for writers who could say what I could not.
所以我寻找那些能说出我不能说出的东西的作家。
Laura Turner was one of those writers.
劳拉·特纳就是其中一位作家。
Her column at Catapult, “A Cure for Fear,” made me feel less alone.
她在 Catapult 的专栏《治愈恐惧》让我不再感到孤独。
Every entry was poignant and true, in an eerie get-out-of-my-brain sort of way.
每一篇文章都令人心酸而真实，以一种令人毛骨悚然的方式离开我的大脑。
But my favorite essay of hers predates that column, and it’s called “Contemplating Death at the Edge of the Continent.” Maybe you, too, spiral into a panic when you think about the inevitability of dying.
但我最喜欢她的文章早于该专栏，它的名字是“在大陆边缘思考死亡”。当你想到死亡不可避免时，也许你也会陷入恐慌。
Many nights, I lie awake and hyperventilate while my partner sleeps peacefully next to me.
很多个夜晚，当我的伴侣在我旁边安静地睡觉时，我醒着并过度换气。
Catapult published Turner’s essay on January 11, the week before Trump’s inauguration, and dying felt closer than ever this year.
Catapult 于 1 月 11 日发表了特纳的文章，即特朗普就职前一周，今年比以往任何时候都感觉离死亡更近。
Would my death come via nuclear war with North Korea?
我的死会因与朝鲜的核战争而死吗？
Cancer I wouldn’t be able to treat when my healthcare disappeared?
当我的医疗保健消失时，我将无法治疗癌症吗？
Assault at the hands of someone who hates trans people?
来自讨厌跨性别者的人的攻击？
To come to terms with her own anxiety about The End, Turner sought out solitude at the New Camaldoli Hermitage on the Pacific coast.
为了缓解自己对末日的焦虑，特纳在太平洋海岸的新卡马尔多利冬宫寻求孤独。
In addition to our shared chronic anxiety, Turner’s writing is infused with a Christian spirituality I recognize and appreciate deeply.
除了我们共同的长期焦虑之外，特纳的写作还注入了我深深认识和欣赏的基督教灵性。
I am a person of lapsed faith, but in these uncertain days, Christianity feels comforting in its familiarity.
我是一个信仰缺失的人，但在这些不确定的日子里，基督教的熟悉感让我感到安慰。
There are no neat answers.
没有明确的答案。
We have to sit with that — Turner in her quiet cell on the coast, me at my desk in my cold apartment.
我们必须坐在一起——特纳在她位于海岸的安静牢房里，我在我寒冷的公寓里的办公桌前。
So I implore you to read Turner’s work — not just this essay, but her entire oeuvre about anxiety, because it is beautiful, authentic, and necessary.
所以我恳求你阅读特纳的作品——不仅仅是这篇文章，而是她关于焦虑的全部作品，因为它是美丽的、真实的和必要的。
Danielle JacksonContributing editor, Longreads
丹妮尔·杰克逊（Danielle Jackson）特约编辑，Longreads
## Eve Ewing: Other Means to Liberation (Kiese Laymon, Guernica)
## 伊芙·尤因：解放的其他方式（Kiese Laymon，格尔尼卡）
This conversation between Laymon and poet and sociologist Eve Ewing on the publication of her well-received collection of poems Electric Arches, is spirited and wide-ranging.
雷蒙与诗人兼社会学家伊芙·尤因就其广受好评的诗集《电拱门》的出版进行了热烈而广泛的对话。
They talk through the policies that shaped the conditions of Chicago’s public schools, the migratory patterns of black Americans in the 20th century, and the case of Assata Shakur.
他们讨论了塑造芝加哥公立学校条件的政策、20 世纪美国黑人的移民模式以及阿萨塔·沙库尔的案例。
What has stayed with me is how the sense of comfort and warmth between Ewing and Laymon makes space for them, and by extension, their audience, to imagine new ways of thinking, talking, and doing creative work.
让我印象深刻的是尤因和雷蒙之间的舒适和温暖的感觉如何为他们以及他们的观众创造了空间，以想象新的思维、谈话和创造性工作的方式。
Danielle TcholakianStaff writer, Longreads
丹妮尔·乔拉基安 (Danielle Tcholakian) 长篇读物特约撰稿人
## How a Pearland Mom Changed Her Life to Save Her Transgender Child (Roxanna Asgarian, Houstonia Magazine)
## Pearland 妈妈如何改变生活以拯救她的变性孩子（Roxanna Asgarian，Houstonia 杂志）
It may seem strange to deem a story tweeted by the ACLU of Texas “under-recognized,” but Roxanna Asgarian’s feature on a devoutly religious, long-conservative Texas woman’s decision to give up her entire life — losing friends, family and community — and reconfigure her own identity to save her young transgender daughter’s life didn’t seem to generate the attention and discussion it deserved.
认为德克萨斯州美国公民自由联盟在推特上发布的故事“未被充分认识”似乎很奇怪，但罗克珊娜·阿斯加里安(Roxanna Asgarian)关于一位虔诚的宗教人士、长期保守的德克萨斯州妇女决定放弃自己的整个生活——失去朋友、家人和社区——并重新配置自己的身份以拯救她年幼的跨性别女儿的生命的专题报道似乎并没有引起应有的关注和讨论。
Maybe it was because it came out in Houstonia’s December issue, maybe because the mother and daughter featured in it had also been written about by national outlets.
也许是因为它刊登在《休斯敦尼亚》十二月号上，也许是因为其中的母女也被全国媒体报道过。
But Asgarian did the crucial thing that local outlets do, after the national media parachutes in and back out again: She stayed on the story.
但在全国性媒体空降进出之后，阿斯加里安做了当地媒体所做的至关重要的事情：她继续关注报道。
Her account of Kimberly Shappley’s awakening and devotion to her daughter Kai spans years and is excruciating in its heartbreaking detail.
她对金伯利·沙普利的觉醒和对女儿凯的忠诚的描述跨越了数年，其令人心碎的细节令人难以忍受。
I still wince and shudder thinking about the time Kimberly discovered Kai’s legs were cold while tucking her into bed, only to find her daughter — still called Joseph then — had taken too-small underpants from a toy doll and worn them herself, cutting off her own circulation.
想起那次金伯利在给凯盖被子上床时发现她的腿很冷，却发现她的女儿——当时还叫约瑟夫——从玩具娃娃上取下了太小的内裤，自己穿起来，切断了她自己的血液循环，我仍然会不寒而栗、不寒而栗。
While national outlets heralded Kimberly’s heroism, Asgarian showed that their story, and their struggle, is far from over.
尽管全国媒体赞扬了金伯利的英雄主义，但阿斯加里安却表明，他们的故事和斗争还远未结束。
Before first grade started, Kai asked her mom a question.
一年级开始前，凯问了妈妈一个问题。
“She said, ‘Mommy, when I grow up and have really long hair, will I look weird that I have a penis?’” Shappley recalled.
“她说，‘妈妈，当我长大并拥有很长的头发时，我有阴茎会显得很奇怪吗？’”沙普利回忆道。
It started a long conversation between them about what makes someone beautiful, and about how everyone’s body is different.
他们之间开始了一场漫长的对话，讨论什么让一个人变得美丽，以及每个人的身体有何不同。
Kai seemed satisfied, but later, she followed up: Why, then, don’t princesses have penises?“I said, ‘How do you know that?
凯似乎很满意，但后来她接着问道：那么，为什么公主没有阴茎呢？“我说，‘你怎么知道的？
How do you know that Ariel wasn’t born with a penis?
你怎么知道爱丽儿生来就没有阴茎？
Because she didn’t like the body she was born in either, and so she changed her body to look like what she felt she was born to be.’”Now, Shappley said, her and Kai’s “secret giggle-giggle” is that Ariel is transgender, and that other princesses might be, too, because “not everybody tells.”“It’s constantly having to be an inventive parent, and being quick on your feet,” Shappley said.
因为她也不喜欢自己出生时的身体，所以她改变了自己的身体，让自己看起来像她认为自己天生的样子。””现在，沙普利说，她和凯的“秘密咯咯笑”是爱丽儿是跨性别者，其他公主也可能是，因为“不是每个人都说。”“父母必须不断成为有创造力的人，并且行动敏捷，”沙普利说。
“But isn’t all parenting that way?”
“但所有的养育方式不都是这样吗？”
Before first grade started, Kai asked her mom a question.
一年级开始前，凯问了妈妈一个问题。
“She said, ‘Mommy, when I grow up and have really long hair, will I look weird that I have a penis?’” Shappley recalled.
“她说，‘妈妈，当我长大并拥有很长的头发时，我有阴茎会显得很奇怪吗？’”沙普利回忆道。
It started a long conversation between them about what makes someone beautiful, and about how everyone’s body is different.
他们之间开始了一场漫长的对话，讨论什么让一个人变得美丽，以及每个人的身体有何不同。
Kai seemed satisfied, but later, she followed up: Why, then, don’t princesses have penises?
凯似乎很满意，但随后她又问道：那为什么公主没有阴茎呢？
“I said, ‘How do you know that?
“我说，‘你怎么知道的？
How do you know that Ariel wasn’t born with a penis?
你怎么知道爱丽儿生来就没有阴茎？
Because she didn’t like the body she was born in either, and so she changed her body to look like what she felt she was born to be.’”
因为她也不喜欢自己出生时的身体，所以她改变了自己的身体，让自己看起来像她认为自己天生的样子。”
Now, Shappley said, her and Kai’s “secret giggle-giggle” is that Ariel is transgender, and that other princesses might be, too, because “not everybody tells.”
沙普利说，现在她和凯的“秘密傻笑”是爱丽儿是跨性别者，其他公主也可能是，因为“不是每个人都说出来”。
“It’s constantly having to be an inventive parent, and being quick on your feet,” Shappley said.
沙普利说：“父母必须时刻保持创造力，并且行动敏捷。”
“But isn’t all parenting that way?”
“但所有的养育方式不都是这样吗？”
Krista StevensSenior editor, Longreads
克里斯塔·史蒂文斯（Krista Stevens）Longreads 高级编辑
## The Detective of Northern Oddities, (Christopher Solomon, Outside)
## 北方怪事侦探（克里斯托弗·所罗门，外面）
As someone who earns her living seated indoors, laptop in hand, I’m endlessly curious about people whose jobs are very different from mine.
作为一个坐在室内、手里拿着笔记本电脑谋生的人，我对那些工作与我截然不同的人充满好奇。
At Outside, Christopher Solomon profiles Kathy Burek, a veterinary pathologist who examines unusual deaths in the Alaskan animal kingdom.
在《Outside》中，克里斯托弗·所罗门 (Christopher Solomon) 介绍了凯西·伯雷克 (Kathy Burek)，她是一名兽医病理学家，负责研究阿拉斯加动物王国的异常死亡事件。
Elbow deep in bodily fluids, Burek works on everything from sea otters to polar bears, and her necropsies are revealing stunning evidence of climate change in the North that will soon find its way South.
伯雷克深入体液，研究从海獭到北极熊的各种动物，她的尸检揭示了北方气候变化的惊人证据，这种变化很快就会向南方蔓延。
The fascinating science in Solomon’s beautiful prose made this a satisfying read.
所罗门优美的散文中蕴藏着令人着迷的科学知识，使这本书读起来令人满意。
When they captured her off Cohen Island in the summer of 2007, she weighed 58 pounds and was the size of a collie.
2007 年夏天，当他们在科恩岛附近捕获她时，她体重 58 磅，大小与牧羊犬一样大。
The growth rings in a tooth they pulled revealed her age—eight years, a mature female sea otter.They anesthetized her and placed tags on her flippers.
他们拔掉的一颗牙齿上的年轮显示了她的年龄——八岁，一只成熟的雌性海獭。他们对她进行了麻醉，并在她的脚蹼上贴上了标签。
They assigned her a number: LCI013, or 13 for short.
他们给她分配了一个号码：LCI013，简称13。
They installed a transmitter in her belly and gave her a VHF radio frequency: 165.155 megahertz.
他们在她的腹部安装了一个发射器，并给她提供了甚高频无线电频率：165.155兆赫。
Then they released her.
然后他们释放了她。
The otter was now, in effect, her own small-wattage Alaskan radio station.
事实上，水獭现在是她自己的小功率阿拉斯加广播电台。
If you had the right kind of antenna and a receiver, you could launch a skiff into Kachemak Bay, lift the antenna, and hunt the air for the music of her existence: an occasional ping in high C that was both solitary and reassuring amid the static of the wide world.
如果你有合适的天线和接收器，你可以把一艘小船驶入卡切马克湾，举起天线，在空气中寻找她存在的音乐：偶尔传来高音 C 的声音，在广阔的世界的静谧中既孤独又令人安心。
When they captured her off Cohen Island in the summer of 2007, she weighed 58 pounds and was the size of a collie.
2007 年夏天，当他们在科恩岛附近捕获她时，她体重 58 磅，大小与牧羊犬一样大。
The growth rings in a tooth they pulled revealed her age—eight years, a mature female sea otter.
他们拔出的一颗牙齿上的年轮显示了她的年龄——八岁，一只成熟的雌性海獭。
They anesthetized her and placed tags on her flippers.
他们对她进行了麻醉，并在她的脚蹼上贴上了标签。
They assigned her a number: LCI013, or 13 for short.
他们给她分配了一个号码：LCI013，简称13。
They installed a transmitter in her belly and gave her a VHF radio frequency: 165.155 megahertz.
他们在她的腹部安装了一个发射器，并给她提供了甚高频无线电频率：165.155兆赫。
Then they released her.
然后他们释放了她。
The otter was now, in effect, her own small-wattage Alaskan radio station.
事实上，水獭现在是她自己的小功率阿拉斯加广播电台。
If you had the right kind of antenna and a receiver, you could launch a skiff into Kachemak Bay, lift the antenna, and hunt the air for the music of her existence: an occasional ping in high C that was both solitary and reassuring amid the static of the wide world.
如果你有合适的天线和接收器，你可以把一艘小船驶入卡切马克湾，举起天线，在空气中寻找她存在的音乐：偶尔传来高音 C 的声音，在广阔的世界的静谧中既孤独又令人安心。
Michelle LegroSenior editor, Longreads
Michelle LegroLongreads 高级编辑
## The Painful Truth About Teeth (Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post)
## 关于牙齿的痛苦真相（玛丽乔丹和凯文沙利文，华盛顿邮报）
## Filling the Gap (John Stanton, Buzzfeed)
## 填补空白（约翰·斯坦顿，Buzzfeed）
It’s almost hard to believe that the life and death battle over health care dominated the first half of this year, as stories about Medicare, Medicaid, pre-existing conditions, and outrageously expensive medications helped defeat the bill in Congress.
几乎很难相信，围绕医疗保健的生死之战占据了今年上半年的主导地位，因为有关医疗保险、医疗补助、既往病史和昂贵得离谱的药物的故事帮助国会击败了该法案。
Among these dire stories there was a medical desperation still in the shadows: that of inadequate or nonexistent dental care.
在这些可怕的故事中，仍然隐藏着一种医疗绝望：牙科护理不足或根本不存在。
The Washington Post’s visit to an enormous mobile clinic on the Eastern Shore showed the lengths people were willing to go to in order to fix just one thing.
《华盛顿邮报》对东海岸一家大型流动诊所的访问表明，人们为了解决一件事愿意付出多大的努力。
And in a Mexican border town, John Stanton’s riveting reporting revealed a parallel economy thriving on the shoddy American healthcare system, one where patients — many of them Trump voters — cross the border for cheap dental procedures, if they can afford to make the trip.
在墨西哥边境的一个小镇，约翰·斯坦顿（John Stanton）引人入胜的报道揭示了一种平行经济在劣质的美国医疗保健系统上蓬勃发展，患者（其中许多是特朗普选民）只要能负担得起旅行费用，就可以跨越边境进行廉价的牙科手术。
These stories were a stark reminder that medical care is about far more than life or death, it’s about living with dignity.
这些故事清楚地提醒我们，医疗保健不仅仅关乎生死，还关乎有尊严的生活。
Mike DangEditor in chief, Longreads
Mike DangLongreads 主编
## Series on Children and Gun Violence (John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post)
## 儿童与枪支暴力系列（约翰·伍德罗·考克斯，《华盛顿邮报》）
Whenever someone asked me for a story recommendation this year, I asked them if they were reading Cox’s Washington Post series on how children are being affected by gun violence in the U.S. They would either say “no” or would tell me, “Oh, I’ve seen that but haven’t gotten around to it yet.” Well, now is the time to read this stellar series that might have been overshadowed by so many other stellar reporting done this year.
每当有人问我今年的故事推荐时，我都会问他们是否正在阅读考克斯关于美国儿童如何受到枪支暴力影响的《华盛顿邮报》系列文章。他们要么会说“不”，要么会告诉我，“哦，我已经看到了，但还没有抽出时间来阅读。”好吧，现在是阅读这个精彩系列的时候了，它可能会被今年完成的许多其他精彩报道所掩盖。
Start here, and then go here, here, here, here and here.
从这里开始，然后转到这里、这里、这里、这里和这里。
If you’ve only got time for one, in this piece Cox does a particularly good job of showing the trauma suffered by six teenagers following the Las Vegas shooting massacre.
如果您只有时间看一篇，考克斯在这篇文章中特别出色地展示了拉斯维加斯枪击事件后六名青少年所遭受的创伤。
If I were on a committee handing out journalism awards, John Woodrow Cox would be on my list of honorees.
如果我是颁发新闻奖的委员会的成员，约翰·伍德罗·考克斯将出现在我的获奖者名单上。