[You really like to sing?] Yes, I really like to. [你是否很喜歡唱歌？]對，我是很喜歡唱歌。
[You really like to sing (Hakka) Folk songs?] [很喜歡唱(客家)山歌的？]
Yes, yes. [Sing a few lines for us?] 對呀，對。[唱幾句給我們聽一下, 好吧？]
Okay！[Sing now.] 好呀！[現在唱。]
Sing a song? [Yea, one song.] 唱一首？[好呀，唱一首。]
Sing a song? I'll sing "One", shall I? 唱一首？唱“一字”好嗎？
Yes. 好。
(Singing) （唱歌）
My name is Fong-Kiu Chan, I am 82 years old. 我叫陳房嬌，我今年八十二歲。
I was born in New Territories, Hong Kong, in a village called Ping Yeung. 我在香港新界平陽出生。
[What did you do in Hong Kong before you came over to the UK?] [你没來英國之前在香港做甚麽？]
Farming; driving cattle-ploughs, ploughing the fields, planting grain. 耕田；拖牛，弄鬆土, 種禾。
[How did you meet your husband?] [你怎樣認識你的老公？]
Someone introduced us, it was a matchmaker. 是人家介绍的, 是有人做絪媒。
[How long did you know each other before you got married?] [認識多久才结婚？]
We knew each other for... two years. 認識了...兩年。
[You dated for two years.] Yes, two years. [認識了兩年。]對，認識了兩年。
[Did your husband come to the UK first? ]Yes. [是不是你老公先過來英國的？]是。
[Yourself?] I stayed at home, farming, in Hong Kong. [你自己？] 自己在家耕田，在香港。
[Did you miss him?] Yes, of course I did. [你是否很想念他？]是呀，當然很想念他啦！
[How did you keep in touch?] [那怎樣通信？]
[How did we keep in touch? ]We wrote letters. [怎樣通信？]自己寫信，
He would write to me, and I would write back. 他寫信給我，我寫信給他。
[When you first came over, did you come straight to Swansea?] [你是不是一來就來史雲斯呀？]
Yes, it was Swansea. I never went anywhere else. 是呀，就是史雲斯，哪裡都没去過。
Initially, I wasn't very used to it. 初初來就不習慣，
It wasn't until a month later, 住了一個月，
when my husband bought our own house, that I got used to living here. 我老公就買到屋才習慣。
What I thought of the life? 覺得生活如何？
...My husband gave me some of the money he earned to buy groceries. 我老公賺點錢給我買菜。
Life was very difficult, 很艱難，
the money my husband earned would be used to provide for his family. 我老公賺到點錢還要養家，
He would send some back to his parents, but then he also had to provide for his wife and kids. 又要給他的爸爸媽媽還要養老婆子女。
He didn't earn enough money, 賺到的錢不够用，
...there wasn't enough so we had to use kerosene lamps. 不够用就點火水燈，
We had to carry the kerosene tanks ourselves, we'd buy it then use it for the lamps. 自己就去拿火水，買火水，用火水燈。
We could save a little bit by using kerosene. 買火水比較省錢。
[Did you know any English when you first came?] [你來到會不會説英文？]
No, I knew nothing. My husband knew it. 我一點都不會，我老公會。
[Did you think it was difficult living here without knowing any English?] [你覺得自己不會英文很難出去生活?]
Yes, I didn't know any, I would only take my kids to school. 是呀，自己不會，只會帶孩子去上學，
After taking my kids to school, there wasn't enough time to go to learn (English). 帶了孩子上學，時間就不够就没去學。
[Do you have any problems communicating with people now?] [那你現在和人溝通有没有問題?]
Now there's no problem. 現在没問題，
I can have a simple conversation. 人家問會答兩句。
[So the few decades that you have lived here, did you work in a takeaway?] [這裡住了幾十年，是不是做外賣店?]
Yes, at a takeaway at the top of the hill. 是呀，在山頂上做外賣店。
[Was it hard work?] [辛不辛苦?]
Of course it was hard. We worked until it was very late, worked until my legs would swell, 這樣，當然辛苦，天天做到晚呀。做到腳和膝頭疼,
I'd work until my knees hurt 做到腳和膝頭疼。
[So you'd be working long hours?] Yes. [熬到時間很就久？]是。
The hours were long, 熬到時間很久，
I'd work until my knee and heels would hurt. 做到膝頭疼，做到腳跟都痛。
Now I exercise on my own; I‘m healthier, and it hurts less. 現在自己做運動, 身體比較健康，現在不痛。
[I heard that your eyesight is quite poor.] [聽説，你的視力很差。]
Yes, I can't really see that well. 視力很差, 看不太到，
I often feel for things, to cook etc. 自己摸著弄東西吃。
[So who do you live with now?] [那你現在和誰一起住？]
I live by myself. 自己住。
[Your husband has passed away?] [阿叔好像去世了？]
Yes, he’s passed away. 是呀，去世了。
Are you used to it? 那慣不慣？
Of course I'm not used to it! It's really boring. 去世不習慣那，很無聊。
People in Swansea would see us walking down the street linking arms or holding hands. 以前在史雲斯很多人看見我們手脫手逛街。
[Seems so loving. ]Yes, we were very close. [很恩愛!] 對呀，很恩愛。
Even the locals that see me are not used to it, they say I look very lonely. 那些老外看到都說不習慣，看到我很寂寞。
[So do you have any problems living on your own now?] [那你自己一個人有没有問題？]
There' s no problem. If there is, I'd call my son. 現在没甚麽問題，有問題就打電話給我兒子。
[How many children do you have now?] [現在有幾個兒子？]
Now I have three kids. 現在有三個兒子。
How old are they now? One's.. the eldest is 55, 他們幾歲？一個...大個兒子是五十五，
The second child is 40, and the youngest is 39. 第二個是40歲，小兒是39。
My son has a phone, he bought one for me. 我的兒子有電話，也買了個電話給我，
Also he's written his name and contact details on my keyring. 在鑰匙上寫他的名字和地址。
If I fall over, I'd show people my keyring. 如果跌到就有人會看見鑰匙，
He's also put the his contacts in my phone for me, with a photo. 他也把照片儲存在電話裡。
[So it's all organised for you?] Yes it's all been sorted. [安排好的？]是，安排好的。
[Having lived here for so long, what do you think about the people in Swansea?] [在這裡住這麽多年，就覺得史雲斯的人好不好?]
Yes; Westerners, Chinese, they're all very nice. 好。外國人，中國人都好。
(Singing) （唱歌）
That's it! 就是這樣多!