饥饿游戏Chapter1「正文」第二章(3)

Katniss和她的家人住在第12区的煤矿区，那里的居民非常贫穷。Katniss负责养活她的母亲，妹妹和她自己，因为她的父亲在一次采矿爆炸事件而亡。许多住在12煤矿区的人因为缺少食物而挨饿。因此Katniss和Gale一起从树林里偷猎，这种方式可能会让他们丧命
The people in the districts are controlled by the officials in Capitol. District 12 is surrounded by an electrified fence and the people are under constant scrutiny.
这些地区的人民由国会大厦的官员控制。12区被电网所包围，这里的人们一直处于监视之下
On this reaping day, the girl"s name called out is Primrose Everdeen.
在这个收割的日子，女孩的名字叫Primrose Everdeen

Katniss volunteers to replace her sister as tribute. This is a highly unusual move, but it is according to the rules of the reaping.
Katniss自愿代替她的妹妹成为贡品者。这是一个非常不寻常的举动，但这是符合收割日的规则
Effie Trinket, the Capitol official in charge of drawing the names, asks the crowd to applaud Katniss, but instead they stay silent. It is their way of letting her know they do not approve of the reaping.