武汉是我去过最大的城市，我的故乡只有30万人口，武汉则有1130万。Wuhan is the biggest city that I have ever been in. My hometown had 300,000 people in it, and Wuhan is home to 11.3 million people.武汉还有160多个湖泊，我住的公寓刚好在三角湖旁，就是三角形的湖。There are over 160 lakes in Wuhan. And my apartment building just so happens to sit next to the Sanjiaohu, which is the triangle or Delta lake.武汉的高楼大厦，我之前从没见过。我现在住在10层，公寓共30层，我之前的家都只有一层。这里住的公寓和家里的房子，比起来还是很不一样的。I haven't seen buildings as big as the ones in Wuhan in my entire life. I currently live in a 30-story building on the 10th floor. And my entire life I lived in a single-story house. So it's a little bit different for me to be in an apartment than being in my home.

现在很庆幸当时没回美国

刚开始隔离的时候，我和北京的美国大使馆联系，他们过了几天打给我，说可以帮我回国，暂时离开这里。In the beginning of the quarantine, I got in contact with the U.S. embassy that's located in Beijing. And they called me back after a few days, saying that they could help me with departure assistance, so that I could get out of here.但是，我要向美国缴纳1100美元，就是7700元，才能坐飞机离开，再去那边隔离14天。But the United States is charging its citizens（ $1,100） 7,700 yuan, to fly out of here and then get quarantine for two weeks.我不想这样浪费钱，我妈妈也觉得待在这边的公寓里，比跟许多人一起坐飞机要安全。I didn't really want to waste my money on that. And my mom thought that I would be safer here in my apartment than on a plane with a lot of people.我就留在了这里，我也在尽量保持乐观的心态。我后悔过没回家，但现在我很庆幸，因为我有机会跟许多人沟通，为大家提供真实、开放的信息。So I'm just here and I'm trying to be positive about everything. And I wish I had gone home, but I'm glad that I didn't go home because I've been able to communicate with so many people and be a very real open news source for everybody.