Even at the age of nine, Maria Cristina de Sales knew exactly when to(确切知道何时) ask her mother’s colleagues at the slaughterhouse(屠宰场) for a piece of the pig they were butchering(屠宰，切肉): when they got close to the pork leg(猪腿肉), her favourite part.
早在九岁时，玛丽亚·克里斯蒂娜·德·萨莱斯就知道该在什么时候向母亲在屠宰场的同事讨要一块他们正在切的猪肉：当他们快切到猪腿的时候，那是她最喜欢的部位。
When she grew up, Sales followed the path of many others from Brazil’s deprived(贫困的，被剥夺的) north-east and moved south in search of(寻找，寻求) better work opportunities. She arrived in Rio de Janeiro and, unable to afford a home in tourist-heavy(游客密集的) south zone, moved to a favela(贫民窟) further north.
长大后，萨莱斯像许多来自巴西贫困东北部的人一样，南下寻找更好的工作机会。她来到里约热内卢，因负担不起游客密集的南区住房，便搬到了更北边的一个贫民窟。
She crossed the city every day to work as a receptionist(接待员) and secretary(秘书), but only really found her footing(站稳脚跟，找到立足点) 15 years later when she and her husband opened a burger restaurant, inside the favela.
她每天穿越整座城市去当接待员和秘书，但直到15年后，她和丈夫在贫民窟内开了一家汉堡店，她才真正站稳了脚跟。