At first, I saw this as a terrible thing, my Shanghai life was inching slowly towards a beast's mouth. 起初，我把离别看成是很可怕的事，似乎我的上海生活正一步步地被怪兽吞噬。
As an American who's been living in Shanghai for six years, Lemay has noticed public attitude toward homosexuality in the city has changed a great deal in the past few years. 作为一个已经在上海生活了六年的美国人，勒梅注意到，在过去的几年中，这座城市中的人们对待同性恋的态度已经大有改观。
