Their ship is quarantined in New York Harbor, and many of the steerage passengers are permitted to die there of cold and starvation as New Yorkers, fearful of contagion, seek to save their own skins.

• 他们的船在纽约港受到了隔离，纽约人害怕传染病，为了保护自己的皮肤（免受传染），任由末等舱的乘客在寒冷和饥饿中死去。