In the novel, the Joad family are driven off their farm by the Banks.

小说中，乔德家被银行从自己的土地上赶走。

He looked over secretly to see whether Joad was interested or amazed.

他悄悄地转过眼来，看看约德是否感兴趣，是否吃惊。

What happened to the Joad family was an attempt to keep them and everybody like them out of California.

在乔德和类似乔德家的家庭中发生的事是，他们一直被加利福尼亚州所拒绝。

As Tom Joad in Steinbeck's novel discovered, many farmworkers, even as they spend their waking hours picking food for others, can barely afford to eat.

正如斯坦贝克小说里的主人翁汤姆•乔德发现的那样，很多农业工人，即便他们整日为别人采摘食物，他们自己却很难填饱肚子。