主要人物和主要地點
Main Characters and Main Places

羅斯教授Luósī jiàoshòu: Professor Ross

戴偉Dàiwěi: A graduate student at a US university

傑夫Jiéfū: A graduate student at a US university

秋田Qiūtián: A graduate student at a US university

吉瑪Jímǎ: A Chinese girl who is a university graduate

珍珠湖Zhēnzhū Hú: Pearl Lake

雲南Yúnnán: Yunnan Province (in south-west China)

昆明Kūnmínɡ: Kunming, capital city of the Yunnan Province

麗江Lìjiānɡ: A historic town in Yunnan

北京Běijīnɡ: Capital of China

文中所有專有名詞下面有下畫線，比如：吉瑪、珍珠湖

(All the proper nouns in the text are underlined, such as in吉瑪、珍珠湖)