And, to add to the general misery, returning migrants told the Joads that there was no work to be had in California, that conditions were even worse than they were in Oklahoma.

• 苦难的事还不止这些，折回来的流民告诉乔德一家说在加利福尼亚根本找不到什么活干，那儿的情况甚至比俄克拉何马州还要糟。