[多项选择]然而，或是因为中国人与其他人太不一样，或是因为他们工作起来很有耐心，他们能成功地把表面看来毫无价值的开采地(mining claim)变为有利可图的东西，这使他们成为爱嫉妒的竞争者们的眼中钉。他们受到了多种形式的骚扰。经常阻止他们在开采地上开矿；一些地区甚至通过了禁止他们拥有开采地的桌例。因此，中国人开始艰难地寻找其他的谋生途径。他们中的一些人开始为开矿的白种人洗衣服；其他一些人则开小饭馆。

参考答案:
However, either because the Chinese were so different from the others or because they worked so patiently that they succeeded in turning a seemingly worthless mining claim into a profitable one, they became an eyesoar of their envious competitors. They were harassed in many ways; Often they were prevented from working on their claims; some localities even passed regulations forbidding them to own claims. The Chinese therefore started to seek out other ways of earning a living. Some of them began to do the laundry for the white miners and others set up small restaurants.