来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第2集 第2集》

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  I was happy because
  我很高兴
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  I had at last found a way
  因为我找到了种方法
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  to throw my criticism of
  把我的指责
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  him into his face.
  狠狠反扔回他的脸上
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  I had made him feel that
  我让他觉得
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  if he whipped me for killing the kitten I
  如果他再怂恿我去杀猫
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  would never give serious weight to
  我绝不会
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  his words again.
  再拿他的话当真
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  I had made him know that I felt he was cruel
  我让他知道我觉得他很残忍
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  and I had done it without
  并且我这么做了
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  his punishing me.
  而他没有惩罚我
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  But my mother, being more imaginative,
  但我母亲更有想象力