她妈妈回答，“不，亲爱的，我想这是因为你已经18岁了。”

Her mother replied, "No dear, I think it is because you are eighteen years old."

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他脸上起了诧异之色，似乎希奇我会发这样一个问题。 他回答说：「妈妈，祖母既应许了，这就等于我已经得著了。」

There was a wondering look on his face, as if he thought it strange that I should ask such a question, and he replied, "Well, mamma, grandma said, so it is the same as."

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