The child asked his mother for a pad.

这个小孩向他妈妈要了个垫子。

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'What's your name?' he asked, pointing at the child with his pen.

他用笔指着小孩问：“你叫什么名字？”

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When I asked him why, he said his family could not afford to send more than one child and decided he was the most clever.

当我问他原因时，他跟我说他家当时只能供得起一个孩子上大学，因为他是最聪明的，所以就供他去上了。

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When he was a child he was asked how to pronounce his name.

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