Then, in 2009, I won our state's lifetime writing award (though I wondered if that meant I was about dead).

2009年，我获得了州立的终身写作成就奖(虽然我会想这是不是意味着我的生命即将结束)。

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Then, in 2009, I won our state's lifetime writing award (though I wondered if that meant I was about dead). It was named, of course, for Harper Lee.

2009年，我获得了州立的终身写作成就奖（虽然我会想这是不是意味着我的生命即将结束）。这一奖项自然是以哈伯。李的名义设置的。

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It is a curious thing to understand, for I had certainly never liked the man, though of late I had begun to pity him, but as soon as I saw that he was dead, I burst into a flood of tears.

这是不好理解的一件怪事，因为我肯定从未喜欢过这个人，尽管近来开始可怜他，可一旦看到他死了，我却禁不住泪如泉涌。

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and even though Bubba was dead and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.

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