她母亲一直在问她。

Her mother had been questioning her.

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一天我母亲问她知不知道她的生日快到了，她耸耸肩，问知不知道她即将多少岁，依然是耸肩，那时候她已经快九十九岁了。

“Do you know how old you’ll be?” Another shrug.

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几年后，大约2009年8月份，汤姆林森突然接到巴拉拉母亲打来的电话，她先问她是不是在兰尼小学教过她儿子普里特的那位芭芭拉·汤姆林森。

Years later, around August 2009, Tomlinson got a call out of the blue from Bharara's mother, who wanted to know if she was the same Barbara Tomlinson who had taught her son Preet at Ranney.

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