故事开始于爱沙尼亚(当时是俄罗斯殖民地)，Ungern，作者这样称呼他，出生于一个严厉的波罗的海德国人家庭中，这些德国人是该地区的封建主。

It starts in Estonia (then a Russian colony) where Ungern, as the author calls him, was born into a harsh family of Baltic Germans, the feudal masters of the region.

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我生长在一个犹太家庭，父母和祖父母都说意第绪语，在意第绪语里，甚至有一个专门的词汇(shadchen)来称呼这种牵线搭桥的人。

Growing up in a Jewish household where my parents and grandparents spoke Yiddish, we even had a word (shadchen) for those who were matchmakers!

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你可以称呼我“妈妈先生”或者“当家先生”，不过我更愿意你用一个比较体面的词来称呼我：“家庭主夫”。

Mom” or “Mr. 3)Homemaker, ” but I prefer a more respectable term: “4)houseband.”

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