我记得那是我整个童年唯一的一次，因为挨打而疼得我差点哭不出声来——小的时候挨打一般都是会哭的。

I remember that this was the only time throughout my boyhood when a beating actually reduced me to tears, and curiously enough I was not even now crying because of the pain.

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某个村子几年前“不可碰触者”还会挨打，更糟的是，有时仅仅为自己的影子掠过了地位更高的人而挨打，现在人们看到他们可以坐在一起吃饭。

In one village where an "untouchable" was a few years ago beaten, or worse, merely for letting his shadow pass over someone of a higher caste, neighbours now find they can sit together for meals.

youdao

某个村子几年前“不可碰触者”还会挨打，更糟的是，有时仅仅为自己的影子掠过了地位更高的人而挨打，现在人们看到他们可以坐在一起吃饭。

In one village where an "untouchable" was a few years ago beaten, or worse, merely for letting his shadow pass over someone of a higher caste, neighbours now find they can sit together for meals.

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