So you get this image of her as this stereotypical '50s housewife going to Tupperware parties.

从这里你能看到一个典型的去特百惠派对的50年代,家庭主妇的形象。

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For a typical household, the home is the major source of wealth that they've accumulated.

对于一个典型的家庭来说,他们积累的财富主要就是住宅

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And whew! She's flying off the roof with anger, chasing him around the house trying to whip him with a wet towel, so on and so forth: a very dramatic scene again of powerlessness within the family, of being the victim of violence within the family.

噢！在房子里，祖母气急败坏地用湿毛巾追着打他，一会窜这儿，一会窜那儿：,这是理查在家里无能为力，再次成为家庭暴力受害者的又一典型案例。

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