My aunt and I decided to buy a new electric refrigerator with the money I had sent her from California; it was to be the first one in the family.

我阿姨和我决定用我在加州给她寄的钱,买一个新的电冰箱;,家里的第一个电冰箱。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What it does for him is allow him to buy his aunt this symbol of a middle-class American domesticity, and he is a happy participant in this new purchase.

这让他能够给阿姨,买这个美国中产阶级家庭生活的象征物，而他也很高兴能这么做。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In other words,"Where is Aunt Martha at the funeral?"

换句话说，“Martha阿姨下葬后会如何？“

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