So for those of you who haven't read, Richard's father works nights and sleeps during the day, and during the day the children therefore have to be very quiet.

可能有人不清楚，理查的父亲日出而息，日落而作，因而小孩白天不敢出声。

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and involved a lot of reading and writing, a lot of essays and sleepless nights reading 3 or 4, 5 books at the same time.

我的专业要求读很多书，写很多文章，经常熬夜，同一时间阅读3或4，5本书。

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The third movie is Snow White, which I haven't gone out to see, but my 4-year old daughter has seen on 24 of the last 27 nights on video.

第三部《白雪公主》我还没有看过,但我4岁的女儿在27个晚上看了24遍

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