But for a long time I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me.

然而很长一段时间里,一想起母亲过来揍我,我就会很听话，“

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Then I want to note the transition that happens at the very bottom of this page after he says, "I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me."

我想强调的是,这页最下面的转折，在他说完“一想起母亲过来揍我,我就会很听话“之後“

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I was watching a poker game once on TV and somebody who lost said, and I quote, "They beat me like an ugly stepchild" and the fate of the ugly stepchild is, in fact, not a very good fate but this is not a good study.

有一次我看电视扑克比赛，一个输的人说，我引用他的话”他们把我像丑陋的继子女一样揍了“,丑陋的继子女的命运，确实不是好命运，但这个研究也不是好研究。

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