The guests watched and winced in absolute silence. So forceful was my grandmother s personality that no one dared stand up for me.

客人们都在静静地看着，我的祖母实在太霸道了，根本没有人敢为我说话。

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When they died, my mother buried them in a graveyard in north Mississippi, just on the outskirts of Hattiesburg, where it's pretty deserted and quiet- my grandmother (who died first)'s dream.

他们死后，母亲把他们葬在密西西比北部的一块墓地，就在哈蒂斯堡的市郊，那里相当地荒芜和安静——这是祖母（她先走了一步）的心愿。

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My Grandmother was half German and half Jewish, which is why her parents moved from Germany to England during the 1930's.

我的奶奶是一半德国血统，一半犹太血统，这就是为什么在1930年代她的父母从德国搬到了英国。

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And there may be more of it in the U. S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don't call people on their excuses (" my grandmother died last week ") even when we don't believe them.

在美国也许会更常见，因为美国人非常“善解人意”，哪怕并不信拖拉者的借口(“我的祖母上周去世了”)，也不会责怪他们。

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And there may be more of it in the U. S. than in other countries because we are so nice; we don't call people on their excuses (" my grandmother died last week ") even when we don't believe them.

在美国也许会更常见，因为美国人非常“善解人意”，哪怕并不信拖拉者的借口(“我的祖母上周去世了”)，也不会责怪他们。

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