尽管我试图让他直接叫我的名,可他还是坚持称呼我为“肯尼迪先生”。
Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name, he insisted on addressing me as "Mr. Kennedy."
也许威尔逊先生称呼我父亲为乔治这件事并不能对我的父亲造成伤害,但我的一再追问深深伤害了父亲的心。
Maybe Mr. Wilson couldn't hurt my father by calling him George; but I hurt him by asking to know why.
邮差先生、保险先生、卖巧克力牛奶的白人先生、地主先生、警察先生:我们用他们的职业来称呼白人,就像神秘剧里的角色一样。
Mr. Mail Man, Mr. Insurance Man, Mr. White and Chocolate Milk Man, Mr. Landlord Man, Mr. Policewe: we called white people by their trade, like characters in a mystery play.
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