早饭以后，我的女主人告诉我，她请我来，是为了让我唱那首悼诗给一位老太太听的，现在她卧病在床，因此我得在她的卧室门外对着她歌唱。

After breakfast my hostess informed me that the lady for whose delectation I had been invited to sing was ill in bed, and that I would have to serenade her from her bed-room door.

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这本书总是让我想起我的母亲，因为她曾经在我卧病在床时读它给我听。

This book always makes me think of my mother because she used to read it to me when I was ill in bed.

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狄金森的健康状况在她生前最后一年里，急剧恶化，直至卧病在床，那时候，她仅有气力写些只言片语。

Dickinson's health declined sharply over the last years of her life, until she finally became confined to her bed and was only able to write brief notes.

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