焦点应该是莉玛，她没有因为妈妈，哥哥和爸爸的死——富勒用了三段顺序交代的：“（动脉瘤）……（车祸）……（白血病）”——而是因为她的教母既真实又虚幻的历史而魂不守舍。

That focus would be Rima, who is preoccupied not by the death of her mother, brother and father — Fowler dispatches them in order in three parentheses: “(Aneurysm.) ... (Car crash.)

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当他回家参加妈妈的葬礼时，他才知道，事实上，他的妈妈并没有死，而是和新男友一起去了莫桑比克。

When he went back home to attend his mother's funeral, he learned that she was actually not dead, but had gone to Mozambique with a boyfriend.

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当他参加妈妈的葬礼时，他才知道，事实上，他的妈妈并没有死，而是和新一起去了莫桑比克。

When he went back home to attend his mothers funeral, he learned that she was actually not dead, but had gone to Mozambique with a boyfriend.

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