“我甚至都不明白自己想要说明的是什么，”身为第八代佛蒙特州人的吉梭曼笑着讲述道。

"I don't even know what it was I was trying to show," Gieselman, an eighth-generation Vermonter, recounted with a laugh.

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故事的叙说人奥古斯特·布瑞尔是个有点年纪的图书评论家，他和女儿米兰姆、孙女卡蒂亚一起居住，在佛蒙特州打发那些失眠的日日夜夜。

The narrator is August Brill, an elderly book reviewer living out his days and sleepless nights in a house in Vermont that he shares with his daughter, Miriam, and granddaughter, Katya.

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他们两人欣赏这个点子，于是给“真口味”冰淇淋公司缅因州、新罕布什尔州与佛蒙特州的独家经销权。

Jerry and Ben liked the idea, and gave Real Ice Cream exclusive rights to distribute their ice cream in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

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