皮特正告诉他们一个关于他们母亲的趣闻轶事。

Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother.

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不过我会给大家讲一则趣闻轶事。

But an anecdote will suffice.

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但趣闻轶事毕竟不是科学。

Anecdote is not science, though.

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There's an interesting anecdote about Strauss, and that is that on his deathbed he said to his daughter, Alice -He said, "Alice, it's the funniest thing.

这里有件关于施特劳斯的趣闻轶事,在他临终之时,他和女儿爱丽丝说,他和女儿说"爱丽丝,有件事太好笑了"

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