"No, no, Robert," said the old fool. "the rascals knew that yesterday was my rent day: they thought to have me cleverly."

不，罗伯特，那个老混蛋说，这些坏蛋知道昨天是我收租的日子，他们想巧妙地算计我。

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I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant.

现在，我知道三十五年多前那个炎热的夏夜和我坐在旧木楼梯上的那个男人个子并不高，但是对于一个五岁的孩子来说，他就是个巨人。

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It wasn't the report itself that unhinged me — it was a rehash of old news — but Mark's response to it.

让我心烦意乱的不是这篇报道——只不过是旧事重提——而是马克对它的反应。

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The three women laughed and told me that the old goat was a first-time visitor and that they felt lucky to have me living on the same floor.

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Four of his friends came by today to see me and made those same comments, that even at 16 years old, they told me that he was the only one in their class that knew what he was wanting to do and what he was going to do when he got out of school.

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As a 12-year-old the buildings told me that there was more to my native area than I had ever imagined.

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