Think of Oliver Twist. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt portrayed his poverty-stricken childhood vividly but never luridly.

狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》和弗兰克·麦考特的《安杰拉的灰烬》都绘声绘色地描绘了赤贫的童年，但还不让人感觉耸人听闻。

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I told the crowd that my friend Frank McCourt had memorialized the old Limerick in Angela’s Ashes, but I liked the new one better.

我告诉群众，我的朋友弗兰克·麦科特在《安吉拉的骨灰》一书中颂扬了古时的利默里克，但我更喜欢眼前的这座城市。

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The Smith family was very proud that their ancestors had come over on the Mayflower, so they hired best-selling author Frank McCourt to look up and write a book about their family history.

史密斯一家的祖先是乘“五月花”号来美洲的，对此他们引以为荣。他们聘请畅销作家麦考特调查他们家族的历史并编写家谱。

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Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of nineteen to return to New York City where he was born.

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That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book "Angela's Ashes", released in nineteen ninety-six.

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Frank McCourt wrote two more books about his life, "'Tis" and "Teacher Man."

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At the end of the day, Frank McCourt utilized the Dodgers franchise as if it were an inexhaustible asset.

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