I had also once come across a phrase about a book “lying like a poleaxed wildebeest in the middle of my life.

此外，我还经常在书上看到一个短语：“我到中年时，要像一只被雷倒的角马般躺下。”

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Once I discovered that I had Asperger's Syndrome, all of the pieces of my life started coming together to form a coherent, recognizable picture.

但当我发现我有阿斯伯格综合症以后，我生命里所有缺失的图片开始纷至沓来，共同组成了一幅完整的图画。

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“Once I had reached that conclusion, ” he continued, “I knew that I was faced with a duty that I owed to the public if I expected to stay in business for the rest of my life.”

“一旦我得出那个结论，”他继续写道，“我就知道如果我希望我的余生继续留在这个行业我就面临一个责任----必须给公众一个交代。”

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For once, I was a normal girl and completely anonymous in a new place and had an opportunity to start a new life.

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