Her knowing older brother Jem was very much like my brother Okey, whose happy shadow I was, and her small southern American town, Macomb, was similar to my town, Nsukka in eastern Nigeria.

斯各特那善解人意的哥哥杰姆也与我的兄长奥凯很相像，我和他形影不离，就像是他的快乐影子，还有主人公所在的美国南方小镇梅岗，也与我那位于尼日利亚东部的家乡尼苏卡很相仿。

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On Tuesday, voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties will vote on this so-called millage tax.

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Nonetheless, in 2008 Mr Obama won Macomb County with a margin of eight points.

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George Bush carried Macomb County in 2004 even though John Kerry narrowly took the state of Michigan.

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