The story of Mother Ghost Nurturing a Child, which has spread far and wide among the Chinese people, fits into a universal genre of stories.

“鬼母育儿”型故事是一个世界性的故事类型，在我国民间的流播极广。

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One possible explanation, the dualist, that's the ghost of your mother, immaterial soul that she is, communicating to you while you're asleep.

一个可能的解释，二元论者会说，那是你妈妈的鬼魂，她是一个非物质的灵魂，在你睡觉的时候跟你交流。

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Ghost of a mother - thinnest fantasy of a mother - methinks she might yet have thrown a pitying glance towards her son!

在我看来，一个母亲的幽灵——一个母亲的最淡漠的幻影——也会对她儿子投以怜悯的目光吧！

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One possible explanation, the dualist, that's the ghost of your mother, immaterial soul that she is, communicating to you while you're asleep.

一个可能的解释,二元论者会说,那是你妈妈的鬼魂,她是一个非物质的灵魂,在你睡觉的时候跟你交流

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Meanwhile, a woman who eerily resembles Josette, Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote), has arrived to become a nanny David, a troubled boy who insists that he sees the ghost of his late mother.

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