我出生的时候，医生向我母亲解释说我左臂肘部以下是残缺的。

When I was born, the doctor explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow.

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我的一个女儿转向我母亲。

One of my daughters turned to my mother.

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他表示，“员工更愿意向首席运营官指出我的错误，而不是向我母亲告状”，这种情况根本无法避免。

There is simply no avoiding the fact that "people feel more comfortable telling her what's wrong with me than telling my mother, " he says.

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As I groped toward the dead kitten, my mother lingered behind me unseen in the dark, her disembodied voice egging me on.

在黑暗中，我向死猫走去，母亲以一种难以言表的威慑，于黑暗中催促着我，“

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