抑或他是私底下告诉我这个故事，用痛苦的方式回忆这个故事。
Or if he had told me the story in confidence, filled with still painful emotion.
一周之后，科学家会提醒患者回忆这个故事，然后对患者实施电休克治疗(即人们熟知的电击疗法)，结果是患者完全忘记了这个痛苦的故事。
A week later they were reminded about it and given electroconvulsive therapy, formerly known as electroshock. That completely wiped out their recall of the distressing narrative.
作者根据她自己童年的回忆构思了这个故事。
The writer constructed the story from memories of her childhood.
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