我问儿子：“你们都是怎么回复的？”

I asked my son, "How did all of you reply?"

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我问儿子是否喜欢和我们一起去印度，他说不。

I asked my son whether he liked to go with us, he said no.

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后来，我问儿子为什么要哭？他告诉我动物不应该被杀。

Later, I asked him why he cried, he told me that animals should not be killed.

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So we have to assume that the occasion for this poem is some kind of question posed by John Milton, Sr., a question like, "To what end am I supporting you, Son?

我们可以假定这个诗的起因是,老约翰弥尔顿问小弥尔顿，“我到底为什么要资助你，儿子？“

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