Sarah说Tom的父母一定是崩溃了，因为Tom是家里的独生子，His mom and dad must be destroyed. 这里用destroy 来表达“崩溃，伤心欲绝”这个意义。
她书中那些如何严厉教子的故事肯定能给拉金的心理学观点提供不少负面素材，比如蔡美儿用让孩子绝食绝水的方法来逼迫孩子提高弹钢琴的水平等。
Larkin's pop psychology would surely have made hay with the story of how Ms. Chua once forced her daughter to go without food and drink until she had learned how to play a tune on the piano.
总之，绝没有那回事；吉姆偷够了苹果之后，安然爬下树来；对那条大狗，他也早有准备，那条狗一扑过来，他就一砖头扔过去，把它打了个四仰八叉。
Oh! No; he stole as many apples as he wanted and came down all right; and he was all ready for the dog too, and knocked him endways11 with a brick when he came to tear him.
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