"I remember when my daddy first gave me that gun, he told me that I should never point at anything in the house, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them.

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My daddy made me come," he said in a cracked voice.

我爸逼我来的“,他声音嘶哑地说。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

My daddy said I had to come.

如果不是我爸非要让我。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选