Mr McInerney's fiction does not address how this group has been chastened by recent events, but his concluding story, "The Last Bachelor", has a timely, valedictory air.

杰•麦克伦尼先生的小说虽然并没有描述这群人是如何从当前事件中变乖的，但小说集中压轴故事《最后的单身汉》却给出了一个适时的答案。

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When we graduated 13 years later, I stood on that stage and gave the Valedictory address to that same group of students, none of whom even remembered that moment anymore.

当我毕业了13年后，我站在那个台阶上，想起那个那是的演讲，没有人还记得那个时刻。

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When we graduated 13 years later, I stood on that stage and gave the Valedictory address to that same group of students, none of whom even remembered that moment anymore.

我们毕业13年了，当我站在舞台上对同样面临以前的同学进行告别演说的时候，已经没人记得那个时刻了。

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