I grew up in a village, a poor and closed-off world barren of cultural and entertainment life. 90% of my early education was from my father, from his words and deeds.

我小时候生长在封闭的农村，贫穷而单调，也没有什么文化娱乐，我的幼年教育90%都来自于我爸爸的言传身教。

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It's as if Richard takes those words, and he makes them his own, takes them from his father and gains a different kind of strength from them, a strength he can then use to get back at his father.

理查按父亲说的做了，就如同把父亲说的，复制于他的大脑中一样,似乎从中获得了一种，不同寻常的报复方式。

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Tengo did not judge his father, but he could not help sensing a pathetic kind of meanness emanating from his words and deeds.

NEWYORKER: Town of Cats