| 1. | To granny, i had accomplished a miracle . 在姥姥看来,我是创造了一项奇迹。 |
| 2. | Then i blundered and wounded granny's soul . 后来,我做错了事,伤了姥姥的心。 |
| 3. | Granny bore the standard for god . 姥姥一丝不苟地信仰上帝。 |
| 4. | I told granny that she was not responsible for my soul . 我告诉姥姥她不用管我的灵魂。 |
| 5. | I am really a peacock-at least on my mother's side . 我实际上是只孔雀--至少我姥姥家跟孔雀沾亲。 |
| 6. | Granny would prepare a lunch for the all-night praying session . 姥姥给通宵祷告的人们打点好便饭。 |
| 7. | Granny prayed and invoked the blessings of god for each of us . 姥姥祈祷着,为我们每个人都乞求上帝的保佑。 |
| 8. | Had i gone home to eat my plate of greens, granny would not had allowed me out again . 假如我回家去吃那盘青菜,姥姥就不会让我再出来。 |
| 9. | I could not bribe granny with a promise of half or two-thirds of my salary . 我向她许愿说把我的薪水的一半或三分之二分给姥姥,这也买不了她。 |
| 10. | Granny said that talking while eating was sinful, that god might make the food choke you . 姥姥说:边谈边吃是有罪的,上帝会用食物来噎你的。 |