'he recently told me that his mother was always gettingafter him to work more for us, and I am deeply saddened we won't have that opportunity.'
他最近告诉我,他母亲敦促他为我们做更多工作,但现在已不再有这样的机会,我深感难过。
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Ever since a year ago, when his father lost his sales job and started sleeping half the day, she'd gone sort of quiet, not even gettingafter Brendan to do his schoolwork the way she used to.