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"This is a strange, strange email," my uncle said.
“这是一封奇怪的电子邮件，”叔叔说。
He looked up from a piece of paper he was reading.
他从报纸中抬起头来。
"What is so weird?" I asked.
“有什么奇怪的?”我问。
It was 8:00 a.m. and we were eating breakfast in the kitchen.
早上8点，我们正在厨房吃早餐。
"My old friend, Clara Dunn, is now a professor at California University," Uncle Jeff said.
“我的老朋友克拉拉·邓恩现在是加州大学的教授，”杰夫叔叔说。
"She wants to meet with me this week. And she says she wants to talk to me about something very important."
“她想这个星期见我，她说她有非常重要的事情想和我谈。”
"I haven't seen her in over twenty years," he explained.
“我有二十多年没见过她了，”他解释说。
"We were both teaching at the University of New York and we were good friends.
“我们都在纽约大学教书，我们是好朋友。
But when I took a job at California University and moved to Los Angeles, we lost touch.
但当我在加州大学找到工作，搬到洛杉矶后，我们失去了联系。
We haven't seen or talked to each other for a long, long time. I didn't know she had moved to California, too."
我们很长，很长时间没有见过面或说过话，我不知道她也搬到了加利福尼亚州。”
"Did she say anything in the email about what she wanted to talk to you about or why it was so important?" I asked.
“她有没有在邮件里说过她想和你谈什么，什么事这么重要?”我问。
"No…no, not really. She just said that she is afraid about something and she wants my help.
“不……不，不是什么重要的事儿。她只是说她有点害怕，她需要我的帮助。
That is why I think it is so strange. Clara Dunn is a very smart and strong woman.
这就是为什么我认为如此奇怪。克拉拉·邓恩是一个非常聪明和坚强的女人。
She isn't scared of anything. If she is afraid of something, it must be something serious," he said.
她什么都不怕。如果她害怕什么，那一定是很严重的事。”他说。
Uncle Jeff looked at the email again. He looked worried.
杰夫叔叔又看了看邮件，看起来忧心忡忡。
