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"Please go on, Clara," Uncle Jeff said. "You were telling us about some letters."
“请您接着说，”杰夫叔叔说道。“你刚才提到几封信。”
Clara Dunn looked at her hands and sighed. She looked tired.
克拉拉·邓恩看着她的双手，叹了口气，她看起来很累。
"Yes, letters," said Professor Dunn. "As you know, I now work at California University.
“是的，信。”邓恩教授说，“如你所知，我现在在加利福尼亚大学工作，
I have worked in the psychology department for about three years.
我在心理学系工作了三年左右。
Last year, I was promoted and became the assistant dean of the College."
去年，我被提升为学院的副院长。”
She continued, "The dean—Alan Maurie—is in charge, of course.
她接着说道：“院长当然是——艾伦·毛里——负责。
And he likes being the boss and doing things his way.
他喜欢当老板，按照自己的方式做事。
But he isn't good at the day-today details and I help him run the College.
但他不擅长处理细节，我帮他管理学院。
It's a big job, but I've enjoyed it. Until recently."
这个工作很庞大，但我很喜欢，一直到最近。”
"About three weeks ago, Dean Maurie received an anonymous letter.
大约三周前，毛里院长收到了一封匿名信。
Since there was no name on it, we don't know who sent it."
因为上面没有名字，我们不知道是谁寄来的。
Uncle Jeff asked, "What did the letter say?"
杰夫叔叔问：“信上说了什么?”
"It just said: ‘You will die soon,'" Professor Dunn said.
“信上只说：‘你很快就会死’，”邓恩教授说。
"What did the dean say when he got the letter?" Uncle Jeff wanted to know.
“院长收到信后说了什么?”杰夫叔叔想知道。
