Ada: The voice you hear is not my speaking voice---but my mind's voice. I have not spoken since I was six years old.
Ada:你所听到的声音不是我说话的声音,而是我思想的声音。我从六岁起就不再说话了。
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Ada: I have told you the story of your father many many times.
Ada:我已经跟你讲了很多次你爸爸的故事。
Flora: Oh, tell me again! Was he a teacher?
Flora:噢,再给我讲一遍吧!他是一名老师?
Ada: Yes.
Ada:是的。
Flora: How did you speak to him?
Flora:你怎么跟他说话呢?
Ada: I didn't need to speak. I could lay thoughts out in his mind like they were a sheet.
Ada:我不用跟他说话。我能把所想融入他的思想,就好像有一张纸写在那。
Flora: Why didn't you get married?
Flora:你们为什么不结婚?
Ada: He became frightened and stopped listening.
Ada:因为他开始变得害怕,并且不再听我所想。