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And Lydia herself - the reluctant center of their universe - every day, she held the world together. She absorbed her parents' dreams, quieting the reluctance that bubbled up within.?
quiet: to make calm or still.?
仿句: He tries his best to quiet the crying baby.
bubble up: if a feeling or activity bubbles, it continues to exist.?
仿句: Lying down in bed, she couldn't quiet the excitement that bubbled up inside her.?
Lydia背負了太多的愛和厚望唠粥，父親想要通過Lydia彌補自己缺失的身份認同感，母親把自己未完成的夢想寄托在Lydia身上晤愧。她無力反抗，無論是出于恐懼還是愛只厘。這種成長時期埋下的心理陰影，很容易讓Lydia在成年之后無法和自己或者周遭的世界達成和解懈凹。讀到這里悄谐，想起B(yǎng)先生曾經(jīng)嚴厲地質(zhì)問過我：你為什么不反抗啊们陆？為什么這么不聰明扒橐佟？處在少女時期垃你，更多的不是穿透成長的邊界喂很，明白誰是誰非皆刺，而是被迫選擇去承受那些以愛的名義施加的重負。
Hannah, as if she understood her place in the cosmos, grew from quiet infant to watchful child: a child fond of nooks and corners, who curled up in closets, behind sofas, under dangling tablecloths, staying out of sight as well as out of mind, to ensure the terrain of the family did not change.?
nook: a cozy little corner, or a small safe area.?
仿句: The reading nook used to be my favorite place in the house.?
從母親懷上她的那一刻起漓帅，Hannah好像從來沒有得到太多注意痴怨。習(xí)慣性忽視和被忽視漸漸地把小Hannah變成了一個喜歡縮在角落的孩子。十歲以前的自己浪藻，也最愛鉆在床底下，搭起小帳篷弓乙，點一根蠟燭钧惧，呆一個下午不出來。從前不知道為什么有這種小癖好浓瞪，直到讀到那句‘stay out of sight as well as out of mind'， 恍然大悟涂乌。
When she stood near, the little-girl scent of her perfume - even its name childish, Baby Soft - wafted from her skin.?
waft: to be driven or carried along, as by air, can refer to scents, sounds or smoke.
仿句: The smell of roasted lamb wafted through the air.?
很漂亮的小詞英岭，散發(fā)著小女孩的清香。
Summary
Chapter four:?
It was the year when Lydia just started nursery school, Nath the first grade, and Hannah not born yet. Marilyn was still young and ambitious. She approached a professor of chemistry and asked if she could be his research assistant. He said yes and would be happy to discuss about it when the next term started. In April, Marilyn was told that her mother died. When she went through her mother's belongings and thought of how her mother had wrapped up her life in such a unfulfilling and 'small' way, she reminded herself that she would never live a similar life. She decided to leave her family and pursued her dream of becoming a doctor.
Chapter five:
Hannah started to notice the subtle changes happening in the house after Lydia's death. Hannah sneaked out to the lake at night, and lay down on the dock, imaging her sister's last moment in the lake. She wished she knew and could help. James drove around the lake and pondered over her daughter's death, determined to find someone to blame. Marilyn seemed to be the only one that still couldn't accept Lydia's death, who her daughter really was and what she really liked. Marilyn became impossible and hysterical, which pushed James further to his mistress.
Chapter six:
Away from her family, Marilyn missed her children. She called them but said nothing. When she fainted to the ground and went to the hospital, she found herself pregnant and bursted into tears. She had no choice but to go home where she had to bury her dreams and ambitions. Lydia took her mother's return as a miracle and secretly decided that she would do anything as her mother told. Marilyn, misreading the sign that Lydia had thrown away the cookbook, promised that she would do anything to help Lydia lead a fulfilling life, one that would be drastically different from that of her own mother.?
