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York: Created page with "My dad, for his part, is drawn to my mom’s energy, her quick mind and fearlessness about saying how she feels, even when it comes to telling other people what’s best for them. “Bill, I think it would be a fine idea if you were to…” is probably something he heard soon after getting to know her. 至于我爸，他被我妈的活力、敏捷的思绪，以及勇于表达想法的特质所吸引——就算是在建议别人怎么做对他们最好时，她也很..."

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York: Created page with "Growing up, Kristi and I would ride the ferry to Bremerton to visit my father’s parents. From the ferry we’d walk a short distance up the hill to the house where my dad grew up. It was a small blue Craftsman on a quiet street. We’d stay with my grandparents for a night or two. If the TV was on, my grandfather would be watching boxing, which was pretty much the one diversion he allowed himself. My paternal grandmother, Lillian Elizabeth Gates, had the same spark for..."

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York: Created page with "All the while, I studied her. In computer science there’s a thing called a state machine, a part of a program that receives an input and, based on the state of a set of conditions, takes the optimal action. My grandmother had a finely tuned state machine for cards; her mental algorithm methodically worked through probabilities, decision trees, and game theory. I couldn’t have articulated these concepts, but slowly I started to intuit them. I noticed that even at uniq..."

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	每当我爸谈起自己的童年时，总是对他父亲充满怀念。他说他父亲是工作狂，几乎没有把时间留给其他事。我祖父经营一间家具店，是我曾祖父传承下来的，勉强熬过了经济大萧条。我祖父一直很忧虑家里的财务状况，成了被生意绑架的人质。在蓝色小屋后方有一条巷子，早年我祖父下班返家经过那条巷子时，会沿路捡送货卡车掉落的煤块。我父亲说，他爸爸没有看过电影，也从不带儿子去看棒球赛：他认为那些事情会让他分心，占用他经营家具店的时间。父亲说，他爸爸总是生活在恐惧与担忧之中。		每当我爸谈起自己的童年时，总是对他父亲充满怀念。他说他父亲是工作狂，几乎没有把时间留给其他事。我祖父经营一间家具店，是我曾祖父传承下来的，勉强熬过了经济大萧条。我祖父一直很忧虑家里的财务状况，成了被生意绑架的人质。在蓝色小屋后方有一条巷子，早年我祖父下班返家经过那条巷子时，会沿路捡送货卡车掉落的煤块。我父亲说，他爸爸没有看过电影，也从不带儿子去看棒球赛：他认为那些事情会让他分心，占用他经营家具店的时间。父亲说，他爸爸总是生活在恐惧与担忧之中。

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	In a way, you couldn’t blame him. My grandfather had known poverty as a kid in Nome, Alaska, where his family scraped by while my great-grandfather, the first Bill Gates in our family, sought his fortune in the Gold Rush of the late 1800s. Bill Jr. had to quit school in the eighth grade to support the family. He sold newspapers in the icy streets of Nome and picked up whatever jobs he could while his dad was off prospecting. Eventually they would move back to Seattle, settling into the furniture business. Times got better for the family, but the anxieties of those early experiences never disappeared.		In a way, you couldn’t blame him. My grandfather had known poverty as a kid in Nome, Alaska, where his family scraped by while my great-grandfather, the first Bill Gates in our family, sought his fortune in the Gold Rush of the late 1800s. Bill Jr. had to quit school in the eighth grade to support the family. He sold newspapers in the icy streets of Nome and picked up whatever jobs he could while his dad was off prospecting. Eventually they would move back to Seattle, settling into the furniture business. Times got better for the family, but the anxieties of those early experiences never disappeared.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		某种程度上，这不是他的错。我祖父在阿拉斯加州诺姆市（Nome）长大，小时候生活很贫困。全家人仅能勉强糊口的同时，我的曾祖父——也就是家族的第一个比尔·盖茨，搭上19世纪末的淘金热，外出寻找发财机会。小比尔不得不在八年级时辍学，开始赚钱养家。他在诺姆寒冷的街道上卖报纸，在父亲离家淘金期间，什么工作都做。后来，他们搬到西雅图开始从事家具业。家里的经济状况逐渐好转，但祖父早年生活经历留下的焦虑从未消失。

	My grandfather also maintained what my dad called a very narrow view of the world. Dad attributed this partially to insecurities. Lacking a full education, my grandfather clung to what my dad called his axioms, rigid rules about the world and life. “Learn to earn, son, learn to earn,” he would tell my father. Education was about gaining the skills you needed to get a job. Nothing more.		My grandfather also maintained what my dad called a very narrow view of the world. Dad attributed this partially to insecurities. Lacking a full education, my grandfather clung to what my dad called his axioms, rigid rules about the world and life. “Learn to earn, son, learn to earn,” he would tell my father. Education was about gaining the skills you needed to get a job. Nothing more.
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			我爸说，祖父的世界观一直非常狭隘。他将部分原因归咎于祖父缺乏安全感。祖父从未受过完整教育，总是紧守着自己的人生格言，对世界与人生自有一套规则。他会对父亲说：“要学会赚钱，儿子，学什么都是为了赚钱。”在他看来，教育只是为了获得工作所需的技能，仅此而已。

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York: Created page with "What educators and my parents noted at an early age were hints of what would come. I channeled the same intensity that drew me into solving the puzzle of Gami’s card skill into anything that interested me—and nothing that didn’t. The things that interested me included reading, math, and being alone in my own head. The things that didn’t were the daily rituals of life and school, handwriting, art, and sports. Also, mostly everything my mother told me to do. 教..."

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	Across Puget Sound from Seattle, my father’s hometown of Bremerton was best known for its Navy shipyard, celebrated as the place where battle-weary ships came to be fixed. Not too many years earlier it had a reputation as a town of gamblers and more saloons than anyone could stagger to in one day.		Across Puget Sound from Seattle, my father’s hometown of Bremerton was best known for its Navy shipyard, celebrated as the place where battle-weary ships came to be fixed. Not too many years earlier it had a reputation as a town of gamblers and more saloons than anyone could stagger to in one day.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		隔着普吉特湾与西雅图相望，就是我父亲的家乡布雷默顿（Bremerton），当地最知名的景点就是海军造船厂，破损的战舰都是在这里进行修复。就在几年前，这里被称为赌城，酒馆多到很难在一天之内走完。

	Growing up, Kristi and I would ride the ferry to Bremerton to visit my father’s parents. From the ferry we’d walk a short distance up the hill to the house where my dad grew up. It was a small blue Craftsman on a quiet street. We’d stay with my grandparents for a night or two. If the TV was on, my grandfather would be watching boxing, which was pretty much the one diversion he allowed himself. My paternal grandmother, Lillian Elizabeth Gates, had the same spark for cards that Gami did, so we would often get a few games in. Like my maternal grandparents, my dad’s parents were Christian Scientists. One memory I have from those visits is of Grandma Gates in the kitchen every morning with a cup of coffee, quietly reading Mary Baker Eddy’s Daily Bible Lesson to my grandfather.		Growing up, Kristi and I would ride the ferry to Bremerton to visit my father’s parents. From the ferry we’d walk a short distance up the hill to the house where my dad grew up. It was a small blue Craftsman on a quiet street. We’d stay with my grandparents for a night or two. If the TV was on, my grandfather would be watching boxing, which was pretty much the one diversion he allowed himself. My paternal grandmother, Lillian Elizabeth Gates, had the same spark for cards that Gami did, so we would often get a few games in. Like my maternal grandparents, my dad’s parents were Christian Scientists. One memory I have from those visits is of Grandma Gates in the kitchen every morning with a cup of coffee, quietly reading Mary Baker Eddy’s Daily Bible Lesson to my grandfather.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		小时候，我姊克莉丝蒂和我会搭渡轮到布雷默顿探望我们的祖父母。下渡轮后，我们会沿着山坡走一段路，抵达我父亲从小成长的家，一栋蓝色的工匠风房屋，坐落在一条安静的街道上。我们会在那里住一、两个晚上。如果电视开着，就是祖父在看拳击比赛，那几乎是他唯一允许自己的消遣。我的祖母莉莲．伊丽莎白．盖茨（Lillian Elizabeth Gates）和加米一样喜欢玩牌，我们常会一起玩几回。我的祖父母和外祖父母一样，都是基督科学的信徒。我记得几次探望祖父母的情景，早上奶奶会在厨房，一边喝咖啡、一边静静地朗读玛丽．贝克．艾迪（Mary Baker Eddy）的每日圣经课文给祖父听。

	When my dad talked about his childhood, he always seemed wistful about his father. He described him as a workaholic who left little time for much else in his life. He owned a furniture store, passed down from my great-grandfather, that had survived the Great Depression, but just barely. Constant anxiety about the family finances made my grandfather a hostage to the business. Behind the little blue house was an alley that in an earlier time my grandfather would pass through on his way home from work so that he could pick up bits of coal dropped by delivery trucks. My father said his dad never went to movies or took his son to baseball games; he saw such things as distractions that robbed time from the store. He always seemed to be running scared, my father said.		When my dad talked about his childhood, he always seemed wistful about his father. He described him as a workaholic who left little time for much else in his life. He owned a furniture store, passed down from my great-grandfather, that had survived the Great Depression, but just barely. Constant anxiety about the family finances made my grandfather a hostage to the business. Behind the little blue house was an alley that in an earlier time my grandfather would pass through on his way home from work so that he could pick up bits of coal dropped by delivery trucks. My father said his dad never went to movies or took his son to baseball games; he saw such things as distractions that robbed time from the store. He always seemed to be running scared, my father said.
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			每当我爸谈起自己的童年时，总是对他父亲充满怀念。他说他父亲是工作狂，几乎没有把时间留给其他事。我祖父经营一间家具店，是我曾祖父传承下来的，勉强熬过了经济大萧条。我祖父一直很忧虑家里的财务状况，成了被生意绑架的人质。在蓝色小屋后方有一条巷子，早年我祖父下班返家经过那条巷子时，会沿路捡送货卡车掉落的煤块。我父亲说，他爸爸没有看过电影，也从不带儿子去看棒球赛：他认为那些事情会让他分心，占用他经营家具店的时间。父亲说，他爸爸总是生活在恐惧与担忧之中。

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	麦斯威尔建立起的财富与机会，在我外祖父（也是一位银行家）的掌管下蓬勃发展，这表示我母亲的童年生活不虞匮乏。她是优秀的学生，参与各种体育竞赛与活动，拥有广大的家族与朋友圈。每个星期天，她会跟家人一起野餐，夏天时就去她祖父在普吉特湾（Puget Sound）的海滨别墅游泳。在任何聚会场合，运动与比赛都是不可或缺的节目，主要包括槌球、沙狐球（shuffleboard）、掷马蹄铁（horseshoes），母亲当然也学会了打网球、骑马，也是优雅的滑雪好手。在麦斯威尔家族，比赛有着更深层的意义。举例来说，打高尔夫球就像经营银行，她的祖父写道，两者都需要“技巧、持续练习、保持清醒、耐心、毅力与警觉心。”		麦斯威尔建立起的财富与机会，在我外祖父（也是一位银行家）的掌管下蓬勃发展，这表示我母亲的童年生活不虞匮乏。她是优秀的学生，参与各种体育竞赛与活动，拥有广大的家族与朋友圈。每个星期天，她会跟家人一起野餐，夏天时就去她祖父在普吉特湾（Puget Sound）的海滨别墅游泳。在任何聚会场合，运动与比赛都是不可或缺的节目，主要包括槌球、沙狐球（shuffleboard）、掷马蹄铁（horseshoes），母亲当然也学会了打网球、骑马，也是优雅的滑雪好手。在麦斯威尔家族，比赛有着更深层的意义。举例来说，打高尔夫球就像经营银行，她的祖父写道，两者都需要“技巧、持续练习、保持清醒、耐心、毅力与警觉心。”

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	In one of my mother’s albums is a photo from when she was three or four years old. A group of neighborhood parents assembled their kids for the snapshot, each with their tricycles. On the back, Gami wrote the story of the picture. One boy had the biggest tricycle. My mom wanted him to trade with her so she could have the biggest trike. Somehow, she got him to agree. In the resulting photo, she’s beaming, sitting a full head taller than everyone else. She was never afraid to be strong, to occupy space.		In one of my mother’s albums is a photo from when she was three or four years old. A group of neighborhood parents assembled their kids for the snapshot, each with their tricycles. On the back, Gami wrote the story of the picture. One boy had the biggest tricycle. My mom wanted him to trade with her so she could have the biggest trike. Somehow, she got him to agree. In the resulting photo, she’s beaming, sitting a full head taller than everyone else. She was never afraid to be strong, to occupy space.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		在我母亲保存的其中一本相册中，有一张照片是在她三、四岁时拍摄的。一群邻居把孩子聚集在一起拍照，每个孩子都骑着三轮车。加米在照片背后写下当时的故事。有个男孩骑最大台的三轮车，我母亲希望能和他交换，这样她就能骑最大台的三轮车。不知她用了什么方法，母亲成功让那个男生答应了。照片中，她笑容灿烂地骑在三轮车上，比其他孩子高出一个头。她从不害怕展现强势，不怕去占据属于她的空间。

	Where my mom got her confidence and ambition was probably equal parts the Maxwell side and Gami, who, beyond her card-table acuity, was valedictorian of her high school class, a gifted basketball player, widely read, and aimed for a bigger life outside of her hometown. It was at the University of Washington that she met my grandfather. My mom followed, entering UW in 1946 with the full support of two ambitious parents and a family-wide expectation that she would excel.		Where my mom got her confidence and ambition was probably equal parts the Maxwell side and Gami, who, beyond her card-table acuity, was valedictorian of her high school class, a gifted basketball player, widely read, and aimed for a bigger life outside of her hometown. It was at the University of Washington that she met my grandfather. My mom followed, entering UW in 1946 with the full support of two ambitious parents and a family-wide expectation that she would excel.
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			母亲的自信与企图心或许同时来自麦斯威尔家族与加米，加米不仅在牌桌上有敏锐观察力，她也是高中毕业班代表、天赋异禀的篮球选手，她博览群书，渴望离家追寻更宽广的人生。加米在华盛顿大学时，认识了我的外祖父。我母亲随后于1946年进入华盛顿大学，有志向远大的父母全力支持她，全家人都期望她能出类拔萃。

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	我的母亲玛丽成长的家庭文化，是她的祖父J. W. 麦斯威尔（J. W.Maxwell）建立的。她的祖父是一位银行家，非常宠爱我的母亲，终其一生都是持续自我提升的典范。麦斯威尔在内布拉斯加长大，辍学后就说服当地一位银行家，让他帮忙挖掘住家的地下室，借此换取金钱与食宿。两个月后，麦斯威尔放下铲子时，那位银行家直接要麦斯威尔到他的银行上班。当年他才15岁。他花了几年时间学习银行业务，之后搬到华盛顿展开新生活。1893年的经济萧条摧毁了他刚起步的银行业务，原本他预期经济会起飞的沿海小镇破产了。后来，他找了一份安稳的工作，成为联邦银行审查员。这份工作使他必须长时间离家，骑马、坐马车、搭火车在西部各地出差，评估小型银行的财务状况。最终他成功创立了自己的银行。1951年，当他在86岁过世时，我的外曾祖父已经是西雅图一家大银行的董事长，也是相当活跃的公民领袖。他担任过市长、州议员、学校董事会成员、联邦储备银行的总监。		我的母亲玛丽成长的家庭文化，是她的祖父J. W. 麦斯威尔（J. W.Maxwell）建立的。她的祖父是一位银行家，非常宠爱我的母亲，终其一生都是持续自我提升的典范。麦斯威尔在内布拉斯加长大，辍学后就说服当地一位银行家，让他帮忙挖掘住家的地下室，借此换取金钱与食宿。两个月后，麦斯威尔放下铲子时，那位银行家直接要麦斯威尔到他的银行上班。当年他才15岁。他花了几年时间学习银行业务，之后搬到华盛顿展开新生活。1893年的经济萧条摧毁了他刚起步的银行业务，原本他预期经济会起飞的沿海小镇破产了。后来，他找了一份安稳的工作，成为联邦银行审查员。这份工作使他必须长时间离家，骑马、坐马车、搭火车在西部各地出差，评估小型银行的财务状况。最终他成功创立了自己的银行。1951年，当他在86岁过世时，我的外曾祖父已经是西雅图一家大银行的董事长，也是相当活跃的公民领袖。他担任过市长、州议员、学校董事会成员、联邦储备银行的总监。

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	The platform of wealth and opportunity set by J.W. and furthered by my grandfather, also a banker, meant that my mom would want for nothing as a child. She was a great student with a full slate of sports and activities with family and a wide circle of friends. Sundays were for family picnics and summer days for swimming at her grandparents’ beach house on Puget Sound. Sports and games were an essential part of any gathering—croquet, shuffleboard, and horseshoes were mainstays—and there was no question that my mom would learn to play tennis, ride horses, and become a graceful skier. In the Maxwell family, games held larger lessons. Golf, for instance, was a proxy for banking, both of which, her grandfather wrote, require “skill, continued practice, sobriety, patience, endurance and alertness.”		The platform of wealth and opportunity set by J.W. and furthered by my grandfather, also a banker, meant that my mom would want for nothing as a child. She was a great student with a full slate of sports and activities with family and a wide circle of friends. Sundays were for family picnics and summer days for swimming at her grandparents’ beach house on Puget Sound. Sports and games were an essential part of any gathering—croquet, shuffleboard, and horseshoes were mainstays—and there was no question that my mom would learn to play tennis, ride horses, and become a graceful skier. In the Maxwell family, games held larger lessons. Golf, for instance, was a proxy for banking, both of which, her grandfather wrote, require “skill, continued practice, sobriety, patience, endurance and alertness.”
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			麦斯威尔建立起的财富与机会，在我外祖父（也是一位银行家）的掌管下蓬勃发展，这表示我母亲的童年生活不虞匮乏。她是优秀的学生，参与各种体育竞赛与活动，拥有广大的家族与朋友圈。每个星期天，她会跟家人一起野餐，夏天时就去她祖父在普吉特湾（Puget Sound）的海滨别墅游泳。在任何聚会场合，运动与比赛都是不可或缺的节目，主要包括槌球、沙狐球（shuffleboard）、掷马蹄铁（horseshoes），母亲当然也学会了打网球、骑马，也是优雅的滑雪好手。在麦斯威尔家族，比赛有着更深层的意义。举例来说，打高尔夫球就像经营银行，她的祖父写道，两者都需要“技巧、持续练习、保持清醒、耐心、毅力与警觉心。”

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	加米在华盛顿乡间的铁路小镇伊纳姆克洛（Enumclaw）长大。距离西雅图只有不到80公里，不过在她出生的1902年，这个小镇算是相当偏僻。加米的父亲是铁路电报操作员，她的母亲艾达·汤普森（Ida Thompson）也靠着烘焙蛋糕以及在当地锯木厂贩卖战争债券，赚取不多的收入，我们都叫她拉拉（Lala）。拉拉也经常打桥牌。她的牌友与对手都是小镇的社交名流，像是银行家的太太、锯木厂老板等等。这些人或许更有钱，社会地位更高，但是拉拉靠着在牌桌上击败他们的常勝紀錄，縮小了雙方之間的差距。後來加米遺傳了這項天賦，又將一部分的天賦傳承給她的獨生女、我的母親身上。		加米在华盛顿乡间的铁路小镇伊纳姆克洛（Enumclaw）长大。距离西雅图只有不到80公里，不过在她出生的1902年，这个小镇算是相当偏僻。加米的父亲是铁路电报操作员，她的母亲艾达·汤普森（Ida Thompson）也靠着烘焙蛋糕以及在当地锯木厂贩卖战争债券，赚取不多的收入，我们都叫她拉拉（Lala）。拉拉也经常打桥牌。她的牌友与对手都是小镇的社交名流，像是银行家的太太、锯木厂老板等等。这些人或许更有钱，社会地位更高，但是拉拉靠着在牌桌上击败他们的常勝紀錄，縮小了雙方之間的差距。後來加米遺傳了這項天賦，又將一部分的天賦傳承給她的獨生女、我的母親身上。

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	My initiation into this family culture started early. When I was still in diapers, Lala started calling me “Trey,” the card player’s lingo for three. It was a play on the fact that I was the family’s third living Bill Gates, after my dad and grandfather. (I am actually number four, but my dad chose to go by “junior” and in turn I got called Bill Gates III.) Gami started me off at age five with Go Fish. In the coming years we would play thousands of hands of cards. We played for fun, and we played to tease each other and pass the time. But my grandmother also played to win—and she always did.		My initiation into this family culture started early. When I was still in diapers, Lala started calling me “Trey,” the card player’s lingo for three. It was a play on the fact that I was the family’s third living Bill Gates, after my dad and grandfather. (I am actually number four, but my dad chose to go by “junior” and in turn I got called Bill Gates III.) Gami started me off at age five with Go Fish. In the coming years we would play thousands of hands of cards. We played for fun, and we played to tease each other and pass the time. But my grandmother also played to win—and she always did.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		我很早就融入了这个家族的文化。还在蹒跚学步的时候，拉拉就开始叫我Trey，这是扑克牌玩家对三的行话。这是在玩弄一个事实，我是家里第三个活着的比尔·盖茨，在我爸爸和爷爷之后（实际上我是第四个，但我爸爸选择了用小比尔来称呼自己，所以我就成了比尔·盖茨三世）。五岁时，加米开始教我玩钓鱼。接下来的几年里，我们玩了成千上万次牌。我们为了好玩而玩，也为了互相捉弄和消磨时间而玩。但我祖母也是为了赢而玩——而且她总是能赢。

	Her mastery fascinated me back then. How did she get so good? Was she born that way? She was religious, so maybe it was a gift from above? For a long time, I didn’t have an answer. All I knew was that every time we played, she won. No matter the game. No matter how hard I tried.		Her mastery fascinated me back then. How did she get so good? Was she born that way? She was religious, so maybe it was a gift from above? For a long time, I didn’t have an answer. All I knew was that every time we played, she won. No matter the game. No matter how hard I tried.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		当时她的精湛技艺让我着迷。她怎么变得这么优秀？她生来就是这样吗？她有宗教信仰，所以也许这是上天赐予的礼物？很长一段时间，我都没有答案。我所知道的是，每次我们比赛，她都会赢。任何紙牌遊戏都一样。不論我多么努力尝试打败她，都沒有用。

	When Christian Science rapidly expanded across the West Coast in the early 1900s, both my mother’s and father’s families became devout followers. I think my mother’s parents drew strength from Christian Science, embracing its belief that a person’s true identity is found in the spiritual and not the material. They were strict adherents. Because Christian Scientists don’t track chronological age, Gami never celebrated her birthday, never disclosed her age or even the year she was born. Despite her own convictions, Gami never imposed her views on others. My mom didn’t follow the faith, nor did our family. Gami never tried to persuade us to do otherwise.		When Christian Science rapidly expanded across the West Coast in the early 1900s, both my mother’s and father’s families became devout followers. I think my mother’s parents drew strength from Christian Science, embracing its belief that a person’s true identity is found in the spiritual and not the material. They were strict adherents. Because Christian Scientists don’t track chronological age, Gami never celebrated her birthday, never disclosed her age or even the year she was born. Despite her own convictions, Gami never imposed her views on others. My mom didn’t follow the faith, nor did our family. Gami never tried to persuade us to do otherwise.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		1900 年代初期，当基督教科学在西海岸迅速扩张时，我父母的家人都成为了虔诚的追随者。我认为我母亲的父母从基督教科学派中汲取了力量，他们相信一个人的真实身份是在精神而不是物质中找到的。他们是严格的追随者。由于基督教科学家不追踪实际年龄，加米从未庆祝过她的生日，也从未透露过她的年龄，甚至她的出生年份。尽管有自己的信念，加米从未将自己的观点强加于他人。我妈妈没有遵循信仰，我们的家人也没有。加米从未试图说服我们不这样做。

	Her faith probably had a role in shaping her into an extremely principled person. Even back then, I could grasp that Gami followed a strict personal code of fairness and justice and integrity. A life well-lived meant living simply, giving your time and money to others, and, most of all, using your brain—staying engaged with the world. She never lost her temper, never gossiped, or criticized. She was incapable of guile. Often she was the smartest person in the room, but she was careful to let others shine. She was basically a shy person, but she had an inner confidence that presented as a Zen-like calm.		Her faith probably had a role in shaping her into an extremely principled person. Even back then, I could grasp that Gami followed a strict personal code of fairness and justice and integrity. A life well-lived meant living simply, giving your time and money to others, and, most of all, using your brain—staying engaged with the world. She never lost her temper, never gossiped, or criticized. She was incapable of guile. Often she was the smartest person in the room, but she was careful to let others shine. She was basically a shy person, but she had an inner confidence that presented as a Zen-like calm.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		她的信仰可能在塑造她成为一个极其有原则的人方面发挥了作用。即使在那时，我也能理解加米遵循严格的公平、正义和正直的个人准则。美好的生活意味着简单的生活，将时间和金钱奉献给他人，最重要的是，运用你的大脑——与世界保持联系。她从不发脾气，从不说闲话，从不批评。她不会欺骗。她常常是房间里最聪明的人，但她很小心地让别人发光。她本质上是个害羞的人，但内心却有一种禅宗般平静的自信。

	Two months before my fifth birthday my grandfather, J. W. Maxwell Jr., died of cancer. He was only fifty-nine years old. Following his Christian Science beliefs, he had declined modern medical interventions. His last years were filled with pain, and Gami suffered as his caregiver. I learned later that my grandfather believed his sickness was somehow the result of something Gami had done, some unknown sin in the eyes of God, who was now punishing him. Still, she stoically stood by his side, supporting him until the end. One of my sharpest memories from childhood was how my parents wouldn’t let me attend his funeral. I was hardly aware of what was going on, other than the fact that my mother, father, and older sister got to see him off while I stayed behind with a babysitter. A year later, my great-grandmother Lala died while visiting Gami at her home.		Two months before my fifth birthday my grandfather, J. W. Maxwell Jr., died of cancer. He was only fifty-nine years old. Following his Christian Science beliefs, he had declined modern medical interventions. His last years were filled with pain, and Gami suffered as his caregiver. I learned later that my grandfather believed his sickness was somehow the result of something Gami had done, some unknown sin in the eyes of God, who was now punishing him. Still, she stoically stood by his side, supporting him until the end. One of my sharpest memories from childhood was how my parents wouldn’t let me attend his funeral. I was hardly aware of what was going on, other than the fact that my mother, father, and older sister got to see him off while I stayed behind with a babysitter. A year later, my great-grandmother Lala died while visiting Gami at her home.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		在我五岁生日前两个月，我的祖父 J. W. Maxwell Jr. 因癌症去世。他年仅五十九岁。遵循基督教科学信仰，他拒绝了现代医疗干预措施。他的最后几年充满了痛苦，加米作为他的照顾者也承受着痛苦。后来我得知，祖父相信他的病是加米所做的事情的结果，是上帝眼中某种未知的罪孽，现在上帝正在惩罚他。尽管如此，她还是坚定地站在他身边，支持他直到最后。我童年时最清晰的记忆之一就是我的父母不让我参加他的葬礼。我几乎不知道发生了什么事，只知道我的母亲、父亲和姐姐要去送他，而我则留在保姆身边。一年后，我的曾祖母拉拉在去加米家探望她时去世了。

	From that point on, Gami channeled all her love and attention into me and my older sister, Kristi—and later my sister Libby. She would be a constant presence in our young lives and have a profound effect on who we would become. She read to me before I could hold a book and for years after, covering the classics like The Wind in the Willows, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Charlotte’s Web. After my grandfather died, Gami started to teach me to read for myself, helping me sound out the words in The Nine Friendly Dogs, It’s a Lovely Day, and other books in our house. When we had worked through all of those, she drove me to the Northeast Seattle Library to load up on more books. I was aware that she read a lot and seemed to know something about everything.		From that point on, Gami channeled all her love and attention into me and my older sister, Kristi—and later my sister Libby. She would be a constant presence in our young lives and have a profound effect on who we would become. She read to me before I could hold a book and for years after, covering the classics like The Wind in the Willows, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Charlotte’s Web. After my grandfather died, Gami started to teach me to read for myself, helping me sound out the words in The Nine Friendly Dogs, It’s a Lovely Day, and other books in our house. When we had worked through all of those, she drove me to the Northeast Seattle Library to load up on more books. I was aware that she read a lot and seemed to know something about everything.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		从那时起，加米将她所有的爱和注意力都倾注到了我和我的姐姐克里斯蒂身上，后来又转移到了我的姐姐利比身上。她将永远存在于我们年轻的生活中，并对我们成为什么样的人产生深远的影响。在我还没有拿起书之前，她就给我读书，并持续了好几年，涵盖了《柳林风声》、《汤姆索亚历险记》和《夏洛特的网》等经典作品。我祖父去世后，加米开始教我自己读书，帮助我读出《九只友善的狗》、《这是美好的一天》以及我们家里的其他书籍中的单词。当我们完成所有这些工作后，她开车送我去西雅图东北部图书馆加载更多书籍。我知道她读了很多书，似乎什么都知道。

	My grandparents had built a house in the upscale Seattle neighborhood of Windermere big enough to accommodate grandkids and family gatherings. Gami continued to live there after my grandfather died. On some weekends Kristi and I would stay over, alternating who got the privilege of sleeping in Gami’s room. The other one slept in a nearby bedroom where everything from walls to curtains was pale blue. Light from the street and passing cars painted eerie shadows in that blue room. I got scared sleeping there and was always glad when it was my turn to stay in Gami’s room.		My grandparents had built a house in the upscale Seattle neighborhood of Windermere big enough to accommodate grandkids and family gatherings. Gami continued to live there after my grandfather died. On some weekends Kristi and I would stay over, alternating who got the privilege of sleeping in Gami’s room. The other one slept in a nearby bedroom where everything from walls to curtains was pale blue. Light from the street and passing cars painted eerie shadows in that blue room. I got scared sleeping there and was always glad when it was my turn to stay in Gami’s room.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		我的祖父母在西雅图温德米尔的高档社区建造了一栋房子，足够容纳孙子和家庭聚会。我祖父去世后，加米继续住在那里。有些周末，克里斯蒂和我会留下来，轮流谁有幸睡在加米的房间里。另一个人睡在附近的一间卧室里，从墙壁到窗帘，一切都是淡蓝色的。街道的灯光和过往的汽车在那个蓝色的房间里留下了怪异的阴影。我睡在那里很害怕，当轮到我住在加米的房间时，我总是很高兴。

	Those weekend visits were special. Her house was just a couple of miles from ours, but spending time there felt like a vacation. She had a pool and compact mini golf course we’d play in the side yard, set up by my grandfather. She also allowed us the treat of television—a tightly controlled substance at our own house. Gami was up for anything; thanks to her, my sisters and I became avid game players who made anything—Monopoly, Risk, Concentration—into a competitive sport. We’d buy two copies of a jigsaw puzzle so we could race to see who finished first. But we knew her preference. Most nights after dinner, she dealt the cards and then proceeded to kick our butts.		Those weekend visits were special. Her house was just a couple of miles from ours, but spending time there felt like a vacation. She had a pool and compact mini golf course we’d play in the side yard, set up by my grandfather. She also allowed us the treat of television—a tightly controlled substance at our own house. Gami was up for anything; thanks to her, my sisters and I became avid game players who made anything—Monopoly, Risk, Concentration—into a competitive sport. We’d buy two copies of a jigsaw puzzle so we could race to see who finished first. But we knew her preference. Most nights after dinner, she dealt the cards and then proceeded to kick our butts.
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	~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">~~		那些周末的访问很特别。她的房子距离我们的房子只有几英里，但在那里度过的时光感觉就像在度假。她有一个游泳池和一个紧凑的迷你高尔夫球场，我们可以在旁边的院子里打球，这是我祖父建立的。她还允许我们看电视——这是我们家里严格控制的物质。加米愿意做任何事。多亏了她，我和我的姐妹们成为了狂热的游戏玩家，他们将任何事物——大富翁、风险、专注——变成了一项竞技运动。我们会买两份拼图游戏，这样我们就可以比赛看谁先完成。但我们知道她的喜好。大多数晚上晚饭后，她都会发牌，然后开始踢我们的屁股。

	I was about eight when I got my first glimmer of how she did it. I still remember the day: I’m sitting across from my grandmother at the dining room table, Kristi next to me. The room has one of those huge old wooden radios that even then was a relic of the past. Along another wall is a big cabinet where Gami stored the special dishes that we used every Sunday for dinner.		I was about eight when I got my first glimmer of how she did it. I still remember the day: I’m sitting across from my grandmother at the dining room table, Kristi next to me. The room has one of those huge old wooden radios that even then was a relic of the past. Along another wall is a big cabinet where Gami stored the special dishes that we used every Sunday for dinner.
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			当我第一次了解到她是如何做到的时，我大约八岁。我仍然记得那天：餐桌上我坐在祖母对面，克里斯蒂坐在我旁边。房间里有一台巨大的旧木制收音机，即使在当时，它也是过去的遗物。另一面墙边有一个大柜子，加米存放着我们每周日晚餐用的特色菜肴。

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York: Created page with "In my family there was no faster way to win favor than to be good at games, especially card games. If you were confident in rummy or bridge or canasta, you had our respect, which made my maternal grandmother, Adelle Thompson, a household legend. “Gami’s the best at cards” was something I heard a lot as a kid. 在我家，想赢得青睐最好的方法就是要很会玩游戏，尤其是纸牌游戏。如果你是拉密（rummy）、桥牌或是凯纳斯特纸牌..."

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Created page with "In my family there was no faster way to win favor than to be good at games, especially card games. If you were confident in rummy or bridge or canasta, you had our respect, which made my maternal grandmother, Adelle Thompson, a household legend. “Gami’s the best at cards” was something I heard a lot as a kid. 在我家，想赢得青睐最好的方法就是要很会玩游戏，尤其是纸牌游戏。如果你是拉密（rummy）、桥牌或是凯纳斯特纸牌..."

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