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My grandmother kept a silver spoon and a radio.我的祖母留着一把「银」勺子和一台收音机。 Every evening a singer sang for us.每天晚上都有一位「歌手」为我们唱歌。 One evening we listened in complete silence.有一天晚上，我们在一片「沉默」中听着。 My grandfather wrote his signature when the song ended.歌声结束时，我的祖父写下了他的「签名」。 I did not know its full significance.我并不懂它全部的「意义」。

He became ill four years ago and died that month.四年前他病了，并在那个月去世。 After that she never turned the radio on.从那以后她再也没有打开收音机。 The kitchen stayed silent, and I thought it was silly to keep one old spoon.厨房一直「安静」无声，而我觉得只留一把旧勺子是件「傻」事。 Her sister across the town was silent in a similar way.住在镇子另一头的姐姐也以「类似」的方式保持沉默。

Slowly I began to understand the significance of that quiet hour.我慢慢地开始明白那个安静时刻的「意义」。 Now the singer has died too.如今那位「歌手」也去世了。 I hear her songs only at home.我只在家里听到她的歌。

Similarly, the spoon sits in a box on my table.同「样地」，那把勺子放在我桌上的一个盒子里。 That silence was significantly more important than all the songs.那片沉默比所有那些歌都「重要得多」。 I try to write my name the way he did.我试着像他那样写自己的名字。 I watch the sun sink and think of that quiet hour.我看着太阳下「沉」，想起那个安静的时刻。