NIKKY: ok, how is your family?

　　BRIAN: I don’t really know, guess my mom is not in good health

　　NIKKY: what happened?

　　BRIAN: she had chronic(慢性的)problems very early in her life, from knee problems(膝盖问题), to arthritis(关节炎) and u name it.

　　【注】人一老什么病都出来了

　　NIKKY: she got how old?

　　BRIAN: 54, I guess, I don’t really know that

　　NIKKY: ask

　　BRIAN: I will, thanks

　　NIKKY: so?

　　BRIAN: so what?

　　NIKKY: so u need to be with her (你应该和她在一起呀)

　　BRIAN: I would if I could.

　　NIKKY: how is ur dad?

　　BRIAN: his health is better. (爸爸比妈妈身体要好)

　　NIKKY: retired some? (你爸退休了么？)

　　BRIAN: u mean my dad?

　　NIKKY: yes

　　BRIAN: yes, he’s retired already

　　NIKKY: r u ok now?

　　BRIAN: u know, one night I woke up in the middle of the night, and I was searching for answers, 3:00 in the morning, and I was in a darkened house and I really began screaming out silently inside myself, just like the way I used to practice my English. (你知道，有一天我在半夜醒来，那是凌晨3点，在漆黑的房间里，我内心里不断问自己，内心处于激烈的大喊状态，就像我以前练习英文一样)

　　【注】在大学里的时候，通过长年坚持不懈的狂喊，自己的发音得到了巨幅提升。

　　NIKKY: ask about what it takes to make life work? (问自己为什么生活会是这个样子？)

　　BRIAN: yes

　　NIKKY: do u have the answer? (找到答案了么？)

　　BRIAN: not yet, but I think that there r a lot of things I ignored(忽视), and I will take care next time when, if possilbe, the next book comes out(我想在第二本书出来的时候我会留意那些被我忽视过的问题的)