Also, while we were at the table, there was a ritual in our family: when something significant had happened for any one of us -- whether mom had just been elected as the president of the PTA, or whether dad had gotten an assignment at the college of our denomination, or whether someone had won the jabberwocky contest for talent -- the ritual at the family was, once the announcement is made,
所以，当大家坐在桌子前面的时候， 这是我们家的一个仪式， 当任何人身上发生意义重大的事情时， 比如当妈妈被选举为家长教师会的主席的时候， 或者当爸爸得到一份我们大学的教会的工作时。 或者有谁赢得口才比赛的时候， 我们家庭的传统仪式就是，在宣布完之后，