Earlier this year, Webb-McRae also launched a community engagement series.

今年早些时候，Webb-McRae 还推出了一个社区参与系列。

To battle this, Webb-McRae launched an Annual Back to School Initiative.

为了解决这个问题，Webb-McRae 发起了年度返校计划。

But neither Webb-McRae, nor her family, knew how far she would go -- all in her home state of New Jersey.

但韦伯-麦克雷和她的家人都不知道她会走多远——反正都是在她的家乡新泽西州。

It was not often that Mr. McRae had the opportunity to talk about war, the way his women folks shushed him.

原来麦克雷先生很少有机会那种为妇女们所不允许的方式来谈战争呢。

In the silence, old man McRae's high voice could be heard imploring his grandson to tell him what had been said.

在一片寂静之中，可以听见麦克雷老头高声恳求孙子告诉他刚才威尔说了些什么。

Can't nobody do nothin' with old man McRae because he's deaf as a post and can't hear folks tryin' to shut him up.

谁能想个法子，别让麦克雷老头讲话，他聋得像个木头桩子，他要是讲起来，谁阻止他，他也听不见。

Mr. McRae was a reminder of a cruder era, like Grandma Fontaine and her embarrassingly loud belches, an era everyone would like to forget.

麦克雷先生让人们记起一个更为粗野的时代，像方丹奶奶和她的令人难为情地大声打的嗝儿那样，而那个时代是人人都想忘掉了。