4. Did Barbara have many admirers? Barbara有很多追求者么？

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I don't really know if Barbara had many admirers. I didn't notice it. I don't think she ever got any cards or letters or presents from admirers. Her family tried to fix meetings with Chinese guys. One boy was the son of the richest Chinese family in Cambridge and about the same age as Barbara. Several times there were meetings organized. Barbara went to these meetings as she didn't want to insult that family or her own family. At these meetings she played the part of the sweet and respectable daughter.

She would get annoyed if someone made a compliment when I was around. I remember one time when we went to the cinema in London, the boy who collected the tickets was continuing staring at her. When Barbara gave her ticket to him he said 'God you are beautiful'. Barbara got very angry at him. She said that he should be ashamed of himself and this was no way to treat a customer.

我不太清楚Barbara是否有许多追求者。我不记得她曾经收到过来自倾慕者的卡片，情书或是礼物。她的家人曾给她安排和中国男孩相亲。一个男孩是剑桥最富有的中国家庭的儿子，和她一样大。安排过几次见面。Barbara去了，因为她不想让对方家人和她自己家人丢面子。会面时她总是会表现出她乖巧可敬的女儿的一面。

如果我在她旁边，有人恭维她的话，她会很生气。我记得有一次在伦敦，我们去看电影。检票的男孩子一直盯着她看。当Barbara把票给他的时候，他说，"天哪，你真漂亮！"Barbara很生他的气。她说他应该对自己感到羞耻，不可以这样子对待客人。

(thanks to Natalie for the translation)