当我11岁的时候，我得到了一本厚厚的平装本《吉尼斯世界纪录》，我如饥似渴地从头到尾地阅读它，对所有关于人类历史暴力的令人难以置信的可怕章节给予了特别的关注。
(I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously, cover to cover, paying special lip-smacking attention to all the incredibly gruesome chapters about the violence of human history.)