来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第1集 第1集》

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  me to take a novel that you've chosen and come to grips with it myself.
  我必须研读你们所选的书并形成自己的理解
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  It may be one that I know.
  也许我知道那本书
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  Now let me just say in a technical way: if you decide to volunteer to
  让我来更直接地表达我的意思
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  nominate a novel, you'll get no extra credit.
  如果你资源推荐一本小说 你得不到多余的学分
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  It'll do nothing for your grade.
  对你的成绩也没有影响
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  But you will get glory, whatever glory there is to be had at the front of this room.
  但你会感到荣耀 在全班面前展示自己的那种荣耀
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  Maybe that's miniscule, but maybe it's going to be fun for
  也许很微不足道 但你没准觉得有意思
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  you, especially if you have a sort of theatrical bent,
  尤其是对有戏剧天份的学生来说
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  or if you like getting up in front of people, or if you're just really,
  或者是那些喜欢在人前出头露面的 或者
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  really passionate about a novel that you want everyone to read.
  你只是特别热衷于某本书 想让大家都读
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  So that's something that we will do, and I will tell you more about at mid semester.
  这就是我的计划 我会在半个学期后讲得更详细些
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  So that's the piece of the syllabus that I can't tell you about.
  所以我暂时无法把课程纲要的这个部分介绍给大家