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But what I've done is

但我要做的是
to excerpt some of the texts earlier in the term

在学期初摘录一些文本
-and actually

实际上
there's a slightly heavier reading before

在短假之前的阅读任务
break than there used to be--

比以前更重了
so that it's a little bit lighter after break,

但在短假之后我们阅读长篇小说时
when we're doing those long novels.

阅读量就小了
Okay. Last thing:

最后一点
This course, as you may have noticed from our

你们也许注意到了后排的朋友们
friends behind us, is being filmed as part of the Yale

这门课会被录制下来
Open Courses Initiative.

作为耶鲁大学公开课的一部分
It is an initiative funded by

这是由威廉姆和弗罗拉何莱特基金