来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说第1集第1集》

"The reader should be a budding author."

读者本身应该是潜在的作者
"The reader should have imagination."

读者应该有想象力
"The reader should have memory."

读者应该有记忆力
"The reader should have a dictionary."

读者应该有一本字典
"The reader should have some artistic sense."

读者应该有些艺术细胞
And Nabokov says: The students leaned heavily on

纳博科夫说学生很大程度上依靠
emotional identification, action, and the social, economic and

情感认同情节和社会经济
historical angle.

历史角度
Of course, as you have guessed, the good reader is the one

当然正如你们所猜测的一个好的
who has imagination, memory, a dictionary and some

读者应该有想象力记忆力一本字典
artistic sense, which sense I propose to develop in

和一些艺术细胞我一有机会
myself and others whenever I have the chance.

就会督促我自己和其他人去发展这种能力