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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  autobiography that you wrote originally.
  你最初的自传
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  It's still only two thirds of what you ever wrote it to be.
  只有你原来写的内容的三分之二
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  Well, this is what happened to Richard Wright.
  其实这就是理查德·赖特的遭遇
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  This is pretty much exactly
  在一九四四年
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  what happened to Richard Wright in 1944.
  理查德·赖特就有这样的遭遇
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  So he had published "Native Son" in 1940 to great acclaim,
  他在一九四零年出版了《土生子》
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  a very successful novel.
  一部广受好评的作品
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  In 1944, he completed "Black Boy",
  一九四四年 他完成了《黑孩子》
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  then called "American Hunger"
  后来叫做《美国饥荒》
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  and he had placed it with
  他把这本书交给了
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  Harper Brothers Publishing company in New York,
  纽约海伯兄弟出版社
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  and they were very happy with it.
  他们很满意