来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第7集 第7集》

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  that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead.
  但事实上他儿子已经死了
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  So here is one dead child playing baseball,
  即 一个已死的打棒球的孩子
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  or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.
  或者说他仍保持打棒球的形象活在他父亲的记忆中
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  If you look down at the very bottom of that page, you see
  这页最下面
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  "a young woman far gone in the family way
  有个已经有好几个月身孕的年轻女人
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  had seated a rapt baby on a swing and
  让一个全神贯注的婴儿坐在一架秋千上
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  was rocking it gently,
  正轻轻地摇着
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  while a jealous boy of two or three
  而一个两三岁的嫉妒的小男孩正令人讨厌地激励把秋千推来拉去
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  was making a nuisance of himself by trying to push or pull"--
  终于弄得自己被秋千板撞倒
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  there is that word play again coming back to us--
  这里再次出现了文字游戏式的描写
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  "the swing board. He finally succeeded in getting himself knocked down by it and
  秋千板 终于弄得自己被秋千板撞倒
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  bawled loudly as he lay supine on the grass
  仰卧在草地上哇哇大哭