来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第9集 第9集》
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"And he used to work in the east Texas oil fields?"他可是一向在东德克萨斯油田干活 -
"East Texas is right and now he's punching cows,"是的 可是他眼下在放牛 -
And that was exactly right, and still I couldn't believe看来这事一点也没错 但我仍然怀疑 -
Gene could really have known Slim基恩真的认识痩大个 -
whom I have been looking for more or less for years.那个几年来我一直寻找的人 -
In this scene Big Slim Hazard is an American type,在这个场景下 痩大个哈泽德是一个美国典型 -
just as Mississippi Gene is himself.正如密西西比基恩是他自己本身 -
Their names tell you that他们的名字告诉你 -
they're almost cartoonishly American types.他们几乎就是美国的卡通式形象 -
The fact that Mississippi Gene knows this vague person,密西西比基恩认识这个不确定的人物 -
Big Slim Hazard, gives you the feeling that痩大个哈泽德 会给你这样一种感觉 -
America is a tiny community in which these types loom large,美国是一个小社会 有相同的形象难以避免