full of promise,

充满对未来的憧憬
the whole gang, and Dean ragged and dirty,

就是这一伙人狄安衣衫褴褛浑身肮脏
prowling by himself in his preoccupied frenzy.

独来独往放浪形骸
There is a nostalgia here, not for the past of the old West.

这是怀旧不是怀念老西部的过去
It's important that Denver is in the West.

丹佛在西部这很重要
The nostalgia here is not for the old West, but for the young West.

这里的怀旧不是为老西部是为新西部
The West in On the Road is an area of youth.

《在路上》的西部是热血洋溢的年轻人的
It's always, in American lore, been

在美国人的意识里
an area of adventure and imagination,

西部一直意味着冒险梦想
but this is well after the end of Manifest Destiny.

在命定扩张论结束后这是可取的
There is no border in the West.

所谓西部并没有明确的边界
So Sal has to reinvent one,

所以萨尔自己创造了一个