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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  what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.
  成为黑人是什么感觉 但没人关注
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  They wanted their romance."
  他们只想要自己的故事
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  Well, I think that's a pretty clear-eyed view,
  我认为这是一个相当清楚的观点
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  and a clear indictment, of what Kerouac is doing through the
  也是对于凯鲁亚克想通过萨尔这角色
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  character of Sal.
  表达什么的一种控诉
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  Sal in this moment becomes so naive, naive of history,
  萨尔在这里表现出对历史的天真
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  of actual lived history of his own country.
  对他自己的国家活生生的历史的无知幼稚
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  But, as you've seen, the mythic quality of America has
  但正如你们所见的 这神秘的美国特质将
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  pushed all of that aside.
  这所有一切都置之不理了
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  So, it's not just the Komfee Kabins that we don't see;
  所以不仅仅是Komfee Kabins我们看不到
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  it's the whole history of slavery.
  而是整个奴隶制历史我们都视而不见
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  And when he goes picking in the cotton fields,
  他去田地里摘棉花时