来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第13集 第13集》

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  tiny gestures of tying the girl's bow,
  替她系丝带的小动作
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  leaning over her,
  倾下身子
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  concerned for her looks as she goes back to her mother,
  注意女孩的仪表因为她将回去见她的妈妈
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  telling her--reassuring her--
  告诉她 为她消除顾虑
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  that she's not dirty,
  她并不肮脏
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  and in a novel that is so full of demonized cleanliness
  在这一部充满了扭曲了的纯洁的小说中
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  his gentle assurance that her dress though stained,
  他温柔的担保她的裙子尽管染了色
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  is not dirty in the moral sense--
  但内心看来却不脏
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  this is a mark of kindness, the mark of humanity.
  这是一种善良的仁慈的表现
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  So, Morrison begins with small details like this to build up
  所以莫里森用类似的小细节来建立
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  our sympathy for Cholly.
  我们对乔利的同情心
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  It gets more intense when he meets his father in the city.
  当他在城里遇到他的父亲时这变得更加强烈