来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第21集》

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  But, I will point out a couple of things.
  但我会指出一些事实
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  One is that Nathan, if you recall,
  一个就是 如果你们还记得
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  has been rendered impotent by his surgery.
  南森的形象是因手术而阳痿的
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  So, his only relation, in that physical way, to Coleman,
  所以生理上 他对于科尔曼来说
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  is not really as a man as such.
  几乎不能算是个男人
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  I think he's imagined to be unmanned in this scene.
  我认为他在这个场景中没被想象成男人
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  So, then you get, on page 43,
  于是到了43页 你们会看到
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  an even fuller description of this.
  更加详细的描述
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  He's talking, Coleman is talking, again, about Faunia,
  科尔曼又一次谈到弗妮亚
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  and Nathan is very much responding in the conversation.
  南森基本上都是在回答他
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  We were enjoying ourselves, now, and I realized
  "我们此刻都在尽情享受 并且
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  that in my effort to distract him from his rampaging pique
  我意识到通过论证他的快乐有多重要