来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第17集 第17集》

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  then you've answered that, in a certain way, by saying, "No.
  就可以回答 只是一种方式 "不
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  The character is not so compelling that I can put up with
  这人物不是那么引人注目
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  the graphic representation of violence.
  以至于我无法忍受暴力的形象表现
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  It doesn't make it worth it. "
  并不值得那样做
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  But there is another school of thought that says
  但是有另一种学派的想法
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  the aesthetics of the violence, the aesthetics of the judge, do make it worth it.
  暴力的美学 法官的美学 确实相配
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  So, that is a kind of debt.
  那是一种债务
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  The other way this sheds light on the novel is to say that
  在小说中阐明的另一种方法是说
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  the novel is concerned, like Paradise Lost,
  像《失乐园》一样
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  with the great cosmic structures of the world.
  小说关心的是伟大的关于世界的宇宙结构
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  Now, this is another element, too, of its use of the Bible,
  现在这也是一种使用圣经的元素
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  and I'll talk about that in a minute.
  我马上会讲到