You see it, again, right in the section about Howard on

你们再看109页霍华德大学那部分
109, and I want you to note the words that Roth chooses here,

我要你们注意罗斯此处选用的词汇
109 in the middle: "He could play his skin however he wanted,

109页中间"他可以肆意玩弄他的皮肤
color himself just as he chose."

任意选择自己的肤色"
"Play his skin any way he wanted."

"肆意玩弄他的皮肤"
Now, remember that his father is a great devotee of Shakespeare and

记住他的父亲是莎士比亚的迷恋者
tries to communicate to his children,

并想传达给他的孩子
not only through their Shakespearian middle names, but through every

不仅通过他们的莎士比亚式中间名还
verbal interaction he has with them, that the grandeur of the English

通过与孩子们的语言交流那些高雅的
language will somehow fill them and make them who they are,

英语将充实他们并形成他们的身份
that this is the source of their dignity and their power.

成为他们的尊严以及力量的源泉
He takes that lesson and transforms it.

他将这些传授给孩子们