来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第2集 第2集》
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I don't think we're meant to understand that我不认为我们应该去理解 -
the young Richard,年轻的理查德 -
when he discovers that the Kate Adams当他发现凯特亚当 -
is a dirty, little boat只是一艘又旧又小的船 -
and not而并不是 -
this romantic vision of a ship he had hoped for,他梦想中对一艘船的憧憬 -
that the young Richard thinks to himself,年轻的理查德暗自思忖 -
"This is because"这是因为 -
I am a poor, black boy growing up in the South."我是个南方的贫穷的黑孩子" -
It's simply an experience of disappointment.很明显这是失望的体验 -
The sense of powerlessness,这种极强烈的无力感 -
the most profound sense of powerlessness,从当初