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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  which shone through them upon your faith
  看不见的光
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  were reflections of American efforts
  象征美国人为实现
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  to live up to an idea.
  理想而做的努力
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  Those characters could have been
  那些角色
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  no other than products of American tradition.
  就是美国传统的产物
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  However dimly that light came through to you,
  无论你感受到的光是多么暗
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  suffering so acutely from the rough denial of
  你收到多少苦都是因为美国理想的存在
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  the very existence of American ideals,
  被粗暴的否认
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  part of it must have come through
  其中的部分必须 必须通过
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  American delineation of American characters.
  美国人对这些角色的描述而体现出来
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  Now keep in mind this is 1944.
  记住这是1944年
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  This is the summer of 1944.
  1944年夏天