来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第25集 第25集》

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  The exercise of inviting you to choose our last novel,
  我邀请你们来选择我们的最后一本小说
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  as I think I explained in the very first class of this term,
  就像我在本学期第一堂课中所说的那样
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  is an exercise in thinking together about
  是在让我们一起思考
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  what defines a period of literature.
  是什么定义了一个时期的文学
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  So, for all the other books in the syllabus,
  所以 对于教学大纲里的其他几本书
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  I came with my rationale for why I included them,
  我自有选择它们的理由
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  and for this book,
  但是对于这本书
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  I'm invited again to think about whether I would,
  我再次被要求思考我是否会选择它
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  if I were teaching this again,
  如果我再次教这门课
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  and you had not chosen it.
  而你们没有选择这本书
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  So, today I want to reflect on that,
  今天我想思考这一点
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  and it will lead directly into my analysis
  它会直接引向我的