来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第26集 第26集》

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  Now, I used to get pissed off because when it was on the syllabus
  当这本书收录进教程时我并不理解
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  I would always get, certain evaluations would come in
  总是生气 有些人会这样评论说到
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  and say, "I don't know why we read Beloved.
  我实在不理解为什么我们要看《宠儿》
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  It's so overrated."
  那书太名过其实了
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  That was the snobbery, and that made me upset 'cause I
  那才是所谓的学术势力 那让我很失望
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  thought well, that's just a failure of openness as a reader,
  即使你们不喜欢 但如果不去思考
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  not to think about why it was so powerful, even if you don't
  为何这本书能成为著作
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  like it yourself.
  那就是你没能成为一个完全无偏见的读者
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  But, your answer was right.
  但是你正说到了点上
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  It's simply because it's taught a lot elsewhere,
  正因为那本书已经在其他课的大纲里了
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  and then those other practical reasons of length.
  以及它过长的篇幅
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  What else?
  还有问题吗