来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第8集 第8集》

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  I'm going to talk a little bit about its publishing history,
  接下来我将简要的介绍它的出版历史
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  its compositional history, actually, at the end of my two
  它的编撰历史 事实上
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  lectures on the novel.
  在小说课程的最后两节课中会提及
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  So, I would ask you just to reserve whatever curiosity you
  因此我希望你们先保留
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  have about that.
  对于此的任何问题
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  So, in a way, I'm flipping my usual practice;
  总而言之 我会突破常规的讲课方式
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  I would tell you a little bit about its publication history
  在开始的时候
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  at the beginning.
  讲一些关于它的出版史
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  I'm going to do that at the end for this reason: that it has such a
  我之所以最后再讲是因为
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  special place in the imagination of our culture.
  它在我们理想主义的文化中有着举足轻重的地位
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  And so, I'm going to talk about that after we have a better understanding
  因此 我决定在你们对这部小说
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  of what's going on in the book.
  有了更多了解之后再深入