For anyone visiting the class today, what we are doing is talking about

今天来上课的人我们要做的是讨论
Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated.

乔纳森·萨福兰·弗尔的《真相大白》
This book was chosen by the class

这本书由学生所选
as the last book on the syllabus,

是教学大纲的最后一本书
and Eli here gave a wonderful presentation,

伊莱已经做了一个很好的介绍
reading from it in a very funny Ukrainian accent,

他用很有趣的乌克兰语朗读了这本书
and I think that's why everybody chose it.

我想这是大家选择这本书的原因
God knows if there would be another reason.

上帝知道是否还有另外的理由
No. Just kidding.

玩笑而已
Now, when you meet a new novel,

当你拿到一本新的小说时
there are various things you need to do

在决定了喜欢与否后
after you've decided whether you like it or not,

尚有很多事要做