来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第24集 第24集》

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  but the opposite.
  正相反
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  She was wise and truthful enough to lie.
  她聪慧且老实十足的在撒谎
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  They reciprocated the great and saving lie
  他们报以这伟大的拯救性的谎言
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  that our love for things
  我们对事物的喜爱
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  is greater than our love for our love for things,
  要大于我们对自己爱物之情的喜爱
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  willfully playing the parts they wrote for themselves,
  一厢情愿的演着他们写给自己的剧本
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  willfully creating and believing
  一厢情愿的创造着并相信着
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  fictions necessary for life."
  小说是生活必须的
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  So, if this is the lie, that our love for things is greater
  因此 如果我们对事物的喜爱要大于
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  than our love for our love for things,
  我们对自己爱物之情的喜爱是个谎言
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  the truth is
  真相应是
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  that our love for our love is greater than our love for
  我们对自己的爱意的喜爱要大于