来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第15集 第15集》

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  "Call me Ishmael." "My name is Ruth," simple declarative sentence.
  "请叫我以赛玛利"和"我的名字叫露丝"都是简单的陈述句
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  It gives you that sense that Ruth is more separate from you,
  而露丝的这句话就没有暗含你
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  perhaps, as a reader, than Ishmael is.
  从读者的角度看 以赛玛利则有暗指
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  Ishmael wants to enter into dialog with you,
  以赛玛利想和你进行对话
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  wants you to reach out towards him.
  想让你和他的距离缩小
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  Ruth offers you herself as something like the objective contemplation
  露丝则让你觉得她自己是个陌生人
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  of a stranger, as a stranger.
  是个陌生的客观存在
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  That's what a stranger says to you: "Hi. My name is Amy."
  一个陌生人会对你说 "你好 我的名字叫艾米"
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  That's the kind of address a stranger gives you.
  这是陌生人对你说话的方式
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  What else do you notice about those two sentences?
  对这两句话你们还有什么发现
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  Any other differences you can think of,
  任何你能想到的不同
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  or similarities, even, between the two?
  也可是两者的相同之处