来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第4集 第4集》
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and aristocracy and civilization.抛掉了贵族政治和文明 -
They throw all kinds of old books,抛掉了所有旧书刊 -
great old books, onto the bonfire.将珍贵的古籍 统统抛入火里 -
They burn everything from Europe,他们烧掉一切来自欧洲的东西 -
everything that's old.烧掉一切旧物 -
It's a purification. They're going to make a new world.这是一场净化 他们想要建立一个新世界 -
They don't need anything from the past.他们不需要来自过去的一分半毫 -
And it's Hawthorne's satire,这就是霍桑的讽刺作品 -
it’s his critique of it.是他对狂热主义的批判 -
It's apocalyptic,这是一篇启示录般的故事 -
angry critique of all these Americans是对这群自认为每天都发明新玩意儿的 -
who think they're inventing everything anew every day.美国人的愤怒谴责