来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第11集 第11集》

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  Strive as he might to be transported, he had heard his mind take notes
  虽努力抵抗着 他听到内心
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  upon the scene:
  深处在记录着这场景
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  This is what they call passion.
  原来这就是他们所谓的激情
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  I am experiencing it.
  我正在感受它
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  Many of the digger machines were out of order in the penny arcades and
  游乐场里很多挖掘机失灵
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  could not be repaired or replaced for the duration.
  再也无法修复 继续使用
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  Moreover, the prizes, made now in U.S.A?
  何况是现现如今的战利品"
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  It goes off in this strange digression.
  这些片段看似毫无关联
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  It seems like his mind has simply wandered, as it does,
  似乎他的思维不停在跳跃
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  from one version of the story to another.
  就像他不停改变作品那样
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  But the mention of the machines is not incidental.
  但机器的意象却绝非是偶然
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  Narrative becomes a kind of machine.
  叙述文就成为了一种机器