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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  self-alienation.
  更深刻的体会
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  And this is what is really at the heart of Menelaus's story.
  这也是梅内莱厄斯故事的真正核心所在
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  So, remember that the story is that he is obsessed with this question of
  记住 本故事的核心在于他不停纠结于
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  why Helen chose him among all her suitors: why did she choose him?
  为什么在所有追求者中 海伦选了他
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  And, when he asks on their wedding night, she gives him an answer that
  新婚之夜他终于提出这个疑问 而海伦
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  only makes him more obsessed with the question.
  的回答却让他执念加深
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  So, at the top of 155, he's asked his question.
  在155页上 他提出了心中的疑惑
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  "'Speak,' he commanded.
  "'说吧' 他命令道
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  She whispered, 'Love.'"
  她低泣道 '爱'"
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  Now, the problem with that is that answer;
  而这个答案的问题在于
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  it's a verb and a noun.
  它即可作名词 也可作动词
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  And Menelaus doesn't know how to take it,
  梅内莱厄斯不知该如何理解