来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第3集 第3集》

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  who he is as a character and where he finds himself.
  叙述者给予提示以便我们继续进行下去
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  This connects I think with a whole host of other passages that have to
  这让我联想起一大堆其他的
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  do with nothingness.
  无关紧要的段落
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  And one of them is right above on that page, and I read it a little
  其中之一正好就在刚才那页的上面 我稍早前读过的
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  earlier: "thinking nothing and sweating."
  什么也不想 直冒汗
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  It's as if "thinking nothing" is not a passive activity,
  这就好像什么也不想不是个被动的活动
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  but an active one.
  而是主动的进行
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  So that, to think nothing is something you have to work at;
  那么 什么也不想是种你不得不从的事情
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  it's something that you can be preoccupied with.
  那是种你能为之全神贯注的事
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  And similarly, if you look back at 37--
  同样的 请看第37页
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  this is again a description of landscape--you can see this
  这里再一次对风景进行了描述 你们能看到
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  connection between (or, well, somewhat of a disconnection
  这种联系 或者 某种联系