来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第12集 第12集》

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  that became very powerful through the next decade and a half,
  它在今后的15年里变得影响颇大
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  and we're going to see it some too next week
  下个周我们也将涉及其中的一部分
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  when we read Morrison and Maxine Hong Kingston.
  当我们读到莫里森和汤婷婷时
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  So, this is part of a larger intellectual trajectory.
  这是一个更大的知识轨道中的一部分
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  Barth is not alone in thinking these things about language.
  巴斯在思考这些语言问题时并非踽踽独行
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  I argued that Barth tried to counter that sense of helplessness
  我认为巴斯试图借语言之手
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  at the hands of language
  去反对那种无助感
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  by imagining that the human effort at connecting with another person
  他猜测 人类凭借爱和欲望机制
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  through the mechanisms of love and desire always renewed
  努力去和别人沟通常常会复兴
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  the possibility for language to do new kinds of work in the world.
  语言在这个世界上产生新作用的可能性
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  So, if language seems exhausted because it's always preceding you,
  如果语言因为总是先于你而显得枯竭
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  everything has always already been said,
  每件事总是已经被宣布过