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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  and young people at universities-- primarily at universities,
  大多是在校大学生
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  but also people out doing the March on Washington,in the South,
  也有来自南方小镇参加华盛顿游行的人
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  in small towns-- were really changing the face of America
  他们确实改变了美国的面貌
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  and its role in the world.
  以及美国在世界舞台上的角色
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  So, Ken Kesey, on the one hand,
  肯·克西一方面
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  is looking for that internally directed, playful response
  在寻找面对世界压迫秩序
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  to the oppressive order of the world.
  那种内部指导下的滑稽反应
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  And then there is this very political response.
  之后就有了这个很政治化的反应
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  Pynchon lets us see both.
  品钦将这两者都展现给大家
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  And he's parodying both kinds of response in this novel,
  他在小说中模仿讽刺了这两者反应
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  so in that sense, the novel is very much of its time.
  从这种意义说 这本小说很有时代价值
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  Now, I want to pause for a moment there and ask you a question.
  现在我想在这停下来 问大家一个问题