and in that act comes to know more about the world

演戏中她开始更多得了解世界
in a way that these men cannot.

以一种区别于男人的独特方式
Oedipa is--even from the time she was a child--a reader,

甚至从孩提时代奥狄芭就喜欢读书
and we find that out on page 14 when she has her religious instant.

我们可以从14页看出她严谨虔诚的一刻
And I hope you remembered that scene of Sal looking down on Salt Lake

希望你们还记得赛尔俯瞰盐湖城的场景
City, the birthplace of Dean, from On the Road,

迪恩初生的地方出自《在路上》
very similar structure.

非常类似的结构
He looks down, and he sees the little city laid out below him.

他放眼俯瞰小城静静地睡在他的脚下
So, this is Oedipa

这是奥狄芭
in one of the first instances of her becoming a reader:

第一次真正意义上去充当一个读者
She looked down a slope,

她低头向山坡下看去
needing to squint for the sunlight

刺眼的余辉迫使她不得不斜视下去