a quarter of you have probably already read.

你们中有四分之一的同学可能已经读过了
All right, how many of you have already read Killer Angels?

好了你们中有多少人读过《杀手天使》
Ah-ha. We're not reading it this time.

啊哈这次我们不读了
You can't take that week off.

你不能翘那周的课了
We're reading E.L. Doctorow's new novel called The March,

我们会阅读E.L.多克托罗的新小说《进军》
which has only been out about a year, just into paperback.

才出版一年刚刚付梓的
It's Doctorow, the great modern novelist of,

多克托罗是伟大的现代小说家
well, urban America, of race in America,

写美国都市写美国有色人种
of so many things. He has actually

还写很多其他题材他刚刚在《纽约人》上
a brilliant short story in the current New Yorker,

发表了一篇杰出的短篇小说
if you haven't read it.

你可能还没读过
It may not appeal to all of you.

对你们中的一些人而言也许并不引人入胜