来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第16集》

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  I wanted to use this opportunity to read Baldwin at Yale.
  因为我想借此机会在耶鲁阅读鲍德温
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  And a nifty little fact about Giovanni's Room:
  先讲一点关于《乔瓦尼的房间》的事实
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  It's about 150 pages. and yeah. And, it's eminently readable,
  这本书大约只有150页 非常易读
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  so that's a big plus at the end of the semester.
  在学期快结束的时候 对我们非常有利
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  But also, I didn't just choose Giovanni's Room because it's short.
  我选择这本书并不只是因为它篇幅短
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  I chose it because it fits seamlessly with our syllabus.
  也是因为它完美地契合我们的课程大纲
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  So, what's Giovanni's Room about?
  《乔瓦尼的房间》到底讲的什么呢
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  Well,Giovanni's Room is the story of David,
  主人公名叫大卫
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  a twenty-something man who flees America to Paris
  一个二十几岁的青年 从美国逃亡巴黎
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  in hopes of finding himself.
  希望找到自我
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  While in Paris David finds a fiancee, Hella,
  在巴黎 大卫遇到了自己的未婚妻海拉
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  and, in her absence, another lover, Giovanni, a man.
  还有另一个情人 乔瓦尼 一位男性