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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  So, here he is walking into the American post office in Paris to
  他正走向巴黎的美国邮局
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  pick up his mail: Yet walking into the American
  领取信件 他走进美国快递公司办公室
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  Express office one harshly gray midsummer afternoon,
  在一个灰暗仲夏的下午
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  I was forced to admit that this active,
  我不得不承认 那令人不安的
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  so disquietingly cheerful
  活跃而快乐的人群
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  horde struck the eye at once as a unit.
  在我看来就像一个整体一样
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  At home I could have distinguished patterns, habits,
  在家里 我能分辨不同的形状 习惯
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  accents of speech with no effort whatever.
  口音 不费吹灰之力
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  Now, everybody sounded, unless I listened hard, as though
  现在 如果不仔细听 每个人听起来
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  they had just arrived from Nebraska.
  都好像刚刚从内布拉斯加回来一样
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  At home I could have seen the clothes they were wearing,
  在老家的时候我能看出他们穿的衣服
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  but here I only saw bags, cameras,
  但在这里 我只看到背包