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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  and intricate portrait of the city.
  洛杉矶复杂难解的一面
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  Also, as with Housekeeping, the loss of self is imagined as a
  同样 《管家》中自我的迷失是分散的
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  dispersal, though Didion's dispersal is a cold, defensive
  而迪迪安这种分散感冷漠而有防备
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  and ultimately empty one. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
  本质上也是空虚的 《浪荡伯利恒》
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  begins with a quote from Yeats that includes the phrase "The center will not hold."
  开篇即是叶芝的名句"再也保不住中心"
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  This has become very emblematic of that era.
  这句话已经成了那个时代的象征
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  Maria, who in the first few pages declares
  在小说的前几页 玛丽亚就宣称
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  that nothing applies to her, is perhaps
  一切都不适用于她 她大概
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  one of the most poignant examples of the personal
  最深刻地印证了失去中心给个人
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  consequences of the loosening, the loss of cultural restrictions in the 1960s,
  带来的后果 20世纪60年代
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  a time when, in fact, none of the old rules
  文化约束的丢失 事实上 那个时期
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  applied to her or anyone else.
  没有任何旧规则能适用于她或其他人