来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第20集》

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  overload that we get from the internet.
  而导致的自相矛盾的结果
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  So what that means is the culture is finding new arbiters.
  所以文化现在需要的是新的权威人士
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  So, you have this huge volume of information and cultural offerings
  有海量的信息和文化会
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  being given to you.
  呈现在你们的 面前
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  In that welter of information
  在这个大杂烩般的信息时代
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  we all look to some arbiter to tell us,
  我们需要权威人士来告诉我们
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  "How do I sort this out?"
  "我们该如何分辨这些"
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  Nobody has the time to read all the blogs
  没有人有精力看完所有的博客
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  and decide which one they're going to read regularly.
  然后再确定什么是值得他们看的
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  So you might get a link from someone else's page,
  你可能会看其他人主页上的链接
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  someone you are friends with,
  可能是你的朋友的
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  someone you admire, a writer you've seen elsewhere.
  或者是你崇拜的人 一个你见过的作家