来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第18集》

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  The other reason is that he transformed from "kid" to "man," and
  另一个原因是 主人公从孩子变成了男人
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  that old narrative of Bildungsroman suggests the acquisition of wisdom.
  而旧式成长小说向来暗示智慧的习得
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  And we associate wisdom with moral complexity, moral sophistication,
  我们又会把智慧与道德复杂性 混合性
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  moral depth.
  以及深度联系起来
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  These are things we bring to the novel out of
  我们在小说中叙述的故事
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  our immersion in a cultural tradition of such stories.
  远远超出了传统文化所能接受的范围
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  There are other reasons, though, and I'm going to go to page
  尽管还有其他一些原因 但我下面要讲
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  143 now.
  143页的内容了
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  This is the parable of the traveler.
  是有关旅者的寓言故事
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  You'll recall that this is a story that the judge tells as a kind of
  你应该能回忆起这段法官
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  instructive story to the men as they're sitting around.
  为一群坐在他身边的人讲的具有启发意义的故事
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  And the story is that there's a traveler passing through a wild part
  故事大概是说 一位旅者穿过一座