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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  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
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  of the mountains, and he is accosted by a man who
  荒山时 有一个当地人
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  lives there.
  前来搭讪
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  The harness marker who lives there invites the stranger in,
  那个以做马具为生的当地人邀请旅者进了屋
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  and then tries to get money off him and then finally the traveler gives
  接着从他身上搜刮钱财 然而后来旅者
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  him a lecture on morality.
  为他讲了一节道德课