Lane looked faintly interrupted. "Why what?" " Why did you think it was going to go over like a lead balloon?"

莱恩微弱的问，什么为什么“,为什么你认为它像一个领头气球“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I work in the one in White Plains in the Bronx, near the Bronx, and I do merchandising.

我在布朗克斯及其附近的怀特普莱恩斯做销售。

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Part of what's been bothering Franny is her frustration with acting, and that's one of the things that Lane is so surprised she has given up; it was the only thing she was passionate about.

动作的挫败已经让弗兰尼烦恼了,莱恩也很奇怪她放弃了,这是她唯一有激情的事情呀。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Yes, Mary J. Blige actually shops at Bloomingdale's, in White Plains.

当然了，玛丽•布莱姬真的来过怀特普莱恩斯的布鲁明戴尔购过物。

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So, Franny when she sees Lane, affects great enthusiasm, and so on, but this is what we hear about Lane from the narrator.

因此，当弗兰尼看到莱恩时变得非常热情，但是我们从叙事者那听到了这样的话。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Lane was speaking now as someone does who has been monopolizing conversation for a good quarter of an hour or so and who believes he has just hit a stride where his voice can do absolutely no wrong.

莱恩说着话，就像是在掌控着那对话,长达大概十五分钟,他相信，在那,他的声音是绝对正确的，我经常读到。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, what Salinger, I think, shows us is that affectation, without something like love, is just affectation, and that's what Lane represents. That's the affectation of literature without any human connection.

所以，Salinger向我们展示的是，这种娇柔做作，不像是喜爱只是娇柔造作，那也是莱恩代表的，那个文学的矫揉造作,并没有任何的与人的联系。

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