"I continue to hope that President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and others will take a step toward responsibility and restraint, and reject the path of reckless spending that America is presently on."

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She gave up presently as if a cloud had approached the sun or the smog thickened and so broken the religious instant, whatever it might have been.

现在她放弃了，就像乌云蔽日,烟雾笼罩,这个宗教瞬间也破碎了，不管它之前是这么样子。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Let your repentance salt my shoe leather," I said presently, " and then, as I lately sheathed my blade of anger, so sheath you my blade of love."

你的悔意只配擦我的皮鞋，我当即就说“,方才我收起愤怒之剑时，也收起了对你的爱情之剑“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选