His father took him out of school and made him take a job in a large company.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Larry And now, suppose we take Larry and put him in a state of suspended animation.

假设我们让,进入假死状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So, let's begin with another of those scenes on 213 that Nabokov points out to us, the Kasbeam barber. Why did it take him a month to come up with the Kasbeam barber? What's going on in this tiny snippet that's so important? So here it is.

那么，我们从213页纳博科夫向我们指出的另一个,场景开始：理发师加斯比姆，为什么他花了一个月的时间,来创造理发师加斯比姆的形象呢？这个小片段里,发生了什么重要的事情呢？我们来看这里：

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"The crowd followed him to the White House to take part in the inaugural celebration.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

A delay gave him time to take a fourteen-day hiking trip in the Himalayas.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

I loved the compassion. I think our society is so focused on being quick these days that we don't really take the time to show that compassion that she showed to him in the movie, and really take the time to really build and lift someone else up when you see potential."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Take him off the pedestal and look him in the eye as a human being.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

That situation has created much speculation about whether James will take his talent elsewhere in search of a better supporting cast to help him win an NBA crown.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08